Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability
Author: Carmen Álvarez-Mayo
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017-05-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1908416491

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The second volume in this series of papers dedicated to innovative language teaching and learning at university focuses on enhancing employability. Throughout the book, which includes a selection of 14 peer-reviewed and edited short papers, authors share good practices drawing on research; reflect on their experience to promote student engagement, inclusivity, and collaboration; and foster a successful learning environment while developing employability skills. Whatever the language – or the subject we teach – there are a number of skills, behaviours, attributes and attitudes which staff and students should be aware of in order to enhance teaching and learning so as to maximise student potential and their employability prospects.

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: treasuring languages

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: treasuring languages
Author: Alessia Plutino
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2020-04-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 2490057596

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The present volume collects papers from InnoConf19, which took place at the University of Southampton on the 28th of June 2019. The theme of the conference was ‘Treasuring languages: innovative and creative approaches in HE’. The contributions collected in this peer-reviewed volume aim to reflect on best practice in higher education. They showcase innovative approaches to support the multiple skills needed in our society whilst fighting a decline in students wanting to learn languages. The short papers selected for this volume display examples of innovative curriculum design; enhancement of critical thinking, creative skills, and intercultural awareness; the use of digital tools and technology-enhanced learning, employability, innovative assessment, and collaborative and independent learning. We believe this volume will be of use to language teachers and practitioners in higher education and beyond.

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: a look at new trends

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: a look at new trends
Author: Nelson Becerra
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2019-05-06
Genre:
ISBN: 2490057359

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The present volume collects papers from InnoConf18, which took place at the University of Liverpool in June 2018. The theme of the conference was ‘New trends in language teaching and learning at university’. The contributions collected here aim to reflect on best practice in the sector while at the same time capturing state-of-the-art language teaching and learning methodologies. The short papers in this peer-reviewed selection display examples of active learning and student empowerment across all levels of learning and demonstrate the benefits of maximising engagement through a creative and inspiring learning environment. We believe this volume will be of use to language teachers and practitioners in higher education and beyond.

Enhancing Online Language Learning as a Tool to Boost Employability

Enhancing Online Language Learning as a Tool to Boost Employability
Author: Sol Escobar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 10
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN:

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Online learning is a very flexible way to build and improve language knowledge alongside other work and/or study commitments whilst at the same time encouraging autonomous learning, time management, self-motivation and other skills relevant to employability. Learning on your own, however, can also be daunting. Therefore, the Languages for All (LfA) team at the University of Essex have incorporated an innovative blend of tutor support with flexible tailored lessons and bespoke assessments in addition to the Rosetta Stoneʼ Advantage (RSA) programme which is used as the main platform. This combination has contributed to a steep increase in retention and pass rates, placing our modules in an advantageous position. The article presents an innovative (and easily replicable) module structure and--supported by students' voices--shows how learning a language can contribute to enhancing employability. [For the complete volume, "Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University: Enhancing Employability," see ED574244.].

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: integrating informal learning into formal language education

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: integrating informal learning into formal language education
Author: Fernando Rosell-Aguilar
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2018-06-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 249005709X

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This volume collects selected papers from the 2017 Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University conference, which took place on the 16th of June at The Open University. The theme of the conference was Integrating informal learning into formal language education. The aim of the conference was to engage in productive collaboration between language professionals to further equip students to succeed in our ever-growing landscape of formal and informal learning. This is the third volume in a series of books compiling papers from the InnoConf conferences. It follows from the first two volumes in 2015 and 2016 respectively: Enhancing participation and collaboration (Goria, Speicher, & Stollhans, 2016) and Enhancing employability (Álvarez-Mayo, Gallagher-Brett, & Michel, 2017).

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: facilitating transition from and to higher education

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: facilitating transition from and to higher education
Author: Cathy Hampton
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2022-05-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 2490057987

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Modern languages have always been about transition – as practitioners, we challenge our students constantly to move between their own cultural and linguistic reference points and those of others. Our dynamic, interactive teaching methodologies have had to adapt to the pandemic context, necessitating the interrogation of past practice and transition to new approaches. This volume presents case studies showcasing practical initiatives to promote creative, dialogic learning in the fluid contexts that modern foreign language students are currently experiencing as they transition to higher education post-Covid and to residence abroad post-Brexit, between online and face-to-face learning spaces and between machine- and person-centred learning.

