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Cross-Language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing

Author : Maria Stathopoulou
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783094133
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-Language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing by : Maria Stathopoulou

Download or read book Cross-Language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing written by Maria Stathopoulou and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the growing field of foreign language teaching and testing by shedding light on mediation between languages. Stathopoulou offers an empirically-grounded definition of mediation as a form of translanguaging and offers tools and methods for further research in multilingual testing. The book explores what cross-language mediation entails, what processes and strategies are involved, and the challenges often faced by mediators. As well as stressing the importance of administering tests which favour cross-language mediation practices, the author encourages the implementation of language programmes which promote the mingling-of-languages idea and target the development of language learners’ effective translanguaging practices. Researchers studying translanguaging, multilingualism, multilingual testing and the use of mother tongue in the foreign language classroom will all find this book of interest.

Cross-language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing

Author : Maria Stathopoulou
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783094117
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing by : Maria Stathopoulou

Download or read book Cross-language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing written by Maria Stathopoulou and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the growing field of foreign language teaching and testing by shedding light on mediation between languages. Focusing on cross-language mediation as translanguaging practice, the book explores what mediation entails, the processes involved and the challenges mediators face.

Cultural Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching

Author : Geneviève Zarate
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287152602
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (526 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultural Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching by : Geneviève Zarate

Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom

Author : Michelle Kohler
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783093064
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom by : Michelle Kohler

Download or read book Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom written by Michelle Kohler and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses examples of classroom interaction to reveal how teachers of languages act as intercultural mediators and the implications of this for practice. The book offers an account of what teachers are thinking, feeling and doing as they enact an intercultural perspective on language teaching and learning.

Mediation as Negotiation of Meanings, Plurilingualism and Language Education

Author : Bessie Dendrinos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104004333X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Mediation as Negotiation of Meanings, Plurilingualism and Language Education by : Bessie Dendrinos

Download or read book Mediation as Negotiation of Meanings, Plurilingualism and Language Education written by Bessie Dendrinos and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the voices of a diverse group of scholars and language professionals, this edited collection, concerned with the cultivation of plurilingualism in multilingual educational settings, builds on the theory and practice of linguistic and cultural mediation both as curricular content and social practice. The chapters view mediation as an important aspect of communication which involves dynamic, purposeful interactivity, implicating social agents in the negotiation and construction of socially situated meanings across different languages and within the same language. Theoretically informed chapters present views on mediation as well as contributors’ research and project outcomes in educational interventions. They also describe how mediation has been incorporated in educational practices and how it materialises in social contexts. Ultimately, this book makes the case for why mediation constitutes a key competence to be developed for active global and local citizenry in today’s societies where there is an increased rate of knowledge acquisition and exchange. Presenting research from classrooms and other multilingual environments, this book offers concrete suggestions for the development of language users/learners’ ability to mediate within and across languages. It will appeal to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of language and education, education policy and politics, bilingualism and plurilingualism more generally. Curriculum designers may also find the volume of use.

Foreign Language Research in Cross-cultural Perspective

Author : Kees De Bot
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027241139
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Foreign Language Research in Cross-cultural Perspective by : Kees De Bot

Download or read book Foreign Language Research in Cross-cultural Perspective written by Kees De Bot and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on priorities for research in language pedagogy. The aim is to give an up-to-date overview of current thinking about important research issues such as the viability of large scale comparisons, the quantitative/qualitative research controversy, new trends in language testing and evaluation, and the role of different learning environments. In their discussions of these issues researchers from the US and from different countries in Europe show to what extent the priorities differ on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Migration and Language Education in Southern Europe

Author : Eleni Griva
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 152757573X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Migration and Language Education in Southern Europe by : Eleni Griva

Download or read book Migration and Language Education in Southern Europe written by Eleni Griva and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entry of migrant populations to Europe, and especially to countries of Southern Europe, is expected to drastically change the make-up of state school classes as learners of various ages, ethnic backgrounds, and mother tongues are going to co-exist within the same educational setting. In Greece, in particular, the landscape of education has already started changing as a significant number of immigrant students have joined mainstream classrooms. This volume maps this new educational reality and its challenges, as Greek teachers are required, with very limited training and resources, to address those students’ educational and socio-emotional needs. All chapters are authored by Greek researchers who are actively involved in the study of refugees’ and immigrants’ education, their needs, and their educational, linguistic and political rights. Despite the fact that education for immigrants and refugees has become the focus of much research on a global level, the ongoing rapid rise of immigrant populations in Southern Europe has not been adequately researched. This book consequently meets the need for further research and empirical studies in this field.

Exploring Translation in Language Learning

Author : Malgorzata Smentek
Publisher : Gdansk Studies in Language
ISBN 13 : 9783631641354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (413 download)

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Book Synopsis Exploring Translation in Language Learning by : Malgorzata Smentek

Download or read book Exploring Translation in Language Learning written by Malgorzata Smentek and published by Gdansk Studies in Language. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a historical overview of approaches to translation in language education. It explores the functions and scope of translation in the L2 classroom. Translation, as a valid resource and an indispensable skill in today's multilingual communication, should become an integral element of contemporary foreign language learning.

Comparative Studies in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

Author : Lydia Sciriha
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527560597
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Comparative Studies in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education by : Lydia Sciriha

Download or read book Comparative Studies in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education written by Lydia Sciriha and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reports on bilingual practices in contemporary societies in a number of European and non-European countries. The topics discussed here include language use and language learning in a bilingual context, issues in bilingual education, the use of language in the linguistic landscape, language and the media, language perceptions, language use and attitudes, and the use of language as a vantage point for the study of social change. This book captures the various different approaches and viewpoints on bilingualism by researchers who have focused on contexts such as Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden and the USA. Of the 17 chapters here, five deal with aspects of bilingualism in Malta, which, in view of its minuscule size but complex language use, offers itself as an excellent laboratory for the scientific study of bilingualism.

