Foreign language teaching in Romanian higher education : teaching methods, learning outcomes /: teaching methods, learning outcomes. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu, editor.
• Editors: Grosu-Rădulescu, Lucia-Mihaela
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Reference; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Foreign Language Education in Romania -- Contexts and Methodologies; Constructing and Construing the Place of Romanian Foreign Language Education in the European Context; 1 Introduction; 2 Context; 3 The Language Issue; 4 Conclusions; References; Laying the Foundation of Foreign Language Acquisition -- The Cases of Educational Policies and English Textbook Design; 1 Legal Regulations for Promoting Foreign Language Learning; 2 Educational Linguistic Policies Specific to the European Union. 3 Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in Primary Education Within the General European Framework4 Changes in the English Curriculum Design; 5 English Textbooks Used in the Primary Educational System; 6 Conclusions; References; On Some of the Challenges of Teaching Formal English Linguistics; 1 Overview of Pre-University Teaching Systems: (Romanian and) English Language Teaching in Elementary Schools and High-Schools; 1.1 Briefly on the Romanian Educational System and Grammar Teaching in Elementary Schools; 1.2 Language Learning in High-Schools; 2 Language Studies in Higher Education. 2.1 Linguistics and Language Studies in Romania2.2 Teaching (English) Linguistics at the University of Bucharest: Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects; 3 Taking Stock and Drawing Conclusions; Appendix; References; Useful Links:; The Importance of Visual Literacy: An Analysis of Potential Obstacles for Romanian Students in the Completion of IELTS Academic Writing Task 1; 1 Introduction; 2 Visual Literacy and Graphicacy -- An Overview; 3 Visual Literacy and Graphicacy in Romanian Curricula; 4 Research Aims, Questions and Methods; 4.1 Graph Familiarity Data Resulted from the Questionnaire. 4.2 Obstacles in Understanding Non-graphic Information from Task Instructions4.3 Difficulties in Understanding Graphic Information and Encoding Graph Comprehension in Written Discourse in English as a Foreign Language; 5 Conclusions; References; Useful links; The Impact of the CEFR on Teaching and Assessing Romanian as a Second/Foreign Language. Practice and Research; 1 The Common European Framework of Reference. General Considerations; 1.1 Native Speaker References in the CEFR; 1.2 Second Language Acquisition and Empirical Validation. 1.2.1 Association Between Language Proficiency Levels and the Intellectual Skills1.2.2 The CEFR Levels and SLA; 2 Putting the Common European Framework of Reference to Good (or Terrible) Use; 2.1 A Multicultural University; 2.2 Language Education and the National Educational System; 3 Romanian as a Foreign Language. Putting the CEFR to Perhaps Better Use; 3.1 Teaching and Teacher Training; 3.2 Assessment; 4 Putting the CEFR to Unexpected Use; 5 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Teaching Romanian as a Foreign Language. Formal and Non-formal Education Perspectives; 1 Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 418.0071; Education; Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Romania; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling; Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Higher); Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Education -- Professional Development; Central government policies; Teacher training; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Language and languages; Education and state; Multilingualism; Education -- Language Experience Approach; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Romania; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319933290; 3319933299
• Related ISBNs: 9783319933283; 3319933280
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2018).
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