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Criteria for coursebook evaluation in view of effective development of Intercultural Communicative Competence
Full text linkThis paper deals with the design and evaluation of materials for foreign language instruction, with special attention paid to commercial coursebooks for learning English. The author focuses particularly on the effective development of Intercultural Communicative Competence, viewed as a more encompassing concept than an acceptable, communicative use of linguistic resources, but also including a certain psychological stance to others, e.g. motivation to interact with a foreigner, open-mindedness, and some intuitive or trained knowledge of shared cultural assumptions, common themes, values, norms of interaction characteristic of the culture the foreigner interlocutor represents. She proceeds from the theoretical ruminations on the nature of the title competence to an overview of existing criteria for material assessment in view of this competence to finally summarize the paper with her own evaluation checklist
The The perception of success in learning English as an L2 in the era of globalization – a multilingual student perspective
No full textResorting to ecolinguistic theories, underscoring the concept of (trans)languaging and methodologies highlighting the need for analytical contextualization (Steffensen, Fill, 2014), the author presents the understanding of success in learning English as an L2 among selected multilingual students of Applied Linguistics at his home university, for whom knowledge of English and other languages is to be a final product of a professional character. Data has been elicited via focus group interview methodology (Parker, Tritter, 2006; Lankiewicz, 2023) with the use of a semi-structured interview and thematic framework analysis. The research findings suggest that English occupies a special place in students’ plurilingual repertoires and its pluricentric character helps them to be legitimate L2 users of their linguistic repertoires who do not measure their success by native speaker standards. The research undertaken offers insights into the process of the language learning evaluation of multilinguals via including their full linguistic repertoires to account for language learning processes
The language teacher as a supporter of the linguistic ecosystem among young immigrant learners: Beliefs and practices
Full text linkThe objective of the article is to analyze the attitudes of foreign language teachers towards students’ mother tongues or heritage languages, as migrant students to the city of Gdańsk, Poland, use them as a compensation strategy in formal language learning. On the basis of a survey methodology, the author will try to explore language teacher beliefs regarding the perception of the coexistence and the use of other languages (including Polish) in mainstream FL education and attempt to compile good practices in this regard, reported by the teachers surveyed. Referring to his earlier research (Lankiewicz 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021), the author hypothesizes that language teachers manifesting higher levels of critical language awareness will be more prone to draw upon students’ linguistic repertoires in the education processes, while others will suppress any form of intercomprehension, code-switching or language meshing
Variable pedagogical norm vs. Student attitudes towards foreign language learning
No full textReferring to critical ecological language awareness (Lankiewicz, 2015), autonomy in language learning (Benson, 2011) as well as the non-fixity of the linguistic code manifested by sociocultural and ecological studies (Harris, 1981; Otsuji and Pennycook, 2010), I put forth the need of applying the idea of a variable pedagogical norm, as postulated by Valdman (1989; 1992). The principal objective of the article is to present research elucidating the fact that the use of classroom activities respecting the pedagogical variable norm may contribute to the raising of students’ language awareness in respect to social and cultural linguistic diversity. Ultimately, this new awareness may contribute to the shift of attitudes towards language learning. The application of the variable pedagogical norm is indicative of critical language awareness of the teacher and helps develop a similar equivalent among students. Concluding, I dare say that developing autonomy in language learning seems impossible without the application of the pedagogical variable norm
Success in foreign language learning in the light of an ecological approach
No full textResorting to the principles of an ecological approach in doing research (cf. D. Larsen Freeman
1997; C. Kramsch 2002), the sociocultural perspective in understanding language acquisition and the
status of English in the present times as well as the recommendations of the Council of Europe regarding
autonomization of the process of language teaching, I intend to accentuate problems pertaining to the
conceptualization of success in language learning. A crucial element of my considerations is highlighting
learner related factors (M. Smuk 2015), including attitudes towards learning a foreign language
