scholarly journals To the issue on the capacity building for internationalization of higher technical education

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
A Kalizhanova ◽  
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T Maryshkina ◽  
T Shelestova ◽  
A Aupenova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Teacher Leader ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Group A ◽  
Regular Teacher

The article describes the Project, aimed at supporting a diverse group of the participants in their learning with the help of such Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as English for Media Literacy and English for STEM and organized by Teachers of English Association of Kazakhstan (KazTEA) and the Regional English Language Office of the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan (RELO). Amongst the project participants were students and teachers from all over Kazakhstan, including Karaganda, Almaty, Atyrau, Kyzylorda, Shymkent, etc. Foreign language skills among the participants ranged from beginner to advanced levels. To help adapt to the Courser's platform, ensure the maximum involvement of the participants, their cooperation, and mastery of new competencies in each group, a facilitator teacher, whose role was in contrast to a regular teacher, was involved. This project was the first, in which the main tasks and the principle of the facilitator's work were gradually clarified and defined. The experience gained helped to describe in detail the functions of the facilitator, their difference from the generally accepted ideas about a teacher-leader. Thanks to the facilitators’ sessions, all participants successfully completed both courses and later used the platform to proceed with other courses in their professional areas and interests.

scholarly journals LMOOC para la integración de personas desplazadas

2021 ◽  
pp. 463-477
Author(s):  
Mercedes Sanz Gil
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Displaced People

Uno de los principales retos a los que se enfrentan las personas desplazadas es hacer frente a las barreras lingüísticas y culturales que supone el desconocimiento, en la mayoría de los casos, de la lengua y de la cultura del país de destino. Actualmente, y gracias a las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación, existen numerosos recursos y aplicaciones que pueden ayudar a paliar dichas carencias, antes o durante el periodo en el que se desarrolla la movilidad. En este artículo presentamos algunos de ellos. En concreto nos centramos en el formato MOOC (Cursos masivos abiertos en línea, por sus siglas en inglés) para el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras (LMOOC). Analizaremos dos LMOOC de aprendizaje del Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE) destinado principalmente al colectivo de personas inmigrantes y refugiadas y tres de aprendizaje del Francés como Lengua Extranjera (FLE) destinado principalmente a personas desplazadas por motivos laborales o educativos. One of the main challenges faced by displaced people is dealing with the linguistic and cultural barriers that arise from the lack of knowledge, in most cases, of the language and culture of the destination country. At present, thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), there are numerous resources and applications that can help to alleviate these deficiencies, before, or during the period in which mobility develops. In this article we present some of them. More specifically, this article focuses on the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) format for foreign language learning (LMOOC). We will analyze two LMOOCs for learning Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) aimed mainly at migrants and refugees; and three for learning French as a Foreign Language (FFL) aimed mainly at people displaced for work or educational reasons. L'un des principaux défis auxquels les personnes déplacées sont confrontées est celui de faire face aux barrières linguistiques et culturelles qui découlent du manque de connaissance, dans la plupart des cas, de la langue et de la culture du pays de destination. De nos jours, et grâce aux Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC), il existe de nombreuses ressources et applications qui peuvent contribuer à pallier ces lacunes, avant, ou pendant la période de mobilité. Dans cet article, nous en présentons quelques-unes. Nous nous concentrons en particulier sur le format MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) pour l'apprentissage des langues étrangères (LMOOC). Nous analyserons deux LMOOC pour l'apprentissage de l'Espagnol comme Langue Étrangère (ELE) destinés principalement à des personnes migrantes et réfugiées et trois pour l'apprentissage du Français comme Langue Étrangère (FLE) destinés principalement aux personnes en déplacement pour des raisons professionnelles ou éducatives.

scholarly journals Review of ‘Exploring English: Language and Culture’

2015 ◽  
pp. 138-141
Author(s):  
Judith Buendgens-Kosten
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Large Numbers

The popularity of MOOCs – massive open online courses, i.e. online courses that can be used by large numbers of learners without formal entrance requirements – has skyrocketed in recent years, with a broad range of courses made available by major MOOC platforms such as Coursera, Udacity or EdX, but also by smaller providers. At the same time, very few MOOCs cover language learning. This review will discuss one MOOC – ‘Exploring English: language and culture’ – that attempted to close this gap, and will describe the specific challenges that language learning poses for MOOCs.

scholarly journals Massive Open Online Courses : En Route to Communication Skills Acquisition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melor Md Yunus ◽  
Haida Umiera Hashim ◽  
Harwati Hashim
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
English Language ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Good Communication

Technology has its own forte and has been making its waves through the educations’ heart among educators and especially young learners. In conjunction to the waves of technology and the era of globalization, there is also a demand for excellent communication skills among today’s younger generations especially university students. University students are expected to be well equipped with proficient English language and outstanding communication skills which is what they are currently lacking at. Therefore, a specific Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for English for Communication is designed and developed to provide learners with the ladder towards good communication skills. This study is a design and develop research of study which consists of twenty-two undergraduate students in a public university and the whole duration of this study is fourteen weeks altogether. The particular well developed MOOCs then later implemented to the learners and learners evaluation on the course are taken into consideration. This study intended to accommodate students with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and to investigate the learners’ perceptions on the use of MOOCs in helping them to develop good communication skills. This study also evaluated the developed MOOCs’ usability and the students’ interaction level during learning along with the impacts of particular developed MOOCs towards their development of communication skills. The findings gathered have proven that this particular developed MOOCs of English for Communication has helped learners to further improve on their communication skill acquisition that would help them to be a better critical thinker and an autonomous learner.

scholarly journals MOOC (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES) AS AN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE TO STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inas Kamal Yaseen ◽  
Çağlar Demir
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
English Language ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Advanced Technique ◽  
High Attitude ◽  
Academic Year

This study tries to shed lights on the most updated technique that has been used nowadays to study variety of disciplines and English in particular. MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) is a trendy term come to exist in the very recent dates, where learners can use technology and internet to learn from vital online recorded or live platforms assured by granted well organized resources or foundations that provide knowledge for free or not. This research tries to investigate the awareness of Iraqi English teachers to MOOCs by making a questionnaire to English language college teachers from different disciplines and universities in Baghdad during the academic year 2018-2019. The sample of this study includes 35 English language college teachers. According to the findings of this study, the researcher considered the weighted mean 50% and 68% as an item that gain low positive attitude from teachers. Consequently, three items were gaining high attitude from teachers. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0779/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Massive open online courses in professional development of Engineering students

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Artyom Zubkov
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Language For Specific Purposes

The article considers the possibilities of using massive open online courses (MOOCs) to build professional competencies of engineering students. Engineering online courses delivered on international educational platforms are studied. The criteria for inclusion of MOOCs in the list of courses recommended for integration into the training of future engineers at university are given. The integration models of these courses are generalised. The positive aspects and difficulties of MOOCs integration are given. It is concluded that MOOCs are efficient for usage in teaching foreign language for specific purposes.

Tauchnitz for Translators. The Circulation of English-language Literature in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Outi Paloposki
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Book History ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Book Production ◽  
German Publisher ◽  
Language Literature ◽  
Selection Of

The article looks at book production and circulation from the point of view of translators, who, as purchasers and readers of foreign-language books, are an important mediating force in the selection of literature for translation. Taking the German publisher Tauchnitz's series ‘Collection of British Authors’ and its circulation in Finland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century as a case in point, the article argues that the increased availability of English-language books facilitated the acquiring and honing of translators' language skills and gradually diminished the need for indirect translating. Book history and translation studies meet here in an examination of the role of the Collection in Finnish translators' work.

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