高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2022-10-14 DOI: 10.4324/9781003264026

Admire Mare, Erisher Woyo, Elina M. Amadhila

{"title":"Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa","authors":"Admire Mare, Erisher Woyo, Elina M. Amadhila","doi":"10.4324/9781003264026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003264026","url":null,"abstract":"This book critically examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated digital innovation within higher education using case studies from Africa. Imagining a future for post-pandemic higher education, it analyses the challenges and opportunities of remote teaching and learning. The book explores the structural barriers around access to higher education and how these were reconfigured and amplified by technology-dependent teaching and learning. Case studies from countries across Africa provide unique insights into the challenges experienced by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining examples of emergent pedagogies such as online, mobile and social media-enhanced teaching, and blended learning. The chapters consider online assessment and teacher professional development, critically examining some of the benefits and structural challenges of digital technology integration in the context of pre-existing education disparities (such as students and teachers living in poverty-stricken and highly unequal societies). Offering invaluable insights into higher education in Africa, the book will be essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in the fields of higher education study, digital education and educational technology, and African and comparative education. It will also be of interest to higher education managers and policymakers. © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Admire Mare, Erisher Woyo and Elina M. Amadhila. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77886858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Narratives and accounts: “Post-crisis” narration in annual company reports 叙述和账目:公司年报中的“后危机”叙述

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0011

J. Winchester, Simon A Williams

{"title":"Narratives and accounts: “Post-crisis” narration in annual company reports","authors":"J. Winchester, Simon A Williams","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper aims to provide Business English and EAP practitioners with a rationale for including the analysis of narrative elements in business addresses in their language teaching in order to encourage critical thinking in learners. By studying these elements, and the rhetorical function of the narrative in particular, students can become more aware of how the use of narratives can be part of a strategy to convey a particular message in order to influence perceptions and to enact change in a company (Moon 2010: 133). This is especially the case when the company has undergone a crisis (Hearit 1995). The business addresses chosen for the study are the annual reports of two global companies, BP and Toyota, both written post-crisis. According to a narrative analysis of both reports, outlined in the paper, there are significant differences between the two papers in the use and effect of rhetoric. The findings of a quantitative study show that Business English students are able to identify differences in rhetorical functions and corporate identity construction within the texts, suggesting that such a contrastive analysis can develop students' critical thinking skills. These findings are supported by a further small-scale study assessing potential classroom applications of the reports in which example activities and tasks were piloted with small groups of EAP students.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84223961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

The role of research in teaching-oriented institutions: A case study of university language centres in Finland 研究在教学导向机构中的作用:芬兰大学语言中心的个案研究

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0018

Heidi Rontu, Ulla-Kristiina Tuomi

引用次数: 6

Connectedness through a strong form of TBLT, classroom implementation of the CEFR, cyclical learning, and learning-oriented assessment 通过强有力的任务型教学形式、CEFR的课堂实施、循环学习和以学习为导向的评估来建立联系

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0012

Fergus O’Dwyer, Alexander Imig, N. Nagai

{"title":"Connectedness through a strong form of TBLT, classroom implementation of the CEFR, cyclical learning, and learning-oriented assessment","authors":"Fergus O’Dwyer, Alexander Imig, N. Nagai","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper, fundamentally a procedural paper, outlines pedagogical practices which others may want to adapt for their own purposes. We demonstrate how a strong form of task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT), classroom implementation of the CEFR, cyclical learning, and assessment fulfilling roles, such as informing the next learning stage, can be combined in a connected pedagogy. We place this pedagogy in a theoretical framework, which includes explaining: how tasks in a strong form of TBLT are authentically linked to each other; the potential of the scaled descriptors of the CEFR (Council of Europe 2001); possible phases of cyclical learning; and how classroom assessment can perform roles such as a decision making tool, a participatory pedagogical process, and informing the next learning task. We provide examples of pedagogical implementation and attempt to map this pedagogy to the theoretical framework above. We show how scaled descriptors from the CEFR are used to create clear and concrete descriptors for a course that implements a strong form of TBLT. The implementation of a learning cycle is explained in terms of how assessment is performed, and the roles it undertakes. The concluding discussion outlines our opinions on why the practices outlined in the paper can create pedagogical synergy and a positive classroom assessment culture.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88025703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Translating the CercleS European Language Portfolio into Portuguese for plurilingual development in a Community of Practice 将CercleS欧洲语言作品集翻译成葡萄牙语，用于实践社区的多语种发展

