Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2003
In foreign language education, a shift has been noticeable, first, from teaching the foreign lang... more In foreign language education, a shift has been noticeable, first, from teaching the foreign language as a linguistic code to teaching that code against the sociocultural background of, primarily, one country in which the foreign language is spoken as a national language, and more ...
... evidente el problema de la materia a enseñar, pues precisamente enseñar es eso ... OPERATIVO ... more ... evidente el problema de la materia a enseñar, pues precisamente enseñar es eso ... OPERATIVO En una perspectiva didáctica operativa, para el profesor de aula, propone-mos ... cuales requieren disponer de constituyentes lingüísticos en los planos fónico, prosódico, sintáctico y ...
La diversitat cultural que caracteritza la nostra societat es veu reflectida, entre altres aspect... more La diversitat cultural que caracteritza la nostra societat es veu reflectida, entre altres aspectes, en el patrimoni cultural i artistic al qual la nena o el nen, ja des de l'etapa d'educacio infantil, s'acosta mitjancant estrategies d'interpretacio i atribucio de significats. En aquest article, s'hi proposa fer una reflexio metodologica al voltant de la integracio d'un enfocament intercultural en educacio patrimonial, orientat a establir mecanismes d'actuacio docent per afavorir la comunicacio entre identitats culturals diferents.
Journal of Research in International Education, 2015
The aim of this article is to report and reflect on a research project involving the conceptualiz... more The aim of this article is to report and reflect on a research project involving the conceptualization of the term International Mindedness, which is used across a range of International Baccalaureate (IB) global and local contexts. The research process involved both a critical analysis of IB official documents and a literature review of concepts related to this term, which revealed important differences in their interpretations. The results shed light on the process of articulating a concept that is used globally and interpreted locally.
Internationalisation is high on the agenda of higher education institutions across the world. Pre... more Internationalisation is high on the agenda of higher education institutions across the world. Previous research on national and local policies surrounding this phenomenon has identified different discourses of internationalisation which may have an effect on practices such as student mobility. In order to understand better the role of student mobility in practice, the article analyses responses to an inquiry about internationalisation to a group of academic staff involved in intercultural education from universities around the world. Informants, all members of the research network Cultnet, working at 28 different universities in 15 countries, describe internationalisation within their practice, and their understanding of the role which student mobility plays in relation to this. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews over a period of six months. The findings locate student mobility within discourses of internationalisation. They also raise questions in relation to the need for an intercultural dialogue approach in internationalisation. We argue that institutions and their staff should be aware of the discursive field of internationalisation in HE, take a critical stance and analyse their own role in student mobility. How mobility fits within the field of intercultural education for incoming, outgoing and ´home´ students should be highlighted and clarified in internationalisation agendas.
The internationalization of higher education has been a major concern in the last decades for a v... more The internationalization of higher education has been a major concern in the last decades for a variety of reasons. This concern has been addressed by policymakers in a number of ways, most commonly through increased international partnerships and recruitment of international students. Much of the underlying motivation for internationalization is underpinned by a desire for raising European universities’ financial and/or
Los distintos enfoques comunicativos en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras han enfatizado el uso... more Los distintos enfoques comunicativos en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras han enfatizado el uso de "documentos auténticos". Este artículo revisa dichas propuestas y propone una forma concreta de emplearlos en el aula.
La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras está experimentando un «enriquecimiento curricular» muy posit... more La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras está experimentando un «enriquecimiento curricular» muy positivo. De considerarse como un simple instrumento vehicular de conocimientos o comunicación, las lenguas extranjeras están pasando a conectarse con el gran problema social y cultural de conocer otros pueblos, de conocer el mundo. El objetivo-medio de la globalización (con ciencias sociales principalmente pero no sólo) se convierte así en uno de los puntos fuertes de la enseñanza de otras lenguas.
A recent shift has been noticeable in foreign language education theory. Previously, foreign lang... more A recent shift has been noticeable in foreign language education theory. Previously, foreign languages were taught as a linguistic code. This then shifted to teaching that code against the sociocultural background of, primarily, one country in which the foreign language is spoken as a ...
