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The development of Dutch syntax in learners of Dutch as a foreign language: effects of immersion, language background and training by means of syntactic priming. University of Antwerp

Sarah Bernolet
Centre for Computational Linguistics and Psycholinguistics (CLiPS)
Background:In these days of mass migration, many people learn a brand new language at a later age. This is not easy: Languages have both similarities and differences in the sentence structures with which they express particular meanings. For instance, the Dutch and French active sentences are similar in both languages (Le chat chasse la souris - De kat jaagt op de muis [The cat cases the mouse]), but Dutch has three different forms for the full ...

Training Language policy for primary education in Genk . KU Leuven

Kris Van den Branden
Language, Education and Society, Leuven
In the context of the educational policy of the city of Genk, it appeared there is a need for a stronger policy making capacity in the schools of Genk. Taking into account the challenges concerning language the schools of Genk are faced with, language policy is considered a good trigger to strengthen the policy making capacity of the schools, and to make it concrete. The Centre for Language and Education (CLE) was asked to develop a training ...

Training 'Expert in language policy for primary education in Brussels. KU Leuven

Kris Van den Branden
Language, Education and Society, Leuven, Centre for Language and Education, Leuven
This project Expert in language policy is concerns training for heads en teachers of primary education schools in Brussels on the one hand, and educational supporters of the 'Brussels Education Centre' on the other hand. The training Expert in language policy is a total package, aimed at training to become expert with respect to language policy (building stones and processes). What is unique to this training is the attention for coaching ...

Factors Contributing to Success in Blended Learning - The Case of Language Teaching and Training in Academic and Professional Contexts. University of Antwerp

Kris Van De Poel
Grammar and Pragmatics
A participatory approach to Medical Communication TrainingResearch Question: How does the lecturer meet the (verbal) communication needs of medical pre-professionals in a blended learning environment?Towards a taxonomy of the communication needs of medical pre-professionals.Background In order to investigate the issues raised in the research question the focus is on medical students from the University of Stellenbosch for whom it is compulsory ...

Cognitive and neural plasticity in adults with acquired language and reading problems: A tablet-based training KU Leuven

Maaike Vandermosten
Research Group Experimental Oto-rhino-laryngology

Acquired language problems, called aphasia, are observed in 25% of the stroke patients. Language therapy can decrease the negative impact it has on the communication and psychosocial wellbeing, but only if the training is done intensively. In this research, we will apply tablet-based training since the interactive, adaptive and independent character allows to increase the intensity of training. To this end, we will recruit 60 patients with a ...

Training ‘Language policy’ for secundary schools in Leuven – Ciry of Leuven KU Leuven

Kris Van den Branden
Language, Education and Society, Leuven, Centre for Language and Education, Leuven

In the school year 2014-2015 language policy teams from 14 secondary schools in Leuven received a basic training 'Language Policy Expert' from the Center for Language and Education. In the school year 2015-2016 the language policy teams are supported in the development and implementation of language policy at their own school. The Center for Language and Education specifically supports in determining a focus, develop a shared vision for ...

Cognitive and neural plasticity in adults with acquired language and reading problems: A tablet-based training KU Leuven

Maaike Vandermosten
Research Group Experimental Oto-rhino-laryngology
Acquired language problems, called aphasia, are observed in 25% of the stroke patients. Language therapy can decrease the negative impact it has on the communication and psychosocial wellbeing, but only if the training is done intensively. In this research, we will apply tablet-based training since the interactive, adaptive and independent character allows to increase the intensity of training. To this end, we will recruit 60 patients with a ...

Organization of a training course on language stimulation and multilingualism with young children KU Leuven

Mariet Schiepers
Centre for Language and Education, Leuven

This concerns a training program on language policy in Leuven childcare facilities for young children.


The route includes:


* session language policy, what and how


* session language stimulation


* session practical work sessions 1 and 2


* coaching for individual childcare workers from the various daycare centers


* determine session priorities


* evaluate and ...

Plain language for financial content: Assessing the impact of training on students' revisions and readers' comprehension (PLanTra). University of Antwerp

Luuk Van Waes
Management
With the responsibility for financial decisions shifting from institutions to individuals, the ability to understand financial information (known as 'financial literacy') is paramount. Having reduced financial literacy results in higher risk of over-indebtedness, and in reduced ability to manage one's wealth. Text simplification, involving the use of plain language, is one of the strategies adopted to meet the needs of low-literacy readers. The ...