scholarly journals Mejoras en el aprendizaje de la mediación lingüística e intercultural a través de la inclusión de la atenuación / Improvement of Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation thanks to the inclusion of mitigation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Secchi
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Know How ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Linguistic Strategy ◽  
Intercultural Mediators ◽  
General Linguistic ◽  
Pragmatic Knowledge ◽  
Do So

Resumen: La fluidez de una lengua y sus matices son algo imprescindible que los estudiantes tienen que aprender y saber reconocer si quieren convertirse en buenos mediadores lingüísticos e interculturales. Se presenta, pues, una actividad didáctica en la que, en primer lugar, y dando por sentado las competencias lingüísticas generales de los estudiantes franceses (con nivel B2-C1 de E/LE según el MCER, 2001), con los que se ha llevado a cabo la actividad, se pretende hacer reflexionar los mismos sobre sus conocimientos pragmáticos atenuantes previos con el fin de mejorar sus destrezas comunicativas que necesitan para desenvolverse en la profesión de mediadores lingüísticos. A partir de ello, en segundo lugar, se pretende que los estudiantes aprendan a reconocer no solamente cuando es necesario emplear elementos atenuantes como estrategia lingüística sino también cuando pueden y deben hacerlo puesto que la situación lo requiere. Palabras clave: mediación lingüística e intercultural, mediador, atenuación, destrezas comunicativas atenuantes Abstract: The fluency of a language and its nuances are essential for the students in order to learn and know how to recognize to become good linguistic and intercultural mediators. This paper therefore presents a didactic activity in which, in the first place, and taking for granted the general linguistic competences of the French students (with level B2-C1 of Spanish as a Second Language in accordance with CEFR, 2001) with whom the activity has been carried out, the aim is to make them reflect on their previous attenuating pragmatic knowledge in order to improve their communicative skills that they need to develop in the profession of linguistic mediators. Based on this, it is intended that students learn to recognise not only when it is necessary to use attenuating elements as a linguistic strategy but also when they can and must do so as the situation requires. Keywords: intercultural and linguistic mediation, mediator, mitigation, communications and mitigation skills

scholarly journals Mejoras en el aprendizaje de la mediación lingüística e intercultural a través de la inclusión de la atenuación / Improvement of Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation thanks to the inclusion of mitigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Secchi
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Know How ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Linguistic Strategy ◽  
Intercultural Mediators ◽  
General Linguistic ◽  
Pragmatic Knowledge ◽  
Do So

Resumen: La fluidez de una lengua y sus matices son algo imprescindible que los estudiantes tienen que aprender y saber reconocer si quieren convertirse en buenos mediadores lingüísticos e interculturales. Se presenta, pues, una actividad didáctica en la que, en primer lugar, y dando por sentado las competencias lingüísticas generales de los estudiantes franceses (con nivel B2-C1 de E/LE según el MCER, 2001), con los que se ha llevado a cabo la actividad, se pretende hacer reflexionar los mismos sobre sus conocimientos pragmáticos atenuantes previos con el fin de mejorar sus destrezas comunicativas que necesitan para desenvolverse en la profesión de mediadores lingüísticos. A partir de ello, en segundo lugar, se pretende que los estudiantes aprendan a reconocer no solamente cuando es necesario emplear elementos atenuantes como estrategia lingüística sino también cuando pueden y deben hacerlo puesto que la situación lo requiere. Palabras clave: mediación lingüística e intercultural, mediador, atenuación, destrezas comunicativas atenuantes Abstract: The fluency of a language and its nuances are essential for the students in order to learn and know how to recognize to become good linguistic and intercultural mediators. This paper therefore presents a didactic activity in which, in the first place, and taking for granted the general linguistic competences of the French students (with level B2-C1 of Spanish as a Second Language in accordance with CEFR, 2001) with whom the activity has been carried out, the aim is to make them reflect on their previous attenuating pragmatic knowledge in order to improve their communicative skills that they need to develop in the profession of linguistic mediators. Based on this, it is intended that students learn to recognise not only when it is necessary to use attenuating elements as a linguistic strategy but also when they can and must do so as the situation requires. Keywords: intercultural and linguistic mediation, mediator, mitigation, communications and mitigation skills