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0017

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro

{"title":"Translating the CercleS European Language Portfolio into Portuguese for plurilingual development in a Community of Practice","authors":"María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper plurilingual and autonomy building activities are described with reference to the CercleS European Language Portfolio and some parts of the original Council of Europe Language Portfolio. For this extracurricular plurilingual learning project in Portugal, eight secondyear female students studying for a degree in Executive Secretarial Studies voluntarily formed a Community of Practice by taking part in some introductory workshops and regular meetings in order to gain familiarity with the official but userfriendly nature of the European learning tool. Their translation proposals in Portuguese covered two parts, one from each of the official organisations, and specifically: (i) the general introduction to the European Language Portfolio and (ii) the introduction to the language passport (CercleS 2002), accompanied by a written reflection on their individual development. Subsequent workshops focused alternately on ongoing expansion of the participants' language horizons and on specific Portuguese expressions for appropriateness of register, accessibility, syntactic and lexical tuning. The results are reported as an illustration of the importance of this kind of activity as a contribution towards the development of plurilingual competences, growing autonomy and selfconfidence, and using a complete language toolkit within a Community of Practice.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85909105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Having fun in the classroom: Subtitling activities 课堂上的乐趣:字幕活动

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0021

Micòl Beseghi

{"title":"Having fun in the classroom: Subtitling activities","authors":"Micòl Beseghi","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyses the role of subtitles both as a functional activity and a didactic tool in translation teaching and foreign language learning. It presents the results of a didactic project carried out with a class of university students enrolled in the first year of Laurea Magistrale in Lingue e Letterature Straniere (University of Parma). In particular, the aim of the project was to exploit the potentials of subtitling – and in particular those of fansubbing – in a formal teaching context such as a translation course (Lingua e Traduzione Inglese). More specifically, students were asked to engage in multimodal activities in order to create interlingual subtitles for a variety of TV series, acting as non-professional subtitlers. Such activities included the translation of episodes of their favourite TV programmes, ranging from medical dramas to crime, legal and science fiction series, thus presenting students with a variety of backgrounds and different fields. Using the software Subtitle Workshop, students were asked to complete the translation of the episode in a very short time, trying to solve as many problems as possible (regarding terminology, cultural references, language varieties, taboo language, etc.) and making the most of their fan cultural knowledge.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81797951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Impacts of the use of “support tools” on a distance language learning course 使用“辅助工具”对远程语言学习课程的影响

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0013

Vincent Pradier, O. Andronova

引用次数: 0

The changing world of higher education: Where do language centres fit in? 不断变化的高等教育世界:语言中心在哪里?

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0019

Anje Dijk, Christine Engelen, Liesbet Korebrits

{"title":"The changing world of higher education: Where do language centres fit in?","authors":"Anje Dijk, Christine Engelen, Liesbet Korebrits","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article assesses the current trends in language centre (LC) management in the Netherlands and Dutch-speaking Belgium. Twenty-five LCs are united under the umbrella of NUT, which offers its members the possibility to meet and discuss concrete professional subjects. Solutions, strategies and decisions emphasise the importance of national organisations of LCs like NUT, whose management wants to stimulate transparent communication on business policies and management experience between LCs. NUT is constantly looking for ways to transform ideas into innovative products and services, or to improve existing ones. Internationalisation is a hot topic, and universities primarily base their language policy on English and Dutch. University LCs could play an important role in making recommendations to policymakers – they test proficiency, offer remedial training, and provide translation and editing services. The importance of other languages is also an issue. Although multilingualism, especially proficiency in a third (or fourth) language in addition to one's mother tongue and English, deserves to be encouraged, available budgets are shrinking. Furthermore, LCs sometimes have to implement policy that is diametrically opposed to their own vision, and opportunities for cooperation are not yet being exploited to the full. University LCs are flexible, dynamic, independent entities that often behave differently from the faculty or service they are affiliated to – LCs can be seen as small businesses within a larger academic context. NUT LCs also cooperate with each other in the fields of mutual quality assurance and innovation. Other exciting projects include interuniversity cooperation in the area of language testing and partnerships with Dutch as a Second Language departments and with publishers of teaching materials and digital language tests. All three authors of this article are members of the board of NUT and directors of LCs (two in the Netherlands and one in Belgium). The article is based on their experiences as directors and on the trends they have observed within NUT.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88254274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Oral communication in the framework of cognitive fluency: Developing and testing spoken Russian within the TORFL system 认知流畅性框架下的口语交际:TORFL系统下俄语口语的开发与测试