Assessment of Plurilingual Competence and Plurilingual Learners in Educational Settings

Author : Silvia Melo-Pfeifer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000955621
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Assessment of Plurilingual Competence and Plurilingual Learners in Educational Settings by : Silvia Melo-Pfeifer

Download or read book Assessment of Plurilingual Competence and Plurilingual Learners in Educational Settings written by Silvia Melo-Pfeifer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses contemporary issues in the assessment of plurilingual competence and plurilingual learners. Offering theoretical and practical lenses, it contributes towards an integrated and holistic assessment of plurilingual competence and plurilingual learners. The book provides both theoretical considerations and empirical approaches around how the specificities of plurilingual learners can be considered when assessing their various competences. It covers topics relating to learners in a variety of plurilingual settings: from the education of adult immigrants, assessment of young refugees and assessment of students in school and university, to the assessment of plurilingual competence in foreign language education. Showcasing a wide range of international authors, the book provides cutting-edge research in the domain of multilingual foreign, second and heritage language assessment, and assessment of content knowledge of plurilingual students. It bridges the gap between the fields of language policies and practices, research on plurilingual competence, and assessment in language education. Providing new insights into a crucial and contentious issue, this volume will be an essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of educational language policies, applied linguistics and multilingualism, in particular those involved in the assessment of plurilingual competence.

Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence

Author : Lies Sercu
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853598432
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (984 download)

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Book Synopsis Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence by : Lies Sercu

Download or read book Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence written by Lies Sercu and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Communication: An International Investigation reports on a study that focused on teachers' beliefs regarding intercultural competence teaching in foreign language education. Its conclusions are based on data collected in a quantitative comparative study that comprises questionnaire answers received from teachers in seven countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Mexico, Greece, Spain and Sweden. It not only creates new knowledge on the variability, and relative consistency, of today's foreign language teachers' views regarding intercultural competence teaching in a number of countries, but also gives us a picture that is both more concrete and more comprehensive than previously known.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning

Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113623554X
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning written by Michael Byram and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative reference dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. Offering a comprehensive range of articles on contemporary language teaching and its history, it has been produced specifically for language teaching professionals and as a reference work for academic studies at postgraduate level. In this new edition, every single entry has been reviewed and updated with reference to new developments and publications. Coverage has been expanded to reflect new technological, global and academic developments, with particular attention to areas such as online and distance learning, teacher and learner cognition, testing, assessment and evaluation, global English and teacher education. Themes and disciplines covered include: Methods and materials, including new technologies and materials development Contexts and concepts, such as mediation, risk-taking in language learning and intercomprehension Influential figures from the early days of language teaching to the contemporary Related disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology and corpus linguistics It covers the teaching of specific languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and African languages, as well as English, French, German and Spanish. There are thirty five overview articles dealing with issues such as communicative language teaching, early language learning, teacher education and syllabus and curriculum design. A further 160 entries focus on topics such as bilingualism, language laboratories and study abroad. Numerous shorter items examine language and cultural institutions, professional associations and acronyms. Multiple cross-references enable the user to browse from one entry to another, and there are suggestions for further reading. Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an invaluable resource and reference manual for anyone with a professional or academic interest in the subject.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning

Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415332866
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning written by Michael Byram and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook deals with all aspects of contemporary language teaching and its history. Produced for language teaching professionals, it is also useful as a reference work for academic studies at postgraduate level.

Cultural Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching

Author : Geneviève Zarate
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9287152594
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (871 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultural Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching by : Geneviève Zarate

Download or read book Cultural Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching written by Geneviève Zarate and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project attempts to tackle several challenges: - to experience the variety of different teaching cultures as a source of innovation rather than as an obstacle; - to adopt a pluridisciplinary approach by introducing references taken from the social sciences in order to develop reflection on the role of languages in social cohesion; - to try and provide answers to a question hitherto rarely raised in the didactics of languages and cultures, namely the place of cultural mediation itself. [CoE website]

Issues and Developments in Glocal Language Testing

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783034322416
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (224 download)

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A Principled Approach to Language Assessment

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309675480
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis A Principled Approach to Language Assessment by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Download or read book A Principled Approach to Language Assessment written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-09-19 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is formally represented around the world by approximately 14,000 Foreign Service officers and other personnel in the U.S. Department of State. Roughly one-third of them are required to be proficient in the local languages of the countries to which they are posted. To achieve this language proficiency for its staff, the State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) provides intensive language instruction and assesses the proficiency of personnel before they are posted to a foreign country. The requirement for language proficiency is established in law and is incorporated in personnel decisions related to job placement, promotion, retention, and pay. A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute evaluates the different approaches that exist to assess foreign language proficiency that FSI could potentially use. This report considers the key assessment approaches in the research literature that are appropriate for language testing, including, but not limited to, assessments that use task-based or performance-based approaches, adaptive online test administration, and portfolios.

Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom

Author : Michelle Kohler
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783093080
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom by : Michelle Kohler

Download or read book Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom written by Michelle Kohler and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language teachers are key figures in preparing young people for participation in an increasingly multilingual and culturally diverse world, yet little is known about how they go about this in practice. This book uses examples of classroom interaction to reveal how teachers of languages act as intercultural mediators and the implications of this for practice. To date, there has been little exploration of how teachers mediate language and culture learning from an intercultural perspective, and what underlies their mediation practices in terms of their conceptions of intercultural language teaching and learning. This book offers an account of what teachers are thinking, feeling and doing as they enact an intercultural perspective on language teaching and learning.