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Towards Effective Foreign Language Teaching: Focus on Dyslexia
Get PDFThis paper aims to overview the problems faced by dyslexic students learning a foreign language in the theoretical framework of foreign language teaching methodology (Berninger and Wolf 2009, Crombie 2010, Stasiak 2004, etc.) and psychology (Gardner 1983, 1999, Bogdanowicz 2002, 2004, Davis 1997, etc) The author of the paper is going to prove that dyslexic students benefit from the use of multisensory techniques (VAK) which stimulate their learning process by engaging students at multiple levels of perception. Special attention is given to the nature of dyslexia, its types and handicaps it results in. Numerous solutions to the problem are presented and analysed within the framework of Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences (MIT), which seeks to explore each student’s strong intelligences to deal with those weaker ones. Accordingly, dyslexic students and their teachers should be challenged to recognise the hidden potential of dyslexia and see it as a gift to be explored. Moreover, the importance of safe classroom environment has been stressed, as once a dyslexic student feels comfortable in the classroom, the teacher can equip him with a range of techniques and strategies to deal with dyslexia successfully. In addition, a significant role of the teacher and parents in the process of teaching dyslexics is discussed. Finally, the author of the paper gives a number of practical tips how to deal with dyslexia and proves that foreign language teaching (FLT) can be both effective and enjoyable for those who encounter this handicap
Implementation of European Language Portfolio in Lithuania: Problems and Implications
Get PDFThe European Language Portfolio (ELP) has been one of the biggest language education projects of the last decade in Europe. Lithuania has invested considerable finances and effort to exploit the benefits of the ELP. There have been a number of Portfolios designed for the Lithuanian system of education followed by piloting projects and seminars for language teachers run on a large scale at all levels of education. However, the implementation of the ELP in Lithuania seems to be very slow. The article looks into the reasons for the reluctance of language teachers to employ the ELP in the classroom practice and the possible ways of promoting the ELP implementation. The role of school authorities is emphasized and some possible solutions for stimulating stake holders’ interest in the ELP suggested
Developing Individual Multilingualism in Higher Education: Prospects and Dilemmas
Get PDFIn the light of the European language policy, higher education institutions are assigned an enormous role and expectations when it comes to promoting individual multilingualism (i.e. plurilingualism). Drawing upon the language policy developments and research in this area, this paper aims to show the pathways to developing learners’ plurilingual/multilingual repertoires at the tertiary level. Accordingly, the author will outline the psycholinguistic tenets of individual multilingualism as well as current priorities and recent tendencies in what has been referred to as plurilingual education. Such concepts as partial and transversal competences, intercomprehension, learning L3 through L2, CLIL, interdisciplinary communicative competence and international cooperation will be highlighted. The emphasis will be placed on the design and implementation of a coherent language policy by higher education institutions; in addition, a number of good practices institutions may take pride in and the obstacles they ultimately face will be described
Survey of the English Language Needs of the Senior Students of Physical and Biomedical Sciences
Get PDFThe new generation of students with a different mindset and completely changed possibilities and opportunities offered by the rapid development of IT in the changing globalized world need more specific English language skills at different stages of their studies. Most of the programmes at Vilnius University include English for Specific Purposes during the first 2–4 semesters of studies, however, specific future speciality-related subjects are usually studied in the later years; senior students become involved in academic research and communication, and it is then that the need for certain English language skills arises. In order to meet the students’ new language needs, teachers of the Department of English for Physical and Biomedical Sciences of the Institute of Foreign Languages of Vilnius University carried out a survey at the Faculties of Chemistry, Mathematics and Informatics, Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Physics. The study was conducted by means of an anonymous questionnaire covering students of senior years (those who have already completed the English language course and passed the final examination) as the target group. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the above multi-purpose survey: to obtain a retrospective feedback on the ESP taught, identify the dynamics in the students’ needs at higher levels of tuition as well as gain some insights into the possible gaps/lacks in the present scheme of the delivery of ESP which may have some implications for improvement / modifications in the further process of teaching ESP, thus contributing to the refinement of the quality of the course
Pratiquer les intelligences multiples de Howard Gardner dans la classe de langues étrangères
Get PDFAnnotation : cet article décrit la théorie des intelligences multiples de Howard Gardner et envisage son application dans la classe de langues étrangères. Il présente également l’analyse des résultats d’une enquête sur les intelligences multiples effectuée auprès de 112 étudiants de différentes facultés et de différentes spécialités apprenant une ou plusieurs langues étrangères en option. À l’issue de cette recherche, on a pu constater que les trois intelligences dominantes sont : l’intelligence intra personnelle (31 % des sondés), inter personnelle (27%) et visuelle (21%) ce qui nécessite une variété de méthodes de travail pour répondre aux besoins de nos apprenants. Le but de cet article est de présenter la théorie des intelligences multiples ainsi que de démontrer son importance pour les enseignants et les apprenants des langues étrangères, d’encourager les enseignants à pratiquer des tests sur les intelligences multiples pour mieux connaître son public et atteindre de meilleurs résultats en appliquant les activités appropriées afin de rendre le processus d’apprentissage plus effectif et plus agréable
Tarptautiniai susitarimai: stilistinis tarptautinių būdvardžių vartojimas ir vertimas
Get PDFKalba – kintantis visuomeninis reiškinys. Greičiausiai keičiasi leksika, kuri nuolat pasipildo naujais leksiniais vienetais. Vykstant internacionalizacijos ir globalizacijos procesams, gausiai verčiant tarptautinius teisės aktus, kitus dokumentus, dėl interlingvistinės įtakos administraciniame stiliuje daugėja tarptautinių žodžių. Šiame straipsnyje aprašomas tarptautinių būdvardžių vartojimo prancūziškuose administracinio stiliaus tekstuose tyrimas ir šių leksikos vienetų vertimo į lietuvių kalbą ypatumai. Tiriamoji medžiaga – tarptautinių susitarimų tekstai iš „EUR-lex“ (Europos Sąjungos teisės aktų ir kitų viešų dokumentų duomenų bazė). Kintančio lietuvių kalbos administracinio stiliaus ir senas tradicijas turinčio, ypač diplomatinės kalbos, prancūzų administracinio stiliaus leksikos vartojimo gretinamasis tyrimas teikia naudingos kalbinės informacijos apie leksinę stilių normą, leidžia nustatyti tiriamųjų prancūzų tekstų diferencinius tarptautinių būdvardžių vartojimo požymius, jų vertimo į lietuvių kalbą polinkius ir stilistinio vartojimo dėsningumus
Les mots-tabous: brebis galeuse de la lexicographie bilingue?