(W. Wilczyńska 2002) and aspects of critical language awareness (H. Lankiewicz 2015). A theoretical
reflection is supported with research offering an insight into the complexity of the notion of success in
language learning and its discursive construction conditioned equally by individual attitudes and dominant educational policy. Ultimately, it is demonstrated that personal perception of success is expressed
by three narrative modes with the dominating voice expressed via economic language
EAP AND ACADEMIC DISCOURSE: MEDIATING ELABORATED CODE IN A CLIL TYPE TEACHER EDUCATION
No full textThe aim of this paper is to relate the concept of ESP to the idea of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to work out a platform for the conceptualization of academic language as a context-reduced means of communication (Bernstein, 1971; 1999). Subsequently, the concept of talk-types (Moate, 2011) will be presented as a way of counteracting language de-contextualization and engendering restructuring of knowledge and the language itself. Theoretical considerations will be supported with the presentation of research on classroom interaction. It is aimed at highlighting how expert language is mediated in content learning with types of classroom talk and how the process of languaging (Swain, 2006a) facilitates both “taming” (Lankiewicz, 2013b) of the elaborated code and acquisition of expert knowledge
The development of academic competences in students during the preparation of their BA dissertation in modern languages
No full textThe completion of undergraduate L2 studies traditionally entails preparation of a BA dissertation on a selected topic. Since Polish ministerial regulations allow interpretations, the academic community has been electrified by the possibility of alternative solutions. The ensuing discussions result in emerging proposals to substitute the traditional paper with an essay form, or with total resignation from the written part in favor of a viva. This article considers the problem with regard to the idea of key competences for lifelong learning, as defined by The European Commission, which highlight the need for practicality. Analysis of the process of writing a dissertation and its evaluation helps to draw conclusions for possible improvements
REFLECTION BUILT ON LANGUAGING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FEEDBACK: DEVELOPING PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE AWARENESS OF THE CONSTRUCTIONIST NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE AMONG PROSPECTIVE L2 LANGUAGE TEACHERS
No full textWhile teacher feedback has got a long established tradition in pedagogic or educational discourse as a form of reflection, it has to be noticed by students to result in raised awareness. Apprehension of teacher feedback depends on its various characteristics such as salience, length, complexity or linguistic features (Swain, 2006a). Thereby its value may be too much engrained in the positivist paradigm of knowledge and language. Sociocultural approaches to learning, resting firmly on constructivist theories of knowledge and interactive theories of language, underscore the centrality of the learner. The agency of the learner places reflection in the form of talks (Moate, 2011) or languaging (Swan, 2006a). The aim of this paper is to present a microgenetic analysis of languaging on the concept of “noticing” (Schmidt, 1990) in teacher training during a methodology class. The working hypothesis is the claim that reflection, in the form of substantiated thinking, presents a potential for developing procedural dimension of teacher language awareness
Emilia Wąsikiewicz-Firlej. On (de)constructing corporate identity: An ecological approach. Poznań: Wydawnictwo UAM. 2017, 419 pp.
No full textLinguistic hybridity and learner identity: translingual practice among plurilinguals in the educational setting
No full textCapitalizing on the ecological approach to language learning (van Lier, 2004; Kramsch, 2008) and the conceptualization of language as a local practice (Pennycook, 2010) as well as languaging (Jørgensen, 2008), accounting for the continuity of linguistic phenomena rather than a discriminatory perception of linguistic properties, we intend to delve into the problem of linguistic hybridity as a sign of L2 learner identity. A direct inspiration for the study, as exemplified in the title, is the concept of metrolingualism (Otsuji, Pennycook, 2010), which offers a potential to be very informative for the study of identity issues inscribed in language. Metrolingualism connotes linguistic hybridity, which refers to something unnatural, untypical, not conforming to the norm. Positing the continuity of language use and symbolic competence (Kramsch, Whiteside, 2008), we assume after van Lier (2004) that language is not a fixed code but socially constructed entity which mingles with personal experiences shaped by social context and activates power-related issues in language use. The aim of the paper is to delve into discursive practices of students learning/using more than one L2 in the educational setting. An examination of their narratives and their languaging about language (Swain, 2006) discloses how they position themselves as L2 language users
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