scholarly journals DALLA LINGUA MATERNA ALLA SECONDA LINGUA

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Maria Manganaro
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Know How ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract.Learning a second language, in addition to the mother tongue, helps to significantly improve the maturation and cultural education of the child, and to enhance its expressive and communicative skills. The 85 New Programs for the Primary School, emphasize the need to strengthen the pupils’ ability to make linguistic relationship with various interlocutors using the language in its variety of codes and its main functions. You need to direct the child to take account of extra-linguistic elements (situations, characters, topics, roles) as a fundamental condition for understanding texts and to produce oral and written messages, in relation to cognitive situations. On 1 September 2012, the Minister Profumo issues the New Indications, maintaining continuity with the previous ones. They assume an intercultural aspect, which concerns, not only the presence of foreign students in the classes, but also an open attitude towards the world and the reality of which the younger generation will be part. In recent years, mankind has achieved a considerable progress in the field of mass communication, the economic and cultural exchanges with different peoples and in the field of science and technology; hence the use of foreign languages is becoming indispensable tool of modern man, open to a broader vision of life. In this regard, school is primarily called to make its contribution, because it first must fulfill these needs, as an institution to which it is specifically entrusted with the task of preparing the new generations in society. So the early teaching of a second language is possible, as long as you lay down clearly achievable goals and implement a suitable educational mediation. In addition, to know how one acquires a language, you have to observe the evolution in the period of growth of the child since he is infant and, above all, the relationship between language and thought.Keywords: Learning a second language - L2 - Bilingualism - Learning motivationRiassunto.Apprendere una seconda lingua oltre a quella materna contribuisce a migliorare in modo considerevole la maturazione e la formazione culturale del bambino, nonché a potenziare le sue capacità espressive e comunicative. I Nuovi Programmi dell’85, per la Scuola Elementare, mettono in evidenza la necessità di potenziare nell’alunno la capacità di porsi in relazione linguistica con interlocutori diversi usando la lingua nella sua varietà di codici e nelle sue numerose funzioni. Bisogna avviare il bambino a tener conto degli elementi extralinguistici (situazioni, personaggi, argomenti, ruoli) come condizione fondamentale per comprendere testi e per produrre messaggi, orali e scritti, rapportati alla situazione cognitiva. Il 1° Settembre 2012 il Ministro Profumo emana le nuove indicazioni, mantenendo una continuità con quelle precedenti. Esse assumono un carattere interculturale, che non riguarda soltanto la presenza di alunni stranieri nelle classi, ma anche un atteggiamento di apertura verso il mondo e la realtà in cui si troveranno le giovani generazioni. Negli ultimi anni l’umanità ha raggiunto un notevole progresso nell’ambito delle comunicazioni di massa, degli scambi economico-commerciali e culturali con diversi popoli e nel campo delle scienze e della tecnologia, di conseguenza l’uso delle lingue straniere è diventato strumento indispensabile dell’uomo moderno, aperto ad una visione più ampia ed universale della vita. A tal proposito, la scuola è chiamata principalmente a dare il suo contributo, perché essa in primo luogo, come istituzione a cui è specificatamente affidato il compito di preparare le nuove generazioni alla vita sociale, deve assolvere a queste necessità. Dunque l’insegnamento precoce di una seconda lingua è possibile, purché si fissino chiaramente gli obiettivi raggiungibili e si attui un’ idonea mediazione didattica. Inoltre, per sapere come si acquisisce una lingua, bisogna osservare le evoluzioni nel periodo di crescita del bambino sin da quando è infante e, soprattutto il rapporto intercorrente tra linguaggio epensiero.Parole Chiave: Apprendere una seconda lingua- L2- Bilinguismo- Motivazione all’apprendimento

scholarly journals CINE BLASFÊMIA: uma narrativa de censura, enfrentamentos e (re)existências

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Suely Aldir Messeder ◽  
Clebemilton Gomes do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
State University ◽  
Know How ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Regulatory Regimes ◽  
Christian Discourse ◽  
Do So

