Cross-Language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing

✍ Scribed by Maria Stathopoulou

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 320
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book contributes to the growing field of foreign language teaching and testing by shedding light on mediation between languages. Focusing on cross-language mediation as translanguaging practice, the book explores what mediation entails, the processes involved and the challenges mediators face.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Notion of Mediation: An Interdisciplinary Overview
3. Theorising Mediation
4. Mediation Tasks
5. Mediation Strategies
6. Mediation Strategy Use and Task Type
7. Mediation Strategy Use and Proficiency Level
8. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research
9. Teaching and Testing Mediation: A Means for Promoting Multilingualism
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3: Types of Sentences and Clauses
References
Index

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