This volume brings together contributions from academics, language teachers and practitioners from across Europe and beyond to discuss questions of automy and techlogy in the area of language learning and translation. The book focuses on English, French, Italian, Irish and Spanish language acquisition, but many of the essays also develop an interlinguistic perspective from a plurilingual point of view. The book opens with key contributions from a number of leading scholars: Dr Daniel Cassany on critical literacies, Professor Henrik Gottlieb on translation into 'mir' languages, and Professor David Little on automy in language learning. These are followed by explorations of translation, techlogy, intercultural issues, automous learning and the European Language Portfolio. The volume represents an important contribution to the development of new plurilingual approaches to language teaching and learning.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-10
3034308124
ISBN-13
9783034308120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
129097983
Product Key Features
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Encyclopedias & General Référence
Additional Product Features
Issn
1663-5809
Edited by
Pilar Alderete-Diez, Labhoise Ni Dhonnchadha, Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin
Series Part/Volume Number
12
First Published
2012
Series Title
Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning
Author Biography
Pilar Alderete-Diez is a university teacher in Spanish at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She is currently completing a PhD in language learning and classroom research with the University of Valladolid. Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin lectures at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She is co-director of the MA in Advanced Language Skills and teaches Italian language and translation. Labhaoise Ni Dhonnchadha is a Learning Technologist with specific responsibility for Modern Languages. She manages the multimedia language laboratories at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Dorothy Ni Uigin works in Acadamh na hOllscolaiochta Gaeilge at the National University of Ireland, Galway.