Glottodidactica. An International Journal of Applied Linguistics
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English and other languages in a plurilingual pedagogical approach: A case study from northern Italy
Full text linkLanguage teaching constantly needs to be adapted to changing societal realities, such as the spread of English as an international language or the growing linguistic complexity in Europe. A key question is whether and how languages could be treated together in school programmes to cater to a multilingual milieu. This article analyses a plurilingual pedagogical approach that is adopted in a few primary schools in the Italian province of South Tyrol. The research is a qualitative case study and draws on various theoretical perspectives, including the method model developed by Richards and Rodgers (1982, 2001, 2014). The dataset comprises analogue and digital data gathered through participant observation, field notes, personal communications, audio recordings, and school documents. Results show how a multilingual turn has taken root in the context examined, while reinforcing English acquisition
Exploring the cultural intelligence levels of bilinguals and multilinguals
Full text linkThere have been numerous studies conducted on the importance of multiple intelligence levels of learners and the significance of language learning. By contrast, this study dwells on exploring cultural intelligence, its components and the relationship between cultural intelligence and language learning. To achieve this aim, bilingual and multilingual primary school students were selected and administered a cultural intelligence questionnaire to detect whether or not there is a relationship between these two aspects. The results yield the fact that multilinguals have higher scores in cultural intelligence, showcasing that those who are open to other cultures and can easily adapt to new patterns of thinking are likely to learn languages with ease
The reception and representation of English as an academic language among foreign students in Poland and its influence on (re)shaping individual identities
Full text linkThe article discusses selected problems of learning and using English as an academic language from the perspective of foreign students in Poland. The theoretical part of the paper concentrates on the issues related to the concept of identity and the status of English as an academic lingua franca, especially in the light of the growing role of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in university education. Such theoretical background is intended to serve as a kind of introduction to the discussion which centres around the influence of this specific social variation of the English language on the process of shaping or reshaping identities among students who have decided to continue their education outside their native language environment in the multilingual context of a university language department. Seen from such a perspective, university courses in EAP may be treated as a form of practical implementation of multilingual pedagogy and, more specifically, the idea of inclusive “classrooms” with a particular goal-oriented curriculum. The empirical part of the article presents the research project which aimed to examine the above-mentioned phenomena as experienced by a group of language students of different ethnic and national background who have been studying (and living) in Poland for at least a year. The main research technique used in this qualitative study was the semi-structured interview, selected with a view to obtaining an in-depth picture and highly personalised account of the process of (re)constructing individual identities in a specific social context and educational setting
Language-sensitive teaching as an emergent response to increasing linguistic diversity in Irish post-primary schools: Challenges, opportunities and implications for teacher education
Full text linkThe 21st century has been characterised by an unprecedented growth in transnational migration with education systems in many countries challenged to address the implications of this ongoing global phenomenon. This paper reports on a recent study that was undertaken amongst teachers and school managers in post-primary state schools in Ireland to explore the current position regarding language-sensitive teaching as an emergent response to the growing reality of linguistic diversity in schools. Bottom-up research of this kind is vital as it can shed light on the perceptions and experiences of the key stakeholders involved in order to determine their related professional needs and shape future directions in teacher education in this area. The key findings show that language-sensitive teaching remains in its infancy in the Irish post-primary educational context with an urgent need for teacher awareness-raising and upskilling in relation to this approach and its implementation in different subject classrooms. The research has also indicated that language support teachers can play a central role in developing language-sensitive teaching at the whole school level but this potential remains largely under-exploited in the Irish post-primary educational context