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2003
In foreign language education, a shift has been noticeable, first, from teaching the foreign lang... more In foreign language education, a shift has been noticeable, first, from teaching the foreign language as a linguistic code to teaching that code against the sociocultural background of, primarily, one country in which the foreign language is spoken as a national language, and more ...
... evidente el problema de la materia a enseñar, pues precisamente enseñar es eso ... OPERATIVO ... more ... evidente el problema de la materia a enseñar, pues precisamente enseñar es eso ... OPERATIVO En una perspectiva didáctica operativa, para el profesor de aula, propone-mos ... cuales requieren disponer de constituyentes lingüísticos en los planos fónico, prosódico, sintáctico y ...
La diversitat cultural que caracteritza la nostra societat es veu reflectida, entre altres aspect... more La diversitat cultural que caracteritza la nostra societat es veu reflectida, entre altres aspectes, en el patrimoni cultural i artistic al qual la nena o el nen, ja des de l'etapa d'educacio infantil, s'acosta mitjancant estrategies d'interpretacio i atribucio de significats. En aquest article, s'hi proposa fer una reflexio metodologica al voltant de la integracio d'un enfocament intercultural en educacio patrimonial, orientat a establir mecanismes d'actuacio docent per afavorir la comunicacio entre identitats culturals diferents.
Journal of Research in International Education, 2015
The aim of this article is to report and reflect on a research project involving the conceptualiz... more The aim of this article is to report and reflect on a research project involving the conceptualization of the term International Mindedness, which is used across a range of International Baccalaureate (IB) global and local contexts. The research process involved both a critical analysis of IB official documents and a literature review of concepts related to this term, which revealed important differences in their interpretations. The results shed light on the process of articulating a concept that is used globally and interpreted locally.
Internationalisation is high on the agenda of higher education institutions across the world. Pre... more Internationalisation is high on the agenda of higher education institutions across the world. Previous research on national and local policies surrounding this phenomenon has identified different discourses of internationalisation which may have an effect on practices such as student mobility. In order to understand better the role of student mobility in practice, the article analyses responses to an inquiry about internationalisation to a group of academic staff involved in intercultural education from universities around the world. Informants, all members of the research network Cultnet, working at 28 different universities in 15 countries, describe internationalisation within their practice, and their understanding of the role which student mobility plays in relation to this. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews over a period of six months. The findings locate student mobility within discourses of internationalisation. They also raise questions in relation to the need for an intercultural dialogue approach in internationalisation. We argue that institutions and their staff should be aware of the discursive field of internationalisation in HE, take a critical stance and analyse their own role in student mobility. How mobility fits within the field of intercultural education for incoming, outgoing and ´home´ students should be highlighted and clarified in internationalisation agendas.
The internationalization of higher education has been a major concern in the last decades for a v... more The internationalization of higher education has been a major concern in the last decades for a variety of reasons. This concern has been addressed by policymakers in a number of ways, most commonly through increased international partnerships and recruitment of international students. Much of the underlying motivation for internationalization is underpinned by a desire for raising European universities’ financial and/or
Los distintos enfoques comunicativos en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras han enfatizado el uso... more Los distintos enfoques comunicativos en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras han enfatizado el uso de "documentos auténticos". Este artículo revisa dichas propuestas y propone una forma concreta de emplearlos en el aula.
La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras está experimentando un «enriquecimiento curricular» muy posit... more La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras está experimentando un «enriquecimiento curricular» muy positivo. De considerarse como un simple instrumento vehicular de conocimientos o comunicación, las lenguas extranjeras están pasando a conectarse con el gran problema social y cultural de conocer otros pueblos, de conocer el mundo. El objetivo-medio de la globalización (con ciencias sociales principalmente pero no sólo) se convierte así en uno de los puntos fuertes de la enseñanza de otras lenguas.
A recent shift has been noticeable in foreign language education theory. Previously, foreign lang... more A recent shift has been noticeable in foreign language education theory. Previously, foreign languages were taught as a linguistic code. This then shifted to teaching that code against the sociocultural background of, primarily, one country in which the foreign language is spoken as a ...
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