No full textLe fait que le dictionnaire soit une institution linguistique en même temps qu’une institution culturelle et sociale empêche le lexicographe de rester seulement linguiste; chaque fois il est obligé d’exercer le rôle du porteur des normes de la société et il n’est pas donc libre de faire apparaître n’importe quel mot dans son dictionnaire. Comme le soulignent de différents métalexicographes européens, les tabous les plus connus sont ceux qui concernent les processus physiologiques, les gestes amoureux, les organes sexuels. Pourtant un dictionnaire général qui se veut objectif ne peut pas faire semblant que de tels mots n’existent pas du tout. Pour rester fidèle aux faits de la langue qu’il décrit, il est obligé de dépasser ce que Benveniste appelait « le français du dimanche » et fixer les mots les plus répandus qui circulent dans la société, même s’ils sont parfois scandaleux. Le but de cet article est d’analyser si les mots-tabous restent toujours une brebis galeuse de la lexicographie bilingue lituanienne. Ayant choisi comme l’objet de l’analyse six bilingues actifs et passifs, réalisés après l’an 2000, nous allons étudier si ces dictionnaires sont ouverts au lexique de ce type (en guise d’exemple nous allons étudier l’article consacré au lexème merde) et comment celui-ci est traité au niveau macrostructurel et microstructurel
О новой книге Э. Лассан. ЛАССАН, Элеонора, 2011. Лингвистика ставит диагноз... Очерк «духа эпохи» в свете данных лингвистического анализа
Get PDFJuano Ramóno Jiménezo “Platero y yo” vertimai į lietuvių kalbą: poetinio teksto prasmės perteikimas
Get PDFPoetinio teksto prasmės perteikimas vertimo kalba yra labai sunkus vertėjų uždavinys. Vertimo tekstų gretinamoji analizė leidžia pastebėti, kokiais būdais ir kokiomis priemonėmis galima perteikti originalo stilių. Šiame straipsnyje lyginami du ispanų poeto Juano Ramóno Jiménezo lyrinės prozos kūrinio „Platero y yo“ vertimai į lietuvių kalbą. Ispanistė ir vertėja Birutė Ciplijauskaitė 1982 m. išvertė apsakymų rinktinę, kurią pavadino „Sidabrinukas ir aš“ (toliau – „pirmasis vertimas“), o visus rinkinio apsakymėlius 1994 m. į lietuvių kalbą išvertė Dalia Lenkauskienė, kuri knygą pavadino „Plateras ir aš“ (toliau – „antrasis vertimas“). Lyginti pasirinkta dvidešimt abiejų vertėjų išverstų kū- rinio apsakymėlių. Aptariami trys vertimo tekstų aspektai: spalvas reiškiančių vardažodžių vertimas, deminutyvinių vedinių vartosena ir gramatinės transpozicijos. Deminutyvų vartosena pirmajame vertimo variante padeda geriau atkurti emocingumo, meilumo atspalvius. Atlikta analizė leidžia daryti išvadą, jog abi vertėjos skirtingai taiko gramatines transpozicijas. Antrajame vertime labiau siekiama natūralumo, atidžiau žiūrima į lietuvių kalbos bruožus, dažniau taikomos gramatinės transpozicijos, ypač daiktavardžių keitimas veiksmažodinėmis formomis. Pirmajame vertime tekstas lieka arčiau originalo, labiau atspindi ispanų autoriaus kalbos vingius ir siekia lietuvių skaitytoją įtraukti į svetimą pasaulį
Intentionality and Conventional Meaning (Socio-Historical Approach)
Get PDFLinguistic studies of collective consciousness are practically nonexistent though insightful ideas are found in works of many linguists (Chomsky 1985, Fowler 1996). The central tenet of this paper is that archetypes (mental representations of concepts in collective consciousness) are built around socially significant experiences of people and comprise meanings which incarnate collective sentiments and ideologies. The number and composition of such meanings can change and vary due to an interplay of environmental factors – social, political, economic, cultural, etc. – and can be drawn from discourses which perform an ideational function concerned with the representation of world views in a language. Two propositions are preconditional for the present research: first, the acknowledgement of the force of authorial intent (intentionality) in discourse and, second, the assumption that over a long history, language has learnt to suit the needs of the society it functions in (mainly the needs of dominant social groups) by legitimatizing some meanings (conventional meanings) and rejecting others. The concept chosen for the analysis is monetary DEBT. Debt plays an important role both in the economic life of a country and in private lives of individuals. The attitude to debt has been changing throughout the history, and we hypothesize that economic discourses have had a major impact on collective perception of the concept in question