Joanna Targońska. Die Entwicklung der Kollokationskompetenz im DaF-Unterricht am Beispiel des Erwerbs von Substantiv-Verb-Kollokationen. Berlin u.a.: Peter Lang. 2021. S. 512
Full text linkJoanna Targońska. Die Entwicklung der Kollokationskompetenz im DaF-Unterricht am Beispiel des Erwerbs von Substantiv-Verb-Kollokationen. Berlin u.a.: Peter Lang. 2021. S. 51
Cybernetyczne aspekty procesów glottodydaktycznych (wybrane zagadnienia)
No full textA significant contribution to broadening and deepening the field of glottodidactics is made, inter alia, by the results of codematic and cybernetic research. Within the glottodidactic system, the following processes can be identified: 1) the encoding of information by the primary sender (the instructor), 2) the sending of information and its linguistic and extralinguistic monitoring to the primary receivers (learners), 3) the reception and decoding of information by the primary receivers, and the construction of matrices of new lexical and grammatical structures, 4) the encoding of information by the secondary sender (the learner), 5) the sending of information to the secondary receiver (the instructor) within a feedback system, 6) the reception of information by the secondary receiver, its checking and correction, the regulation and syntactic ordering and renewal of the glottodidactic process.A significant contribution to broadening and deepening the field of glottodidactics is made, inter alia, by the results of codematic and cybernetic research. Within the glottodidactic system, the following processes can be identified: 1) the encoding of information by the primary sender (the instructor), 2) the sending of information and its linguistic and extralinguistic monitoring to the primary receivers (learners), 3) the reception and decoding of information by the primary receivers, and the construction of matrices of new lexical and grammatical structures, 4) the encoding of information by the secondary sender (the learner), 5) the sending of information to the secondary receiver (the instructor) within a feedback system, 6) the reception of information by the second- ary receiver, its checking and correction, the regulation and syntactic ordering and renewal of the glottodidactic process.Istotny wkład w poszerzenie i pogłębienie dziedziny glottodydaktyki wnoszą m.in. wy- niki badań kodematycznych i cybernetycznych. W obrębie systemu glottodydaktycznego można wyróżnić następujące procesy: 1) kodowanie informacji przez głównego nadawcę (instruktora); 2) wysyłanie informacji oraz jej językowe i pozajęzykowe monitorowanie do głównych odbiorców (uczniów); 3) odbiór i dekodowanie informacji przez głównych odbiorców oraz konstruowanie matryc nowych struktur leksykalnych i gramatycznych; 4) kodowanie informacji przez nadawcę wtórnego (uczącego się); 5) wysyłanie informacji do odbiorcy wtórnego (instruktora) w ramach systemu sprzężenia zwrotnego; 6) odbiór informacji przez odbiorcę wtórnego, jej sprawdzanie i korekta, regulacja i porządkowanie składniowe oraz odnowienie procesu glottodydaktycznego.
 
Bericht über die I. Internationale Konferenz „Internationale Bildungskooperation im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache. State of the Art & Perspektiven“. Poznań, 16.–17. Juni 2023
Full text linkBericht über die I. Internationale Konferenz „Internationale Bildungskooperation im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache. State of the Art & Perspektiven“. Poznań, 16.–17. Juni 202
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Full text linkInstitutional and family support for multilingual development. Issue under the auspices of the MaMLiSE project (Majority and Minority Languages in School Environment: Helping teachers, pupils and parents) https://mamlise.amu.edu.pl
More than linguistic needs and more than one perspective: Reconstructing perspectives of pupils with linguistically and spatially discontinuous school biographies and drawing implications for all school stakeholders
Full text linkIn the article we argue for a reconstructive and subject-oriented approach to data collection and analysis in order to reconstruct perspectives of pupils with linguistically and spatially discontinuous school biographies as a basis for needs analysis. The paper takes an in-depth look at a narrative interview with such a pupil using the Documentary Method. Based on the analysed interview passage and with recourse to the praxeologically extended sociocultural theories of SLA, we derive initial implications for schools with pupils with migratory experiences. One crucial assumption is that, in order to create better educational opportunities for children with migratory experiences, school staff need to systematically develop contingency competence. By contingency competence we mean the sensitivity and awareness of the principal openness of human life forms and their diverse possibilities for linguistic, material, and practical expression. Conclusions are drawn on what the required competencies contain and how an inclusive school can be created
Bericht über die XVII. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer „mit. sprache.teil.haben“. Wien, 15.–20. August 2022
Full text linkBericht über die XVII. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer „mit. sprache.teil.haben“. Wien, 15.–20. August 202