Omar Colombo

Omar Colombo
Universiti Brunei Darussalam

PhD in Linguistics, specialization Didactics & Linguistics
Assistant Professor of French, Language Centre (LC), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)

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Introduction
Education: PhD in Applied Linguistics, specialization in Linguistics & Foreign Language Didactics. Teaching: Italian and French, translation, linguistics and didactics, in France, UAE, Malaysia, Brunei. Research & publications: Foreign Language teaching & learning, comparative language studies, in technology enhanced learning. Publication of educational materials: didactic units, worksheets and assignments and course book chapters.

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Publications (32)
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Scholars assert that mastering vocabulary is a paramount communication skill in learning foreign languages (FL). Consequently, learners must employ Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLS) to store and utilize new words effectively. As there has been limited exploration of VLS use by Bruneian students and VLS employment by learners of Vietnamese as a F...
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This research aims to scrutinise whether sexism is confined solely to the Italian advertising domain or extends into the language employed by the general populace and the broader cultural fabric of society. In Italy, despite numerous efforts made over the past decades to eradicate sexism in advertising campaigns, marketers frequently resort to its...
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The Italian language, like any other, serves as a means of communication, comprising sounds, words, expressions, and grammar rules that people utilize to understand and interact with others in their community. Linguistic experts in Italy concur that languages are natural processes that evolve on their own and do not require intentional guidance. Th...
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During the summer of 2023, a noteworthy incident unfolded in Monfalcone, Italy, as several Muslim women entered the sea while remaining clothed. This event captured significant attention, triggering a widespread debate involving ordinary citizens-both Italians and foreigners residing in Italy-and political entities represented in the Italian Parlia...
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Between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, the European Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, along with other European institutions, approved the "European Green Deal" (EGD), an ambitious and idealistic project aimed at making Europe the first continent to achieve zero climate impact and transitioning all EU countries towards a sustaina...
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In 2019, the Council of Europe adopted a specific manual to prevent and combat sexism and invited all European countries to change their policies, legislation, programs, and language to achieve gender equality. Discrimination on the grounds of sex and/or gender constitutes a violation of human rights and is an impediment to the enjoyment of human r...
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Italian Foreign Language (IFL) learning has received little attention in the Asian continent and this pilot study addresses this research gap by investigating students' perception of factors influencing IFL learning, experience, and proficiency among undergraduates in a Malaysian University (N=35), an understudied multilingual population of student...
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This paper aims at improving online learning and teaching, by analyzing the emotions of undergraduate Malaysian students of French and Italian as Foreign Languages, during the emergency remote teaching (ERT) conducted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dewaele and MacIntyre’ s (2014) course survey on Foreign Language students’ emotions was adapt...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the second semester 2019/2020 of the French and Italian as Foreign Languages (FFL, IFL) undergraduate programs in a Malaysian University was conducted online as emergency remote teaching (ERT). According to recent studies, ERT affected students learning performance mainly due to loneliness and lack of interpersonal rel...
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With the aim of improving online and blended learning and teaching, this paper analyses students' emotions of a remote learning experience of French and Italian as foreign languages during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Malaysian university. This data was collected through a distance course survey on learners' emotions. The validity of this survey was...
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With the aim of improving online and blended learning and teaching, this paper analyses students' emotions of a remote learning experience of French and Italian as foreign languages during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Malaysian university. This data was collected through a distance course survey on learners' emotions. The validity of this survey was...
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This paper investigated the learners' perception and satisfaction of a distance learning course conducted by the French and Italian lecturers as foreign languages in a Malaysian university, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, from April to July 2020. The study aims to improve online and blended learning and teaching since distance learn...
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This study looks into learners' perceptions and emotions of a distance learning course in a Malaysian university, during the first stage of the COVID-19 emergency, from March to June 2020. Lecturers of French and Italian (as foreign languages) courses conducted this study during the pandemic. Descriptive statistical analysis highlights that learner...
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L’intercompréhension est une pratique, une approche didactique, un terrain de recherche mais aussi une posture. Nous faisons intercompréhension sans nous en apercevoir tous les jours : dans la rue, à la maison, sur internet, via les réseaux sociaux et dans d’autres innombrables occasions, en tissant des liens et en engendrant des réseaux vertueux d...
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Nous avons introduit des dispositifs innovants en italien LE à l'Université Sorbonne Abu Dhabi : l'ap-proche actionnelle, la formation hybride et les certifications CILS et CLES. Les résultats des certifications 2013/2016 : les erreurs, les performances communicatives et les difficultés rencontrées font l'objet d'analyses qualitatives, nous permett...
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Paris Sorbonne Abou Dhabi est l'université francophone aux Émirats Arabes Unis. Elle dispense en français des cours de licence dans différentes matières à des étudiants qui viennent de quelques soixante-cinq nationalités. En s'inscrivant, ceux-ci n'ont pas ou peu de connaissances de la langue. C'est la mission du département de Français Langue Étra...
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In this study inter-and intra-linguistic learning strategies evident in A1 level francophone students/learners (CECR) understanding and production of written Italian alterative morphology are considered. The aim is to show that such strategies are important only when associated to other linguistic and cognitive factors. 1. La dérivation altérative...

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