Language Matters in Higher Education Contexts

Language Matters in Higher Education Contexts
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9004507922

This book offers an account of what, how and why language matters in academia by providing examples from a wide range of areas in European institutions.

Higher Education and Second Language Learning

Higher Education and Second Language Learning
Author: Rosario Hernández
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Education, Higher
ISBN: 9783034317344

In this volume, academics involved in teaching second languages at university level describe how they have embraced the challenges involved in facilitating student learning. It sets out practical ideas which can be implemented in everyday contexts, while ensuring that pedagogical practice is underpinned by the relevant theoretical literature.

Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts

Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts
Author: Romanowski, Piotr
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522581294

While research into intercultural teaching has grown exponentially during the past two decades, the research has primarily resorted to the use of quantitative data collection instruments and the interpretation of scores calculated through them. As such, studies in the field can seem somewhat decontextualized, ignoring in some cases setting-specific parameters. Therefore, further study is needed to bring together theory, research, and practice demonstrating how this teaching is reflected in research design and how it is undertaken in different settings. Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts is an essential reference source that provides a series of rich insights into the way intercultural education is practiced in numerous international contexts and showcases practical examples of teaching situations and classroom activities that demonstrate its impact within the classroom. Featuring research on topics such as higher education, multilingualism, and professionalism, this book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, administrators, professionals, academicians, and students seeking pedagogical guidance on intercultural teaching.

Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning

Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Michael Byram
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853596575

The chapters in this book all address the significance of the relationship between the aims and methods of language teaching and the contexts in which it takes place. Some consider the implications for the ways in which we research language teaching; others present the results of research and development work.

Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts

Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts
Author: Rémi A. van Compernolle
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2016-04-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783095326

This collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along three principal themes: What is authentic language? Who is an authentic speaker? How is authenticity achieved? The volume responds to these questions by bringing together scholars working in a range of contexts, including with language learners in the classroom and in residence or study abroad, with a variety of second or additional languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Contributions focus on authenticity as it relates to patterns of language and meaning, and to agency, identity and culture, and serve as an opening to an extended conversation about the nature of authenticity and its development in L2 contexts. This volume is relevant for students and scholars interested in learning about or investigating questions of authenticity and interaction in a wide range of language learning contexts.

Curriculum Integrated Language Teaching

Curriculum Integrated Language Teaching
Author: Kim Bower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-07-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1108492819

A guide on how to implement CLIL in the classroom to foster motivation, engagement and progress in language learning.

Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Contexts

Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Contexts
Author: Agnieszka Otwinowska
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783091258

It is clearly illogical to search for one good, universal solution for multilingual education when educational contexts differ so widely due to demographic and social factors. The situation is further complicated by the motivations of learners and teachers, and by attitudes towards multilingualism and ‘otherness’. The studies in this volume seek to investigate not only whether certain solutions and practices are ‘good’, but also when and for whom they make sense. The book covers a wide range of Western multilingual contexts, and uncovers common themes and practices, shared aims and preoccupations, and often similar solutions, within seemingly diverse contexts. In addition to chapters based on empirical data, this book offers theoretical contributions in the shape of a discussion of the appropriateness of L1-Ln terminology when discussing complex multilingual realities, and looks at how the age factor works in classroom settings.

European Language Matters

European Language Matters
Author: Peter Trudgill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2021-11-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1108832962

Bringing together Trudgill's columns for the New European, this collection explores the influence of European language on English.

Language Use and Language Learning in CLIL Classrooms

Language Use and Language Learning in CLIL Classrooms
Author: Christiane Dalton-Puffer
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2010-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027287511

This volume explores a highly topical issue in second and foreign language education: the spreading practice in mainstream education to teach content subjects through a foreign language. CLIL has been enthusiastically embraced as a language enrichment measure in many contexts and finally research can offer principled insights into its dynamics and potentials. The editors’ introductory and concluding chapters offer a synthesis of current CLIL research as well as a critical discussion of unresolved issues relating both to theoretical concerns and research practice. The individual contributions by authors from a range of European contexts report on current empirical research in this dynamic field. The focus of these chapters ranges from theoretical to empirical, from learning outcomes to classroom talk, examining both the written and spoken mode across secondary and tertiary educational contexts. This volume is a valuable resource not only for researchers and teachers but also for policy makers.

Multilingual and Translingual Practices in English-Medium Instruction

Multilingual and Translingual Practices in English-Medium Instruction
Author: Dogan Yuksel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2024-01-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1350373257

English Medium Instruction (EMI) refers to the use of the English language to teach academic subjects where first language of the majority of the population is not English. One popular implementation of EMI, the Multilingual Model, would imply that some aspects (e.g. courses, sessions in some courses, and/or assessment) are taught through English, whereas the first language of the students is used in some other respects. This volume explores context-related ways in which the multilingual EMI model and translingual practices are seen and enacted in higher education contexts across the globe. Research on this topic is not only timely but also very much needed, particularly in contexts that are relatively new to EMI, as well as in contexts where monolingual forms of teaching and monolingual institutional policies still prevail. Empirical, research-based studies as well as theoretical reviews that centre around multilingual and translingual practices in partial and full (i.e. English-only) EMI settings are elaborated, with case studies from Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Norway, Qatar, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the UK and the USA.