Language Use, Education, and Professional Contexts (Second Language Learning and Teaching)

✍ Scribed by Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (editor), Marcin Trojszczak (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This present book addresses language and its diverse forms in an array of professional and practical contexts. Besides discussing the intricacies of specialized settings such as legal, medical, technical or corporate, the collection also focuses on the role of education in relation to professional contexts ranging from challenges in professional university teaching and translation didactics to business environment requirements.

✦ Table of Contents

Introducing Language Use, Education, and Professional Contexts
Contents
Professional Contexts
Evaluative Language in Legal Professional Practice: The Case of Justification of Judicial Decisions
1 Introduction
2 Evaluative Language and Legal Argumentation
3 The Institutional and Professional Contexts of the Two Cases. The Legal Justification in US and Polish Supreme Court Decisions
4 The Analysis: Comparing Sites of Evaluation
4.1 Evaluating the Solution to Conflict Principles
4.2 Evaluating the Institutional Treatment of the Petitioner
4.3 Evaluating Religious Beliefs
4.4 Evaluating the Nature of Service
5 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Conceptualization of Specialized Terms in Corporate Culture
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Visual Perception and Culture
2.2 Conceptualization and Construal
2.3 Cultural Cognition and Conceptualization
2.4 Lexicology/Lexicography, Terminology/Terminography and Linguistic Typology
3 A Case Study
3.1 The Case with English
3.2 The Case with Chinese
3.3 The Case with Italian and Spanish
3.4 The Case with French, German, and Other Languages
4 Discussion and Further Prospects
4.1 Example 1
4.2 Example 2
5 Conclusions
References
Polish and Russian Geological Names in the Context of Linguistic Transfer
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Materials and Methods
4 Results and Discussion
5 Conclusions
References
The Implementation of Professional Language Terminology in Polish Production Companies
1 Introduction
2 Business Communication
3 Specialist Language and Translation of Specialist Texts
4 Electrotechnical Industry and Its Language
5 Translating and Implementing Electrotechnical Terminology: The Case of Polish-German Cooperation
6 Conclusions
References
Forms of Address in Polish Nonprofessional Subtitles
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Forms of Address—General Considerations
2.2 Forms of Address in Polish
2.3 Film Discourse and Film Translation—Subtitles
3 Theoretical Assumptions
4 Material and Methods
5 Research Results
5.1 Ty vs Pan vs 2nd Person Singular
5.2 Last Name of the Protagonist and First Names
5.3 Position in a Sentence
5.4 Functions of Terms of Address
5.5 Forms of Address in Face-to-Face vs. Multi-Party Contexts
6 Discussion
7 Conclusion
References
Bilingual Contexts
Language as a Source of Problems in Bilingual Couples
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework
3 Design of the Study
4 Results
4.1 Exclusion
4.2 Alienation
4.3 Isolation
4.4 Frustration
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
References
Code Switching in Tabletop Wargaming
1 Introduction
2 Tabletop Wargaming
3 Data Collecting Methodology
4 Different Layers of Code Switching in Tabletop Wargames
5 Research Results and Discussion
6 Conclusions
References
Educational Contexts
Making University-Level Foreign Language Education More Responsive to Professional Needs
1 Introduction
2 Teaching Foreign Languages in Polish Higher Education: How the System Works
3 Challenges of Foreign Language Instruction in Higher Education in Poland
4 Possible Solutions
5 Conclusion
References
Engineering Students’ Views on ESP Courses as a Pathway for the Development of Graduates’ International Mindsets
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Method
4 Analysis
5 Results
5.1 Survey
5.2 Policy Documentation
6 Discussion and Implications
References
Professional Growth of EFL Teachers
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Methodology
4 Results
4.1 Range of Vocabulary
4.2 Fluency
4.3 Grammar
4.4 Pronunciation
5 Discussion
6 Conclusions
References
Translator Training Meets Machine Translation—Selected Challenges
1 Introduction
2 Translation and Technology
3 Teaching and Training Translators
4 Machine Translation as Part of Translator Training
5 Selected Challenges
5.1 The Effects of MT-Enhancement
5.2 Autonomy Vis-À-Vis Machine Translation
5.3 The Added Value of Human Responsibility
6 Conclusions
References
Cross-Cultural Identity and Reflective Memos in American and Polish Student Online TAPP Cooperation
1 Introduction
2 Identity
3 Cross-Cultural Differences
4 Background of the Trans-Atlantic & Pacific Project
5 Description of the TAPP Collaboration
5.1 Instructor Preparation for TAPP
6 Student Cultural Background
6.1 University of Minnesota Students
6.2 Konin Students
7 Discussion of the Collaborative Impact: Post-Task Reflective Memos
8 Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
References
Challenges Faced by the University Students During COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland
1 Introduction
2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning
3 Online Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic
4 The Current Research
4.1 Research Participants and Procedure
4.2 Data Collection Instrument
5 Research Results
6 Discussion
7 Conclusions and Future Implications
8 Limitations of the Research
References