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0014

Olga Sobolev, T. Nesterova

{"title":"Oral communication in the framework of cognitive fluency: Developing and testing spoken Russian within the TORFL system","authors":"Olga Sobolev, T. Nesterova","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Language testing and second language acquisition research are both concerned with proficiency in the second language; given this shared interest, the rapprochement between these two domains may prove revealing and productive not only in terms of teaching practices, but also in taking a wide view of language, ranging across cognition, society and linguistics. The paper is focused on the conceptual notion of cognitive fluency as a fundamental indicator of students' oral production in a foreign language. Within the framework of this theoretical approach, it provides a critical appreciation of the performancebased speaking tests (in terms of their reliability in measuring fluency), devised within the Russian State TORFL system. It also reflects on the policy and practice of designing pedagogical materials for developing oral proficiency (cognitive fluency) in Russian learners at A1–B1 stages at LSE. Specific attention is paid to such key issues of the cognitive perspective as the transfer appropriate setting and flexibility of fluency related processing and thinking for speaking, which are seen to serve as important criteria both for effective testing, and in enhancing fluency.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74739655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Mind the gap between form and function. Teaching pragmatics with the British sitcom in the foreign language classroom 注意形式和功能之间的差距。英语情景喜剧在外语课堂中的语用教学

高等建筑教育 Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2013-0020

Gillian Mansfield

{"title":"Mind the gap between form and function. Teaching pragmatics with the British sitcom in the foreign language classroom","authors":"Gillian Mansfield","doi":"10.1515/cercles-2013-0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0020","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article intends to show how situation comedies may be used in the English language classroom to develop awareness-raising activities aimed at soliciting an understanding of essentially pragmatic and cultural aspects of everyday language. After a brief overview of studies on pragmatic teachability (Rose and Kasper 2001, 2002) and learnability (Taguchi 2011) in the language classroom over the last twenty years or so, verbal humour in situation comedy will be investigated with a view to presenting learners with the kinds of word play that are clearly intended to invoke laughter. With reference to a second-year degree course in modern languages at the University of Parma (Italy), it will be seen how learners can be motivated to resort to previously acquired theoretical knowledge of various pragmatic expedients (Brown and Levinson 1978; Leech 1983; Levinson 1984; Yule 1996) with a view to recognizing the intended illocutionary force of utterances and exchanges in the light of Grice's (1975) co-operative principle in conversation. This approach is justified by Bouton's (1994) claim that an understanding of implicature is a necessary learning target. Although it comprises written-to-be-spoken text, the situation comedy is an excellent source of “real” everyday language in which Grice's maxims are constantly broken or flouted through intentional ambiguity for the purposes of provoking laughter. By encouraging learners to perceive the fuzzy line of demarcation between the form and communicative function of words and phrases in the ongoing exchange structure of a conversation, it will be possible to see how they become more motivated to search for examples of their own (Bardovi-Harlig 1996) and discuss them with the teacher during their post-course assessment. The teacher is thus able not only to discern whether learners have effectively become more aware of the subtleties and implicatures of language meaning in the creation of verbal humour, but also incidentally, benefit from a subsequent addition to her sitcom corpus for future courses.","PeriodicalId":60797,"journal":{"name":"高等建筑教育","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84204481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

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