Teachers As Mediators In The Foreign Language Classroom
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Teachers As Mediators In The Foreign Language Classroom
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Author : Michelle Kohler
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2015-01-12
Teachers As Mediators In The Foreign Language Classroom written by Michelle Kohler and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Cross Language Mediation In Foreign Language Teaching And Testing
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Author : Maria Stathopoulou
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2015-09-10
Cross Language Mediation In Foreign Language Teaching And Testing written by Maria Stathopoulou and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-10 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Cultural Mediation In Language Learning And Teaching
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Author : Geneviève Zarate
language : en
Publisher: Council of Europe
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Cultural Mediation In Language Learning And Teaching written by Geneviève Zarate and has been published by Council of Europe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Political Science categories.
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]
Mediating Languages And Cultures
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Author : Dieter Buttjes
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 1991
Mediating Languages And Cultures written by Dieter Buttjes and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Education categories.
The history of "language teaching" is shot through with methods and approaches to language learning - most recently with "communicative language teaching" - but this book demonstrates that a more differentiated and richer understanding of learning a foreign language is both necessary and desirable. Languages and cultures are interlinked and interdependent and their teaching and learning should be too. Learning another language is part of a complex process of learning and understanding other people's ways of life, ways of thinking and socio-economic experience
Toward A Reconceptualization Of Second Language Classroom Assessment
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Author : Matthew E. Poehner
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-02-03
Toward A Reconceptualization Of Second Language Classroom Assessment written by Matthew E. Poehner and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-03 with Education categories.
This book responds to the call for praxis in L2 education by documenting recent and ongoing projects around the world that see partnership with classroom teachers as the essential driver for continuing to develop both classroom assessment practice and conceptual frameworks of assessment in support of teaching and learning. Taken together, these partnerships shape the language assessment literacy, the knowledge and skills required for theorizing and conducting assessment activities, of both practitioners and researchers. While united by their orientation to praxis, the chapters offer considerable diversity with regard to languages taught, learner populations included (varying in age and proficiency level), specific innovations covered, research methods employed, and countries in which the work was conducted. As a whole, the book presents a way of engaging in research with practitioners that is likely to stimulate interest among not only language assessment scholars but also those studying second language education and language teacher education as well as language teaching professionals themselves.
New Perspectives On Material Mediation In Language Learner Pedagogy
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Author : Darren K. LaScotte
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-05-31
New Perspectives On Material Mediation In Language Learner Pedagogy written by Darren K. LaScotte and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-31 with Education categories.
This volume distinguishes itself from existing research on materials design, development, and evaluation, and focuses on material mediation in actual processes of teaching and learning, a subject that has been under-researched in the field of applied linguistics and second language education. This edited volume includes diverse perspectives on the roles that materials play in language learner pedagogy. Moving beyond the field of English language teaching, readers will find novel contributions offering a diversity of language teaching contexts, learner populations, and topics in the theory and/or practice of second and foreign language teaching. Chapters explore the ways in which affordances and constraints of classroom materials impact teachers and learners, while at the same time they bring their own (evolving) resources, identities, beliefs, and expertise to modify and adapt the materials to better suit their local language teaching and learning environments. As such, this text is ideal for use as supplemental reading in a wide variety of applied linguistics, second/foreign language education, TESOL, and instructional course design courses.
Critical Reflection And The Foreign Language Classroom
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Author : Terry Osborn
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2005-03-01
Critical Reflection And The Foreign Language Classroom written by Terry Osborn and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-01 with Language and languages categories.
This book introduces pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers to the basic concepts of critical educational study as applied to the sociological position occupied by foreign language education in the United States. Although contemporary foreign language teachers typically know about second language acquisition and instructional methodology, they are not prepared to understand issues of power in relation to, for example, language variety, language status, and education. The author addresses issues such as the supposed "failure" of foreign language education, the educational filter role played by language classes, the concept of foreignness as seen in national standards, language curricula and textbooks, and the implications of these issues in terms of power relationships and cultural mediation both in and out of the classroom. The reader is encouraged to analyze the forms of cultural struggle which can be found within the foreign language classrooms of the United States including the likely impact those struggles have on members of the dominant and subordinate cultures. Teachers are led through the development of skills in critical reflection and pedagogical application geared to social justice.
Second And Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction
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Author : Joan Kelly Hall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2000-06-01
Second And Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction written by Joan Kelly Hall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with Education categories.
This volume brings together the current theoretical interest in reconceptualizing second and foreign language learning from a sociocultural perspective on language and learning, with practical concerns about second and foreign language pedagogy. It presents a set of studies whose focus is on the empirical description of particular practices constructed in classroom interaction that promote the learning of a second or foreign language. The authors examine in detail the processes by which the learning of additional languages is accomplished in the interaction of a variety of classrooms and in a variety of languages. Not only will the findings from the studies reported in this volume help to lay a foundation for the development of a more expansive, sociocultural model of second and foreign language learning, but on a more practical level they will help language educators in creating a set of principles for identifying and sustaining classroom interactional practices that foster additional language development. The volume is distinguished in three ways: * Following a Vygotskyan perspective on development, the studies assume that language learning is a fundamentally pragmatic enterprise, intrinsically linked to language use. This breaks from a more traditional understanding of second and foreign language learning, which has viewed learning and use as two distinct phenomena. The importance of classroom interaction to additional language development is foregrounded. * The investigations reported in this book are distinguished by their methodological approach. Because language learning is assumed to be a situated, context-sensitive, and dynamic process, the studies do not rely on traditional experimental methods for collecting and analyzing data, but rather, they involve primarily the use of ethnographic and discourse analytic methods. * The studies focus on interactional practices that promote second and foreign language learning. Although a great deal of research has examined first language learning in classrooms from a sociocultural perspective, little has looked at second and foreign language classrooms from such a perspective. Thus there is a strong need for this volume of studies addressing this area of research. Researchers, teacher educators, and graduate students across the fields of second and foreign language learning, applied linguistics, and language education will find this book informative and relevant. Because of the programmatic implications arising from the studies, it will also appeal to teacher educators and teachers of second and foreign languages from the elementary to the university levels.
Mediating Between Theory And Practice In The Context Of Different Learning Cultures And Languages
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Author : David Newby
language : en
Publisher: Council of Europe
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Mediating Between Theory And Practice In The Context Of Different Learning Cultures And Languages written by David Newby and has been published by Council of Europe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Political Science categories.
Report of a workshop held in Graz, Austria on September 11, 2001
Foreign Language Teachers And Intercultural Competence
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Author : Lies Sercu
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Foreign Language Teachers And Intercultural Competence written by Lies Sercu and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.