A proposta do presente artigo é de discutir a blasfêmia como estratégia política de resistência aos regimes regulatórios de gênero e sexualidade. Para tanto, analisa-se o Cine Blasfêmia, uma atividade extensionista desenvolvida pelo grupo de pesquisa Enlace da UNEB. Explora-se a tensão discursiva presente no ato blasfêmico praticado por sujeitos acadêmico-políticos e contestado por sujeitos forjados e formados pelo discurso judaico-cristão para compreendê-lo no saber-fazer da ciência. Além disso, discute-se a complexa trama do filme “A excêntrica família de Antônia”, trazida para dentro da análise para evidenciar os debates blasfêmicos e polifônicos vinculados às problemáticas feministas.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Cine Blasfêmia; Estado; Universidade; Gênero; Discurso judaico-cristão   ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to discuss blasphemy as a political strategy of resistance to the regulatory regimes of gender and sexuality. In order to do so, we analyze Cine Blasfêmia, an extensionist activity developed by the Enlace research group of UNEB. It explores the discursive tension present in the blasphemous act practiced by academic-political subjects and contested by forged subjects and formed by the Judeo-Christian discourse to understand it in the know-how of science. In addition, we discuss the complex plot of the film "The eccentric family of Antonia", brought into the analysis to highlight the blasphemous and polyphonic debates linked to feminist issues.esumo em língua inglesa de Resumo de 5 a 10 linhas, espaço simples, letra ginsha, tamanho 12.   KEYWORDS: Cine Blasfêmia; State; University; Gender; Jewish-Christian Speech   RESUMEN La propuesta del presente artículo es de discutir la blasfemia como estrategia política de resistencia a los regímenes regulatorios de género y sexualidad. Por lo tanto, se analiza el Cine Blasfemia, una actividad extensiva desarrollada por el grupo de investigación Enlace de la UNEB. Se explora la tensión discursiva presente en el acto de la blasfemia practicado por sujetos académico-políticos y contestado por sujetos forjados y formados por el discurso judaico-cristiano para comprenderlo en el saber hacer de la ciencia. Además de eso, se discute la compleja trama del filme "La excéntrica familia de Antonia", traída para dentro del análisis para evidenciar los debates de la blasfémia e polifónicos vinculados a problemáticas feministas.   PALABRAS CLAVE: Cine la blasfemia; Estado; universidad; género; discurso judeocristiano. 

scholarly journals Decline in Marriage Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 237802312098032
Author(s):  
Brandon G. Wagner ◽  
Kate H. Choi ◽  
Philip N. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reporting Delays ◽  
Social Upheaval ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Do So

In the social upheaval arising from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we do not yet know how union formation, particularly marriage, has been affected. Using administration records—marriage certificates and applications—gathered from settings representing a variety of COVID-19 experiences in the United States, the authors compare counts of recorded marriages in 2020 against those from the same period in 2019. There is a dramatic decrease in year-to-date cumulative marriages in 2020 compared with 2019 in each case. Similar patterns are observed for the Seattle metropolitan area when analyzing the cumulative number of marriage applications, a leading indicator of marriages in the near future. Year-to-date declines in marriage are unlikely to be due solely to closure of government agencies that administer marriage certification or reporting delays. Together, these findings suggest that marriage has declined during the COVID-19 outbreak and may continue to do so, at least in the short term.

scholarly journals Young Spanish Adults and Disinformation: Do They Identify and Spread Fake News and Are They Literate in It?

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Aida María de Vicente de Vicente Domínguez ◽  
Ana Beriain Beriain Bañares ◽  
Javier Sierra Sierra Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Spanish Population ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Know How ◽  
Literacy Training ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Do So

The infodiet of young Spanish adults aged 18 to 25 was analysed to determine their attitude towards fake news. The objectives were: to establish whether they have received any training in fake news; to determine whether they know how to identify fake information; and to investigate whether they spread it. The study employed a descriptive quantitative method consisting of a survey of 500 representative interviews of the Spanish population aged between 18 and 25 through a structured questionnaire. The results indicate that they are aware of the importance of training, although generally they do not know of any course and when they do, they do not tend to enroll on one either due to lack of interest or time. These young adults feel that they know how to identify fake content and, moreover, that they know how to do so very well. However, they do not use the best tools. While they do not always verify information, they mainly suspect the credibility of information when it is meaningless. However, they do not tend to spread fake information. We conclude that media information literacy training (MILT) is necessary in educational centres that focuses on the main issues identified.

Pragmatic transfer

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Kasper
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Interlanguage Pragmatics ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Pragmatic Transfer ◽  
Language Research ◽  
Linguistic Action ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
Basic Distinction ◽  
Pragmatic Knowledge

Throughout the short life of interlanguage pragmatics as a subdiscipline of second language research, it has been a virtually uncontested assumption that non-native speakers' comprehension and production of linguistic action is considerably influenced by their L1 pragmatic knowledge. The literature strongly supports this hypothesis. However, whereas there has been a lively controversy about the role of transfer in the traditional core areas of second language research (syntax, morphology, semantics), there has been little theoretical and methodological debate about transfer in interlanguage pragmatics. As a contribution to such a debate, this article seeks to clarify the concept of pragmatic transfer, proposing as a basic distinction Leech/Thomas' dichotomy of sociopragmatics versus pragmalinguistics and presenting evidence for transfer at both levels. Evidence for purported pragmatic universals in speech act realization and for positive and negative pragmatic transfer is discussed. Further issues to be addressed include the conditions for pragmatic transfer (transferability), the interaction of transfer with non-structural factors (proficiency, length of residence, context of acquisition), and the effect of transfer on communicative outcomes. The article concludes by briefly considering some problems of research method in studies of pragmatic transfer.

