On componential analysis as a valid pedagogic tool for vocabulary instruction in foreign language teaching

Fil: Porto, Melina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

On componential analysis as a valid pedagogic tool for vocabulary instruction in foreign language teaching

Fil: Porto, Melina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

"Innovatio educativa tertio millennio": 12 years evoluting from learning from learning to teaching in courses on educational innovation and collaboration with the UNESCO chair of mining and industrial heritage

Twelve years ago a group of teachers began to work in educational innovation. In 2002 we received an award for educational innovation, undergoing several stages. Recently, we have decided to focus on being teachers of educational innovation. We create a web scheduled in Joomla offering various services, among which we emphasize teaching courses of educational innovation. The “Instituto de Ciencias de la Educacion” in “Universidad Politécnica de Madrid” has recently incorporated two of these courses, which has been highly praised. These courses will be reissued in new calls, and we are going to offer them to more Universities. We are in contact with several institutions, radio programs, the UNESCO Chair of Mining and Industrial Heritage, and we are working with them in the creation of heritage courses using methods that we have developed.

Plataforma MALL (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning) para el aprendizaje y desarrollo del conocimiento del idioma, particularizado en el Inglés

El creciente uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en el ámbito educativo ha hecho posible que existan nuevas formas de enseñanza que facilitan el aprendizaje y la mejora de éste. Una de las ramas educativas que más influenciada se ha visto por esto es la de los idiomas, debido en gran parte a la necesidad global de aprender nuevas lenguas y mejorar sus conocimientos de ellas. Entre todos los idiomas que la gente desea aprender destaca uno por encima de todos, el inglés. Esto viene dado no solo por la presencia de éste a nivel mundial, sino por la gran repercusión en el ámbito educativo, comenzando a ser un requisito indispensable en la realización de estudios superiores. El presente proyecto Fin de Grado pretende contribuir a la mejora del conocimiento del inglés para estudiantes que no han alcanzado un nivel B2 de éste. En éste se desarrolla una plataforma educativa accesible por el mayor número de alumnos posibles, no solo solo a través de ordenadores personales, sino principalmente a través de dispositivos móviles tales como smartphones y tablets. Para que fuese posible una mayor utilización de esta por parte de los estudiantes era necesario la creación de una aplicación que pudiese ser utilizada desde cualquier dispositivo sin importar el sistema operativo empleado. Dicha plataforma educativa está formada por un juego de preguntas en la que los estudiantes deberán contestar correctamente para obtener una puntuación final con la que accederán a una clasificación con el resto de miembros de dicha plataforma. Con éste sistema de puntos se pretende dar una componente de gamificación al juego para motivar a los estudiantes a que sigan compitiendo y realizando test de preguntas. Además a dicha plataforma podrán acceder los profesores administradores de ella para monitorizar y ver resultados de los estudiantes participantes. ABSTRACT. The growing use of Information and Communication Technologies in the educational field has made possible for new teaching ways to exist, thus making learning easier and better. One of the more influenced educational branches by this fact is languages, largely due to a global need to learn them and improve knowledge. Among all the languages that people wish to learn, one stands out above them, English. It is given, not only by its worldwide presence, but by its big scholar repercussion; that English is an essential requirement for higher education. This final degree project aims to improve the english level for those who have a hard time doing it. This project develops an educational accesible platform to the greatest number of students, not only through personal computers, but mainly through mobile devices like smartphones or tablets. To make a great use of it by students possible, it was necessary an application which could be used from any device regardless of the operative system. This teaching platform is formed by a quiz game in which students must answer correctly in order to get a final score which will place them in a ranking composed by other platform members. With this score system it is intended to give a gamification component in order to motivate students to keep playing and answering question tests. Also, in this platform, administration teachers will be able to monitor the students and watch their results.

The Importance of Foreign Language Skills in the Labour Markets of Central and Eastern Europe: An assessment based on data from online job portals. CEPS Special Report No. 129/January 2016

In a globalised world, knowledge of foreign languages is an important skill. Especially in Europe, with its 24 official languages and its countless regional and minority languages, foreign language skills are a key asset in the labour market. Earlier research shows that over half of the EU27 population is able to speak at least one foreign language, but there is substantial national variation. This study is devoted to a group of countries known as the Visegrad Four, which comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Although the supply of foreign language skills in these countries appears to be well-documented, less is known about the demand side. In this study, we therefore examine the demand for foreign language skills on the Visegrad labour markets, using information extracted from online job portals. We find that English is the most requested foreign language in the region, and the demand for English language skills appears to go up as occupations become increasingly complex. Despite the cultural, historical and economic ties with their German-speaking neighbours, German is the second-most-in-demand foreign language in the region. Interestingly, in this case there is no clear link with the complexity of an occupation. Other languages, such as French, Spanish and Russian, are hardly requested. These findings have important policy implications with regards to the education and training offered in schools, universities and job centres.

Realizing the potential : improving postsecondary teaching, learning and assessment /

"Grant R117G10037"--T.p. verso.

Foreign language courses : produced by the federal government.

Includes index.

A help to the Acts of the apostles : adapted to the lesson system of reading and teaching the Scriptures, and embodying the "Exercises on the Acts," used by children in learning that book.

Mode of access: Internet.

Applied language learning.

No longer distributed to depository libraries in tangible format, .

Articulation diagrams of English vowels and English consonants (especially for teachers of English as a foreign language)

Mode of access: Internet.

On componential analysis as a valid pedagogic tool for vocabulary instruction in foreign language teaching

Fil: Porto, Melina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.