scholarly journals Adoption of Team Coaching Competencies for Innovative Translation and Foreign Language Instruction: Polylingual and Polycultural Dimensions in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Chaika ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Team Coaching ◽  
Coaching Competencies

The contemporary world is subject to waves of highly rated turbulences and demand volatility in the market of educational services. In the recent decades, Ukraine as a developing state has witnessed varied response from educators, students, observers, bloggers as to the content and quality of education. The paper aims to elaborate the surface scratching recommendations for the development of an educational policy, which may be eligible for adoption at universities, endorsing modernisation of content and structure of higher education inside and outside Ukraine by means of developing, growing and applying coaching mind-set for teaching and learning processes. First, this refers to growing efficiency in communication models by foreign language (FL) teachers (irrespective of the field) and foreign language instructors (teaching foreign languages, languages for specific purposes in foreign languages, and translation) in giving lectures and moderating polycultural and polylingual classes. Second, it links to fostering culturological, axiological, intercommunicative values for polycultural communication in various languages, if applicable, between the teacher and the student and vice versa, the teacher and the teacher, the student and the student, etc. Team coaching may be treated one of the fastest growing disciplines in the coaching profession; and for the higher education, it is becoming increasingly important Team coaching competencies as hard skill of a modern FL / LSP teacher may enable a U-turn in the educational market as viewed in the light of demotivated students, losing interest in an academic degree, or gaining qualifications within the university walls. Team coaching defined as partnering in a co-creative and reflective process with a team (class) on its dynamics and relationships in a way that inspires them to maximize their abilities and potential in order to reach their common purpose and shared goals, may well fit into class instruction of the modern era.

scholarly journals Examining foreign language teaching and learning in Nepal: an ecological perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem Prasad Poudel ◽  
Madan Prasad Baral
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Ecological Relationship ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

Abstract In recent years, in Nepal, while some languages of the nation are on the verge of extinction, some foreign languages (such as Japanese, Korean, Chinese) are emerging as new attractions among the youths and adults and are widely taught in the marketplaces through the private sector initiative. Against this backdrop, in this article, we have examined the current foreign language teaching and learning situation drawing on qualitative empirical data obtained from the institutes involved in foreign language instruction in a city in Gandaki Province of Nepal. The data were collected from a survey in forty institutes, ten individual interviews and five focus group discussions. Drawing on the data, an ecological model was adopted, which focused on dynamic interaction, co-existence, and competition among languages, and findings were discussed in line with these aspects of ecological understanding. Findings revealed that learning foreign languages has been established as a conduit towards economic gains and opportunities for employment and education, which has largely been contributory towards reshaping the ecological relationship among the foreign languages in Nepal.

Invited colloquium: Foreign languages in an age of globalization

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Kramsch
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Common Prior

With the advent of globalization and the increasingly multilingual and multicultural nature of nations, institutions and classrooms, the fundamental nature of foreign language instruction is changing. Such traditional notions as: ‘native speaker’, ‘target culture’, ‘standard L2’ are becoming problematic with the influx of immigrants to industrialized nation-states, the diversification of accents, and the stratification of language varieties. Foreign language classrooms, too, are becoming less and less homogenous: lacking common points of reference in a common L1, students have to learn the L2 without any common prior cultural or historical context. Caught between the need to impart a skill that will be ‘usable’ in a variety of global settings and the desire to develop an L2 academic literacy that is specific to a given national culture, foreign language study is challenged to reconcile the local and the global, its national premise and its transnational entailments. This colloquium explored the changing nature of the challenges facing the teaching and learning of foreign languages in an age of global information technologies, global job market, and global migrations. In particular it focused on the notion of the ‘foreign’ in foreign language education and how globalization has affected this foreignness.

Research on language teaching and learning in Austria (2004–2009)

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Dalton-Puffer ◽  
Renate Faistauer ◽  
Eva Vetter
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
National Education ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This overview of six years of research on language learning and teaching in Austria covers a period of dynamic development in the field. While all the studies reviewed here illustrate research driven by a combination of local and global concerns and theoretical frameworks, some specific clusters of research interest emerge. The first of these focuses on issues connected with multilingualism in present-day society in terms of language policy, theory development and, importantly, the critical scrutiny of dominant discursive practices in connection with minority and migrant languages. In combination with this focus, there is a concern with German as a second or foreign language in a number of contexts. A second cluster concerns the area of language testing and assessment, which has gained political import due to changes in national education policy and the introduction of standardized tests. Finally, a third cluster of research concerns the diverse types of specialized language instruction, including the introduction of foreign language instruction from age six onwards, the rise of academic writing instruction, English-medium education and, as a final more general issue, the role of English as a dominant language in the canon of all foreign and second languages in Austria.

scholarly journals Good Practices for Primary-Level Content-based Foreign Language Instruction Identified in Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taina M Wewer
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction

This practice-oriented article, also applicable for general foreign and second language instruction, outlines experiences and classroom practices recognized as functional and effective in CLIL (content and language integrated learning) contexts. CLIL can be defined as a comprehensive approach to foreign language teaching because it aims at learning language through various content across the curriculum. Since one of the guidelines in the Finnish basic education is teacher autonomy, the fluctuation in materials, practices and methods is notable. Therefore, there is no sole authenticated model of CLIL implementation, but the practices rather vary significantly from one classroom to another. Furthermore, the extent of the target language (TL) exposure has an impact on the instructional choices as well as the pre-negotiated and defined learning objectives. In most cases, the primary aim is that the child learns to read and write in the mother tongue or the main language of instruction (most often Finnish in Finland), and the target language (in this case English) is gradually and increasingly incorporated into the everyday classroom practice. Hence, instruction is bilingual. Research on foreign language teaching and learning helps to formulate some of the recurring linguistic practices in CLIL classrooms which is important in shaping the language used for social purposes. The integration of language and content and academic language need special attention in CLIL. In a similar manner, assessment of the target language, has to be specifically addressed. I will touch upon all these issues in the three main sections drawing on CLIL instruction with approximately 25% English exposure of total instruction.  