Literacy in a Second Language

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 145-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Grabe
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
First Language ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Second Language Literacy ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Language Literacy ◽  
Do So

As literacy has emerged to become a major issue in the 1980s, and will continue to do so in the 1990s, the only sure claim to be made is that the notion of literacy is extremely complex and fraught with generally accepted “myths,” hidden assumptions, over-generalizations, and simple all-inclusive responses to the challenges presented. This scenario is no less appropriate to the second language learning context than it is to the first language learning context. Thus, any examination of second language literacy requires discussion of both first language and second perspectives. It is naive to assume that the difficulties, complexities, contradictions, and debates in first language literacy do not apply equally to the large majority of second language learning contexts. Accordingly, second language literacy will be discussed in light of first language perspectives on literacy, reading, and writing, expanding these perspectives into second language contexts. (It should be noted that two excellent reviews of reading and writing in a second language appeared in ARAL IX (Carrell 1989a, Hudelson 1989a). This review should be seen as complementary to these two earlier articles.)

Language Learning Environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Benson
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Do So

This book is the first in-depth examination of the application of theories of space to issues of second language learning. The author outlines a new conceptual framework for researching SLA that centres on the idea of 'language learning environments' and demonstrates that where people learn languages is equally as important as how they do so.

scholarly journals Error Analysis of Students Essays: A Case of First Year Students of the University of Health and Allied Sciences

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Benjamin Amoakohene
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
The University

Writing is considered as a daunting task in second language learning. It is argued by most scholars that this challenge is not only limited to second language speakers of English but even to those who speak English as their first language. Thus, the ability to communicate effectively in English by both native and non-native speakers requires intensive and specialized instruction. Due to the integral role that writing plays in students’ academic life, academic literacy has garnered considerable attention in several English-medium universities in which Ghanaian universities are no exception. It is therefore surprising that prominence is not given to Academic Writing and Communicative Skills at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). In this paper, I argue for much time and space to be given to Academic Writing and Communicative Skills, a programme that seeks to train students to acquire the needed skills and competence in English for their academic and professional development. This argument is based on the findings that came out after I explored the errors in a corpus of 50 essays written by first year students of  UHAS. The findings revealed that after going through the Communicative Skills programme for two semesters, students still have serious challenges of writing error-free texts. Out of the 50 scripts that were analyzed, 1,050 errors were detected. The study further revealed that 584 (55.6%) of these errors were related to grammatical errors, 442 (42.1%) were mechanical errors and 24 (2.3%) of the errors detected were linked to the poor structuring of  sentences. Based on these findings, recommendations and implications which are significant to educators, policy makers and curriculum developers are provided. This study has implications for pedagogy and further research in error analysis. 

Lexical priming in humorous satirical newspaper headlines

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Skalicky
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
American English ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Lexical Priming ◽  
Corpus Linguistic ◽  
Linguistic Patterns ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Pragmatic Knowledge ◽  
Do So

Abstract Satire is a type of discourse commonly employed to mock or criticize a satirical target, typically resulting in humor. Current understandings of satire place strong emphasis on the role that background and pragmatic knowledge play during satire recognition. However, there may also be specific linguistic cues that signal a satirical intent. Researchers using corpus linguistic methods, specifically Lexical Priming, have demonstrated that other types of creative language use, such as irony, puns, and verbal jokes, purposefully deviate from expected language patterns (e.g. collocations). The purpose of this study is to investigate whether humorous satirical headlines also subvert typical linguistic patterns using the theory of Lexical Priming. In order to do so, a corpus of newspaper headlines taken from the satirical American newspaper The Onion are analyzed and compared to a generalized corpus of American English. Results of this analysis suggest satirical headlines exploit linguistic expectations through the use of low-frequency collocations and semantic preferences, but also contain higher discourse and genre level deviations that cannot be captured in the surface level linguistic features of the headlines.

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