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Assessing interactional skills in a paired speaking test : raters’ interpretation of the construct
2019
The operationalization of interactional competence (IC) within the paired speaking test format allows for a range of interactional skills to be tested. However, in terms of assessment, challenges are posed with regard to the co-constructed nature of IC, making investigations into raters’ perceptions of the construct essential to inform test score interpretation. This qualitative study explores features of IC that raters attended to as they evaluated performances in a paired speaking test, part of a Swedish national test of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Two groups of raters, 17 EFL teachers from Sweden, using national standards based on the Common European Framework of Reference for L…
The National Bilingual Programme in Colombia: Imposition or Opportunity?
2011
The National Bilingual Programme, created by the Colombian Ministry of Education in 2004, offers all students in the county the possibility of becoming bilingual in English and Spanish as part of a vision of increased productivity in a globalised world. However, the language and education policies promoted within this framework tend to foreground the development of English at the expense of bilingual competence in Spanish and English. This bilingual policy has been strongly criticised by several Colombian academics with regard to what they consider as the imposition in the Colombian context of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the disregard of local knowledge and exp…
Effective Teacher Training: Teacher Lectures in Comparison with Student Power Point Presentations
2013
National (dispositions of the Ministry of Education in Poland 2004, 2006) and international (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages 2001) documents provide many guidelines and suggestions about the competencies that foreign language teachers of today should develop to meet the desired standards and obtain the necessary qualifications. These qualifications comprise knowledge and a wide range of skills. The focus of this chapter is on knowledge since it is the foundation for the development of teaching skills and of a reflective approach to one’s teaching practices. In Polish tertiary education institutions the so-called “theoretical knowledge” has been imparted by means of lect…
Intercultural communicative competence in the context of the European higher education area
2009
Abstract In this paper, we analyse the close relationship between the European higher education area (EHEA), the common European framework of reference for languages and intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and show how the implementation of ICC in foreign language teaching can become an essential tool to acquire the full achievement of the EHEA. En este articulo analizamos la estrecha relacion entre el Espacio Europeo de Educacion Superior, el Marco Europeo de las Lenguas y la competencia comunicativa intercultural y mostrar como la implementacion de la CCI en la ensenanza de una lengua extranjera puede convertirse en una herramienta esencial para conseguir los objetivos del EEES.
Descriptive Complexity, Lower Bounds and Linear Time
1999
This paper surveys two related lines of research: Logical characterizations of (non-deterministic) linear time complexity classes, and non-expressibility results concerning sublogics of existential second-order logic. Starting from Fagin’s fundamental work there has been steady progress in both fields with the effect that the weakest logics that are used in characterizations of linear time complexity classes are closely related to the strongest logics for which inexpressibility proofs for concrete problems have been obtained. The paper sketches these developments and highlights their connections as well as the obstacles that prevent us from closing the remaining gap between both kinds of lo…
Language and literature in context of culture
2002
Krājums sastāv no trim da|ām. Pirmajā daļā ietverti raksti par dažiem aktuāliem valodniecības un valodas politikas jautājumiem. Otrajā da|ā ievietotas literatūrzinātniskas apceres par mākslinieciskā laika un telpas, par mākslinieciskās formas elementiem un to izpausmēm atsevišķu autoru darbos, par dekadenci kā kultūrvēsturisku fenomenu un šī jēdziena vēstures iztirzājumu vācu un franču literatūrzinātnē. Rakstu krājuma trešā daļa veltīta dažiem mācību metodikas un pedagoģijas vēstures jautājumiem.
Valoda: nozīme un forma. 2. Gramatizēšanās un leksikalizēšanās latviešu valodas sistēmā
2012
Krājums „Valoda: nozīme un forma. 2. Gramatizēšanās un leksikalizēšanās latviešu valodas sistēmā” iecerēts kā 2010. un 2011. gada semināros „Gramatizēšanās un leksikalizēšanās latviešu valodas sistēmā” nolasīto referātu apkopojums.
Latviešu valodas izrunas datormodelēšana
2005
Dundaga parish oronyms (hill names) of Livonian origin in Juris Plāķis’ Latvian toponym publication
2014
Each less known addition to the collection of authentic Livonian language materials is very valuable, and a small contribution can also be made by Juris Plāķis’ publication about Latvian, i.e., Courland toponyms, among which Livonian ones can be found as well. This collection includes toponyms collected by J. Plāķis himself, toponyms from Augusts Bīlenšteins’ onomastic materials, as well as toponyms which have been sent in to the Folklore depository by pupils from different parishes. This article goes through oronyms (hill names).Kokkuvõte. Ojārs Bušs: Dundaga kihelkonna liivi päritoluga oronüümid (mäenimed) Juris Plāķise läti toponüümide väljaandes. Iga väikegi lisandus liivi keeleainestik…
Linguistica Lettica, Nr. 30
2022
Žurnāla "Linguistica Lettica" 30. numura tēma ir "Valodas bagātība slēpjas tās dažādībā". The theme of the 30th issue of the annual journal "Linguistica Lettica" is "The richness of language lies in its diversity".