scholarly journals Didactic Principles in Teaching Additional Foreign Language in Uzbekistan Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gulnara Makhkamova ◽  
Akram Amirkulov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Negative Transfer ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

Uzbekistanis a multilingual country, therefore the problems of multididactics in higher education has been arisen for the last period. This paper offers the current ideas in multilingualism, multilingual assumptions for teaching an additional foreign language and implications of the changes of instructional input in the context of multididactics. In particular, the article aims to look into the issues of teaching additional foreign language for occupational purpose in theUzbekistancontext. This study emphasizes the specificity of the cognitive process in teaching and learning two foreign languages for vocational aims and presents the principles of multilingual didactics. More specifically, the article brings an overview of didactic principles in the context of positive and negative transfer of the previous language experiences in learning Italian as additional foreign language atTashkent-TurinPolytechnicUniversity. The successful methods and techniques for application the didactic principles into practice of teaching the Italian language are also described within this article.

scholarly journals Modern approaches to teaching a foreign language

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-188
Author(s):  
Sh Rakhmetova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Approach To Teaching

Modern approaches to teaching a foreign language are considered in the article. Knowledge of one or several foreign languages has become an urgent problem for many people. And in such circumstances, the search for effective approaches to teaching foreign languages aimed at solving specific professional problems has be-come relevant. The aim of the article is to analyze and classify modern approaches to teaching a foreign lan-guage. The above aim allows formulating the objectives of the study is to study the theoretical and methodo-logical base of these approaches; summarize the scientific data on this issue in the article. To solve the set tasks, the paper describes the structures of higher education, the need to modernize the higher education sys-tem by the principles of the Bologna Declaration. Researches on educational technology use for teaching and learning in high school are studied. A review of modern sources in the implementation of the reform of the educational standard focused on competency and competency-based approach to teaching a foreign language is carried out. It also analyzes the main theses of the methodology of teaching a foreign language, in particu-lar topical approaches

scholarly journals Pedagogical Framework For Polyculturalism in Higher Education: Foreign Language Instruction

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Chaika ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Multicultural Personality ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

The article highlights the theoretical and pedagogical frameworks for polyculturalism and multiculturalism as the foundational values attributable to future foreign language teachers in general and teachers, or instructors of languages for specific purposes, in particular. The findings substantiate the importance of pedagogical framework for poly- / multiculturalism given the fact that the created poly- / multicultural and polylingual environment of higher educational institution as a principle condition in value chain education may ensure the formation of poly- / multicultural personality of a foreign language teacher and LSP instructor. That becomes possible with the help of growing their socio cultural identity while students master the system of knowledge, concepts and ideas about poly- / multiculturalism in the poly- / multicultural environment of their classroom and improve social communication skills. It is stated that the complex of pedagogical conditions may well promotepoly- / multiculturalism for future teachers of foreign languages and LSP instructors. It is underlined that pedagogical framework for polyculturalism in a foreign language classroom, aiming to teach philology students, rests on the following: (i) construction of training process in regards to foreign languages on the integration principle of educational disciplines with existing poly- / multicultural component according to tasks and the basic components of poly- / multiculturalism; (ii) application of interactive technologies for the formation of socio- cultural and poly- / multicultural competence, which includes bilingualism and poly- / multilingualism (didactic conditions); (iii) creation of a poly- / multicultural educational environment; (iv) dialogical interaction in the course of socio-cultural activities (educational conditions) inter alia.

scholarly journals English as a foreign language instruction in Ecuador: Implementation of the Content and Language Integrated-Learning during 2019-2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Pamela Barre ◽  
Jhonny Villafuerte-Holguin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
The Impact

Ecuadorian educational policy for English as Foreign Language instruction in Ecuador mandated in 2016 to introduce Content and Language Integrated-Learning (CLIL) methodology to improve the teaching and learning process. This research aims to analyze the implementation of CLIL methodology in zone 4 of Ecuador during 2019-2021. This work subscribed to the transformative paradigm and administrated quantitative and qualitative methods of educational research. The participants were 70 English as a Foreign Language teachers from nine public and private educational institutions located in Manabi Province of Ecuador. The instrument used was the Instructor Perceptions of Differentiated Instruction of Turner, Solis, and Kincade (2017) in an observation format. The information collection techniques used were in-depth interview and focus group discussion. The results allowed the research team to determine the impact of the pandemic on the CLIL implementation in zone 4 of Ecuador. The results show differences in the implementation of the methodology between public and private schools which are linked to internet and technology devices access, teachers' knowledge regarding CLIL methodology, and institutional policies. In regards COVID19 pandemic, it is concluded that it has pacted the implementation of CLIL methodology in both public and private secondary schools that participated in the study.

Institutional Education and Multilingualism: PlurCur® as a Prototype of a Multilingual Whole School Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta Hufeisen
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Policy ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
School Development ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Whole School

AbstractIn this article, a prototype of a whole school curriculum will be introduced which could be a framework for including more foreign languages than usual and for combining systematically foreign language instruction with content teaching, thereby enhancing the opportunities for school development. It has been tested as a political instrument for school development; examples of good practice will be given. In this article, it will be shown what this whole school language curriculum looks like, how it can be implemented and which research results were obtained.

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