Competency-based language teaching in higher education /

Competency-based language teaching in higher education /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Educational linguistics, 1572-0292 ; v.14 Educational linguistics ; v.14.
Subject:	Competency-based education -- European Union countries. Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- European Union countries. Education, Higher -- European Union countries. Competency-based education. Education, Higher. Language and languages -- Study and teaching. Europe -- European Union countries.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9849098

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Other authors / contributors:	Pérez Cañado, María Luisa.
ISBN:	9789400753860 (electronic bk.) 9400753861 (electronic bk.) 9789400753853
Notes:	Includes index.
Summary:	Spanning the divide between the theory and praxis of competency-based teaching in tertiary language education, this volume contains invaluable practical guidance for the post-secondary sector on how to approach, teach, and assess competencies in Bologna-adapted systems of study. It presents the latest results of prominent European research projects, programs of pedagogical innovation, and thematically linked academic networks.Responding to a profound need for a volume addressing the practical aspects of the newly designed language degrees now being rolled out across Europe, this essential contribution pools the insights of a prestigious set of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers from diverse parts of Europe and the US. It will inform crucial decisions about instituting and evaluating competencies in a new generation of language studies programmes."This volume offers a diversity of perspectives with contributions from both European and North American experts. Although the primary focus of the volume is on Europe, with an explicit goal of bridging the gap between the theory and practice of competency-based teaching in the context of the creation of the European Higher education Area (EHEA) and the implementation of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), its implications for language education clearly transcend geographic boundaries. The concept of competencies is closely linked to a learner-centered, meaning-based model of learning in which learner autonomy plays a central role and which emphasizes lifelong learning. In bringing together current research perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic, the volume successfully underscores the shared challenges of transforming language education in a globalized, postmodern world." Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Director of the Center for Language Study , Yale College, USA

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Summary:	Spanning the divide between the theory and praxis of competency-based teaching in tertiary language education, this volume contains invaluable practical guidance for the post-secondary sector on how to approach, teach, and assess competencies in Bologna-adapted systems of study. It presents the latest results of prominent European research projects, programs of pedagogical innovation, and thematically linked academic networks. Responding to a profound need for a volume addressing the practical aspects of the newly designed language degrees now being rolled out across Europe, this essential contribution pools the insights of a prestigious set of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers from diverse parts of Europe and the US. It will inform crucial decisions about instituting and evaluating competencies in a new generation of language studies programmes.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
ISBN:	9789400753860 9400753861 9789400753853
ISSN:	1572-0292 ;