Foreign Language Teaching in Romanian Higher Education: Teaching Methods, Learning Outcomes

✍ Scribed by Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 333
Series: Multilingual Education 27
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume gathers recent research findings in the field of foreign language (FL) teaching in Romanian higher education dwelling on both methodology and students’ learning outcomes. The book satisfies the need for an up-to-date overview of FL teaching in Romanian universities in the European context as well as from a global international perspective. This book confers visibility to Romanian foreign language scholars’ research and it opens new paths for debate and collaboration worldwide. The scholars included in this volume have extensive expertise in the field of foreign language teaching and research in higher education which is supported by their international recognition as specialists in their specific areas.

The contributing authors approach their respective chapters relying on both qualitative and quantitative research. Their experience and conclusions will prove helpful for any foreign language professional working in tertiary education.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Constructing and Construing the Place of Romanian Foreign Language Education in the European Context (Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu)....Pages 3-15
Laying the Foundation of Foreign Language Acquisition – The Cases of Educational Policies and English Textbook Design (Mihaela Badea, Mihaela Suditu, Diana Presadă)....Pages 17-35
On Some of the Challenges of Teaching Formal English Linguistics (Maria Aurelia Cotfas)....Pages 37-60
The Importance of Visual Literacy: An Analysis of Potential Obstacles for Romanian Students in the Completion of IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 (Marina-Cristiana Rotaru)....Pages 61-82
The Impact of the CEFR on Teaching and Assessing Romanian as a Second/Foreign Language. Practice and Research (Ioana-Silvia Sonea)....Pages 83-110
Teaching Romanian as a Foreign Language. Formal and Non-formal Education Perspectives (Roxana-Magdalena Bârlea)....Pages 111-123
MedLang MOOC–An Innovative Palliative Care Learning Tool. Innovative Approaches and Teaching Methodologies (Anca Colibaba, Claudia Dinu, Irina Gheorghiu, Stefan Colibaba)....Pages 125-147
Personal Epistemology: A “Dark Matter” That Matters in How We Teach and Learn Languages at University (Ioana Creţu)....Pages 149-169
The Experience of Writing a Co-Narrative: Story-Building in Japanese Language Teaching (Raluca Nicolae)....Pages 171-205
Front Matter ....Pages 207-207
Students’ Motivation to Learn Foreign Languages in Tertiary Education (Gabriela Chefneux)....Pages 209-247
The English Language as a Tool for Self-Development Among Romanian Students – A Case Study at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Irina David)....Pages 249-263
Fostering Learner Autonomy in Japanese Language Classes (Magdalena Ciubăncan)....Pages 265-279
Education for Active Democratic Citizenship through English. A Challenge for Academia (Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu)....Pages 281-297
Professional Ethics and Moral Education in the Medical Language Curriculum – Can It Be Done? (Ioana Creţu)....Pages 299-315
New Roles for Language Teachers in Higher Education. A Collaborative Perspective of Language and Content Teachers’ Views (Valentina Robu, Laura-Mihaela Muresan)....Pages 317-334

✦ Subjects

Education; Language Education; Education Policy; Teaching and Teacher Education; Multilingualism

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