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Learning Chinese and Making Meaning -- Ways to Develop Intercultural Citizenship in the Foreign Language Classroom
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Fei Morgan – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Using Chinese language teaching in an engineering department as an example, this paper explores how language teaching can meet the challenges of globalisation and the advancement of technology by fulfilling its educational function as described in Byram's model of intercultural communicative competence. By adapting theories and practices from…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Intercultural Communication, Psychotherapy, Foreign Countries
Is Individual Competition in Translator Training Compatible with Collaborative Learning? The Case of the MTIE Translation Award
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Tallone, Laura; Ribeiro, Sandra; Albuquerque, Alexandra – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
In past years, translation education has shifted from a "transmissionist approach" to the unchallenged use of collaborative learning, with extensive recourse to teamwork and Project-based Learning. Students are encouraged to develop their translation and interpersonal skills in collaborative environments, focusing on translation as a…
Descriptors: Translation, Cooperative Learning, Language Processing, Professional Personnel
Communication Course for Future Engineers -- Effective Data Presentation and Its Interpretation during LSP Courses
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Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction