Author: Michael Byram
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287144201
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This is about the way that knowledge of the culture of countries can be integrated into the teaching of their language. The curriculum development project involved more than one hundred teachers from several European countries and is the result of collaboration between the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe and the European Centre for Modern Languages in Graz. It is especially useful for teachers who are interested in introducing a cultural dimension to their teaching and teacher trainers who wish to provide in-service training.
Social Identity and the European Dimension
Author: Michael Byram
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287144201
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This is about the way that knowledge of the culture of countries can be integrated into the teaching of their language. The curriculum development project involved more than one hundred teachers from several European countries and is the result of collaboration between the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe and the European Centre for Modern Languages in Graz. It is especially useful for teachers who are interested in introducing a cultural dimension to their teaching and teacher trainers who wish to provide in-service training.
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287144201
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This is about the way that knowledge of the culture of countries can be integrated into the teaching of their language. The curriculum development project involved more than one hundred teachers from several European countries and is the result of collaboration between the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe and the European Centre for Modern Languages in Graz. It is especially useful for teachers who are interested in introducing a cultural dimension to their teaching and teacher trainers who wish to provide in-service training.
Représentations de l'étranger et didactique des langues
Author: Geneviève Zarate
Publisher: Editions Didier
ISBN: 9782278043118
Category : Cross-cultural orientation
Languages : fr
Pages : 128
Book Description
Comment l'enseignant de langue peut-il intégrer la problématique de l'altérité dans ses objectifs et ses démarches, quand les méthodes qui présentent une description simplifiée et souvent stéréotypée de la culture étrangère enseignée ne sont plus satisfaisantes ? Ce manuel pour enseignants de langue se propose d'apporter des réponses précises en termes d'exercices et de documents tout en invitant à une relecture critique des outils d'enseignement couramment utilisés et de la relation personnelle qu'un enseignant entretient avec la culture qu'il enseigne. Confrontée aux effets de la promotion nationale, aux défis de la vulgarisation, aux contraintes économiques de la production éditoriale, la description scolaire d'une culture étrangère en classe de langue constitue un exercice délicat. La notion de " représentations sociales " introduit une relation plus fiable à la réalité sociale, où rapports de force géopolotiques et conflits symboliques sont présents. Elle est d'une bonne efficacité opératoire pour concevoir ou adapter des outils d'enseignement en fonction du contexte géopolitique d'enseignement, pour prendre en compte l'identité sociale des élèves, introduire la pluralité des points de vue et améliorer la qualité descriptive de la culture enseignée.
Publisher: Editions Didier
ISBN: 9782278043118
Category : Cross-cultural orientation
Languages : fr
Pages : 128
Book Description
Comment l'enseignant de langue peut-il intégrer la problématique de l'altérité dans ses objectifs et ses démarches, quand les méthodes qui présentent une description simplifiée et souvent stéréotypée de la culture étrangère enseignée ne sont plus satisfaisantes ? Ce manuel pour enseignants de langue se propose d'apporter des réponses précises en termes d'exercices et de documents tout en invitant à une relecture critique des outils d'enseignement couramment utilisés et de la relation personnelle qu'un enseignant entretient avec la culture qu'il enseigne. Confrontée aux effets de la promotion nationale, aux défis de la vulgarisation, aux contraintes économiques de la production éditoriale, la description scolaire d'une culture étrangère en classe de langue constitue un exercice délicat. La notion de " représentations sociales " introduit une relation plus fiable à la réalité sociale, où rapports de force géopolotiques et conflits symboliques sont présents. Elle est d'une bonne efficacité opératoire pour concevoir ou adapter des outils d'enseignement en fonction du contexte géopolitique d'enseignement, pour prendre en compte l'identité sociale des élèves, introduire la pluralité des points de vue et améliorer la qualité descriptive de la culture enseignée.
Handbook of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism
Author: Geneviève Zarate
Publisher: Archives contemporaines
ISBN: 2813000396
Category : Language and culture
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Built around the concept of linguistic and cultural plurality, this book defines language as an instrument of action and symbolic power. Plurality is conceived here as : a complex array of voices, perspectives and approaches that seeks to preserve the complexity of the multilingual and multicultural enterprise, including language learning and teaching ; a coherent system of relationships among various languages, research traditions and research sites that informs qualitative methods of inquiry into multilingualism and its uses in everyday life ; a view of language as structured sociohistorical object, observable from several simultaneous spatiotemporal standpoints, such as that of daily interactions or that which sustains the symbolic power of institutions. This book is addressed to teacher trainers, young researchers, decision makers, teachers concerned with the role of languages in the evolution of societies and educational systems. It aims to elicit discussion by articulating practices, field observations and analyses based on a multidisciplinary conceptual framework.