Enhancing Employability Skills by Bringing Literature Back Into the Foreign Language Class

Enhancing Employability Skills by Bringing Literature Back Into the Foreign Language Class
Author: Ana Bela Almeida
Publisher:
Total Pages: 9
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN:

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The international research network, "Literature in the Foreign Language Class" ("Litinclass"), was created with a view of exploring and sharing ideas on the numerous skills and benefits that can be derived from language learning through literature. This paper focuses on how literature can have an important role in the development of specific employability skills in the language class, as it relates not only to purely linguistic abilities, but also helps foster other soft skills such as intercultural awareness, problem-solving abilities and critical thinking. The role of the "Litinclass" research group is also considered, and in particular the "Litinclass" website (https://litinclass.wordpress.com/), in bringing together expertise in this area. This website, aimed at Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) teachers and researchers, both at school and university levels, aims to pool resources and methodologies in the area, and to bring innovation to the study of literature in the foreign language classroom. [For the complete volume, "Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University: Enhancing Employability," see ED574244.].

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration

Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration
Author: Cecilia Goria
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2016-01-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1908416319

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The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham hosted the fifth annual conference in the “Innovative Language Teaching at University” series. Under the heading “Enhancing participation and collaboration” the conference, organised by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, took place on 19 June 2015, and was attended by over 120 linguists, language teachers and language acquisition researchers from all over the world. This edited volume contains 15 selected short papers based on presentations from the conference as well as Dr Jan Hardman’s keynote address and a foreword by Prof. Zoltán Dörnyei.

Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2020-07-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527556875

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This volume is focused on the teaching and acquisition of language for special, professional or general purposes, as well as the needs and challenges associated with foreign language pedagogy in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) or, more generally, Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). It presents innovative methodology and technology-integrated approaches that will serve to benefit teacher development and assist language practitioners in enhancing student investment and motivation. A pragmatic tool for utilization at the local level, this collection provides an international panorama of language pedagogy that is of great use to both junior and senior researchers. It will also serve as a source of inspiration for future and seasoned language practitioners and in-service teacher educators.

New to the LSP classroom? A selection of monographs on successful practices

New to the LSP classroom? A selection of monographs on successful practices
Author: Martina Vránová
Publisher: Vernon Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2023-05-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1648896286

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As Languages for Specific Purposes have always been defined as student-oriented, the rationale behind this volume is to use the rather neglected niche of the other necessary agent of language instruction and thus focus on the LSP practitioner. This turn towards the instructor has been motivated by the fact that a great number of LSP practitioners enter their jobs without previous expertise. They lack LSP education, or they may not even have a background in applied linguistics. This motivation has proven valid as many of the volume’s contributors have faced this particular situation in their professional lives. For insights into the LSP field and guidelines on the best practices, they must rely on their colleagues who offer to share their experience through workshops, conferences, or papers, which is what this volume provides. The primary goal of this volume is to present considerations of what challenges LSP practitioners face and should be prepared for in their jobs and to provide practice-tested methodological guidelines on such demanding teaching techniques as blended and flipped learning or tandem learning. All papers have been written by LSP practitioners and researchers in higher education. Thus, this volume provides both guidance and self-reflection. In other words, it is written by experienced LSP practitioners for aspiring LSP practitioners about how they see themselves and what effort they make to meet the challenges of their jobs. As proof that LSP practice is a global challenge, papers have been collected from many European countries, the USA, Uruguay. Even though most papers are naturally concerned with English, being the lingua franca of today, the collection also features guidelines for teaching Spanish, French and Dutch for specific purposes. Moreover, the target disciplines these languages are taught for encompass business, engineering, sociology or medicine, thus supporting the assumption of the universal character of problems LSP practitioners deal with.