Publisher: Archives contemporaines
ISBN: 2813000396
Category : Language and culture
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Built around the concept of linguistic and cultural plurality, this book defines language as an instrument of action and symbolic power. Plurality is conceived here as : a complex array of voices, perspectives and approaches that seeks to preserve the complexity of the multilingual and multicultural enterprise, including language learning and teaching ; a coherent system of relationships among various languages, research traditions and research sites that informs qualitative methods of inquiry into multilingualism and its uses in everyday life ; a view of language as structured sociohistorical object, observable from several simultaneous spatiotemporal standpoints, such as that of daily interactions or that which sustains the symbolic power of institutions. This book is addressed to teacher trainers, young researchers, decision makers, teachers concerned with the role of languages in the evolution of societies and educational systems. It aims to elicit discussion by articulating practices, field observations and analyses based on a multidisciplinary conceptual framework.
The Global Education Effect and Japan
Author: Neriko Musha Doerr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000043258
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This volume investigates the "global education effect"—the impact of global education initiatives on institutional and individual practices and perceptions—with a special focus on the dynamics of border construction, recognition, subversion, and erasure regarding "Japan". The Japanese government’s push for global education has taken shape mainly in the form of English-medium instruction programs and bringing in international students who sometimes serve as a foreign workforce to fill the declining labour force. Chapters in this volume draw from education, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and psychology to examine the ways in which demographic changes, economic concerns, race politics, and nationhood intersect with the efforts to "globalize" education and create specific "global education effects" in the Japanese archipelago. This book will provide a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in Japanese studies and global education.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000043258
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This volume investigates the "global education effect"—the impact of global education initiatives on institutional and individual practices and perceptions—with a special focus on the dynamics of border construction, recognition, subversion, and erasure regarding "Japan". The Japanese government’s push for global education has taken shape mainly in the form of English-medium instruction programs and bringing in international students who sometimes serve as a foreign workforce to fill the declining labour force. Chapters in this volume draw from education, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and psychology to examine the ways in which demographic changes, economic concerns, race politics, and nationhood intersect with the efforts to "globalize" education and create specific "global education effects" in the Japanese archipelago. This book will provide a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in Japanese studies and global education.
Representations of the World in Language Textbooks
Author: Karen Risager
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783099577
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. The framework is transferable to other kinds of learning materials and to other subjects. The framework distinguishes between five approaches: national studies, citizenship education studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and transnational studies. In a series of concrete analyses, the book illustrates how one can describe and uncover representations of the world in textbooks for English, German, French, Spanish, Danish and Esperanto. Each analysis is accompanied by suggestions of possible supplements and changes. The book points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783099577
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. The framework is transferable to other kinds of learning materials and to other subjects. The framework distinguishes between five approaches: national studies, citizenship education studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and transnational studies. In a series of concrete analyses, the book illustrates how one can describe and uncover representations of the world in textbooks for English, German, French, Spanish, Danish and Esperanto. Each analysis is accompanied by suggestions of possible supplements and changes. The book points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.
Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials
Author: J. Gray
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137384263
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials brings together a collection of critical voices on the subject of language teaching materials for use in English, French, Spanish, German and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137384263
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials brings together a collection of critical voices on the subject of language teaching materials for use in English, French, Spanish, German and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms.
New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education
Author: Simon Coffey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317201728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education brings together contributions by reputed scholars that examine the challenges, opportunities, and benefits of teaching and learning foreign languages. With a particular focus on languages other than English, the book looks at the socio-political dimension of language learning and teaching and the need to re-theorize multilingualism for our age. The volume includes a range of perspectives, from language teaching as an act of reconciliation to language learning across the lifespan, from innovations in assessment and curriculum to critical appraisals of pedagogy and textbook materials. Each chapter presents a clear case study drawn from diverse contexts to illustrate the different concerns of the contributors. The book is a valuable resource for all students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers who share an interest in researching multilingualism and the different facets of teaching and learning foreign languages.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317201728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education brings together contributions by reputed scholars that examine the challenges, opportunities, and benefits of teaching and learning foreign languages. With a particular focus on languages other than English, the book looks at the socio-political dimension of language learning and teaching and the need to re-theorize multilingualism for our age. The volume includes a range of perspectives, from language teaching as an act of reconciliation to language learning across the lifespan, from innovations in assessment and curriculum to critical appraisals of pedagogy and textbook materials. Each chapter presents a clear case study drawn from diverse contexts to illustrate the different concerns of the contributors. The book is a valuable resource for all students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers who share an interest in researching multilingualism and the different facets of teaching and learning foreign languages.
Digital Resources, Creativity and Innovative Methodologies in Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Adriana Teresa Damascelli
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443896047
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The concept of university language centres has changed in recent decades. Initially conceived as laboratories for practical and autonomous language-learning, they are now considered as places with more specific and complex functions in language teaching and learning. University language centres now constitute networks for exchanging knowledge and know-how in order to respond to ever-changing, multilingual and multicultural contexts. At the same time, the availability and acquisition of new technologies is contributing to the creation of new tools for the provision of appropriate services and training. This collection covers a wide range of topics related to the activities, experiences and applied research carried out in Italian university language centres. It provides further evidence of the important role university language centres play in promoting language expertise, developing tools and adopting digital resources, and providing support and training for language teaching. Technology, creativity, methodologies and plurilingualism are key topics in the book as they constitute the essential ingredients for effective and successful language teaching and learning. The volume’s thirty-three chapters provide multi-perspective approaches, showing how the real contexts of current language education need the integration of theoretical backgrounds with the best practices resulting from practical experience.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443896047
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The concept of university language centres has changed in recent decades. Initially conceived as laboratories for practical and autonomous language-learning, they are now considered as places with more specific and complex functions in language teaching and learning. University language centres now constitute networks for exchanging knowledge and know-how in order to respond to ever-changing, multilingual and multicultural contexts. At the same time, the availability and acquisition of new technologies is contributing to the creation of new tools for the provision of appropriate services and training. This collection covers a wide range of topics related to the activities, experiences and applied research carried out in Italian university language centres. It provides further evidence of the important role university language centres play in promoting language expertise, developing tools and adopting digital resources, and providing support and training for language teaching. Technology, creativity, methodologies and plurilingualism are key topics in the book as they constitute the essential ingredients for effective and successful language teaching and learning. The volume’s thirty-three chapters provide multi-perspective approaches, showing how the real contexts of current language education need the integration of theoretical backgrounds with the best practices resulting from practical experience.
The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education
Author: Enrica Piccardo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351002767
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education is the first comprehensive publication on plurilingualism, offering a multidimensional reflection on the nature, scope, and potential of plurilingualism in language education and society. Authored by a range of internationally recognized experts, the Handbook provides an overview of key perspectives on plurilingualism in a complementary range of fields. After a comprehensive introduction to the concept itself, 24 chapters are organized in six parts, each examining plurilingualism through a different lens. The Handbook spans historical, philosophical, and sociological dimensions, examines cognitive and neuroscientific implications, and the limitations of boundaries before moving to a pragmatic perspective: How is plurilingual language education developing in different contexts around the world? How can it contribute to language revitalization? How can it be expected to develop in education, digital spaces, and society as a whole? Written for an international audience, this handbook is an indispensable reference tool for scholars in education and applied linguistics, educators, graduate and post-graduate students, and policy makers.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351002767
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education is the first comprehensive publication on plurilingualism, offering a multidimensional reflection on the nature, scope, and potential of plurilingualism in language education and society. Authored by a range of internationally recognized experts, the Handbook provides an overview of key perspectives on plurilingualism in a complementary range of fields. After a comprehensive introduction to the concept itself, 24 chapters are organized in six parts, each examining plurilingualism through a different lens. The Handbook spans historical, philosophical, and sociological dimensions, examines cognitive and neuroscientific implications, and the limitations of boundaries before moving to a pragmatic perspective: How is plurilingual language education developing in different contexts around the world? How can it contribute to language revitalization? How can it be expected to develop in education, digital spaces, and society as a whole? Written for an international audience, this handbook is an indispensable reference tool for scholars in education and applied linguistics, educators, graduate and post-graduate students, and policy makers.
Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities
Author: Adam Komisarof
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317578813
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This book generates a fresh, complex view of the process of globalization by examining how work, scholarship, and life inform each other among intercultural scholars as they navigate their interpersonal relationships and cross boundaries physically and metaphorically. Divided into three parts, the book examines: (1) the socio-psychological process of crossing boundaries constructed around nations and work organizations; (2) the negotiation of multiple aspects of identities; and (3) the role of language in intercultural encounters, in particular, adjustment taking place at linguistic and interactional levels. The authors reflect upon and give meaning and structure to their own intercultural experiences through theoretical frameworks and concepts—many of which they themselves have proposed and developed in their own research. They also provide invaluable advice for transnational scholars and those who aspire to work and live abroad to improve organizational participation and mutual intercultural engagement when working in a globalizing workplace. Researchers and practitioners of applied linguistics, communication studies, and higher education in many regions of the world will find this book an insightful resource.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317578813
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This book generates a fresh, complex view of the process of globalization by examining how work, scholarship, and life inform each other among intercultural scholars as they navigate their interpersonal relationships and cross boundaries physically and metaphorically. Divided into three parts, the book examines: (1) the socio-psychological process of crossing boundaries constructed around nations and work organizations; (2) the negotiation of multiple aspects of identities; and (3) the role of language in intercultural encounters, in particular, adjustment taking place at linguistic and interactional levels. The authors reflect upon and give meaning and structure to their own intercultural experiences through theoretical frameworks and concepts—many of which they themselves have proposed and developed in their own research. They also provide invaluable advice for transnational scholars and those who aspire to work and live abroad to improve organizational participation and mutual intercultural engagement when working in a globalizing workplace. Researchers and practitioners of applied linguistics, communication studies, and higher education in many regions of the world will find this book an insightful resource.