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Learning foreign languages: experiences of persons with disabilities and special educational needs and their teachers
In many parts of the world, it is not a person's native language - but a foreign one - which is used for education, work or entertainment. This is true for many European countries whose inhabitants need to learn English as a foreign language if they want to participate in education or among diverse fields in the workforce. In other parts of the world, it might be Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic or other languages which will be serving a similar role. This need for learning a second language is understood well in many educational programs, including those for students with special educational needs. However, to date, there is not much research of the experiences of persons with diverse additional needs as learners of foreign languages. The most robust literature covers the field of additional language acquisition among Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) people (cf Domagała-Zyśk, Podlewska, Moritz 2021 and others). Goals, methods and forms of teaching are fairly well described, and DHH students’ needs have been documented extensively.
Fostering Language Assessment Literacy
This collection showcases language assessment literacy, understood as the knowledge, skills, and principles necessary to engage in assessment activities, by problematizing different approaches to its development and offering insights for language teachers and other stakeholders. The volume builds on existing research in LAL, which has thus far focused on defining its scope and charting how stakeholder dependent its development can be, to provide readers with ideas to bridge the gap between LAL research and practice. The book is organized around three parts, each structured around practical applications, from designing materials to workshops and courses to the latest issues in LAL pedagogies,...
Language Assessment Literacy
The field of language testing and assessment has recognized the importance and underlying theoretical and practical underpinnings of language assessment literacy (LAL), an area that is gradually coming to prominence. This book addresses issues that promote the concept of LAL for language research, teaching, and learning, covering a range of topics. It brings together 14 chapters based on high-stakes and classroom-based studies authored by academics, professionals and researchers in the field. The text examines diverse issues through a multifaceted approach, presenting high-quality contributions that fill a gap in a research area that has long been in need of theoretical and empirical attention.
Washback Research in Language Assessment
Washback is understood as the effect tests have on teaching and learning, with positive washback producing intended outcomes and negative washback generating unintended effects. By surveying the latest developments in the field and charting future directions, this collection offers a comprehensive treatment of research on washback in the field of language assessment. The book contains chapters exploring fundamental aspects of washback, including the impact-by-design approach, theoretical models, validity frameworks, research designs, and methods. Additional chapters examine washback across various assessment contexts, covering migration-related proficiency tests, formative and standards-based assessments, multilingual and professional language assessments, and the role of technology, including computer-based testing and AI. The book also surveys washback research in primary, secondary, and higher mainstream education, and shadow education, with a focus on English learning in Asian contexts. This book will be of interest to scholars and stakeholders in language testing and assessment, educational measurement, and applied linguistics.
Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries
Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, and includes chapters on Islam in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. With contributions by academics with long experience of the Muslim communities in question based on original research, this volume presents new and important perspectives within a comparative and regional framework. Islam in Nordic and Baltic Countries will be an important reference work for students of European history and Islamology, and will be valuable to all researchers and scholars interested in the development of Islam and Muslim communities at the strategic heart of Northern Europe.
Emergency Remote Teaching and Beyond
This timely volume addresses issues pertaining to language teaching, learning and research during the pandemic. In times of a global emergency, the aftermath of emergency remote teaching (ERT) cannot be ignored. The question of how language educators and researchers unleash creativity and employ strategies vis-à-vis ERT still remains to be answered. With practitioners in mind, it covers a broad spectrum of educational settings across continents, target languages and methodologies. Specifically, it reveals viable ways of utilizing digital technologies to bypass social distancing while highlighting the pitfalls and challenges associated with crisis teaching and research. This volume comprises...
Who's who in Germany
Vols. for 1956- include a separately paged section: Directory of organizations, associations and institutions.
Be Thou There
A comprehensive guide to the traditions associated with the Holy Family in Egypt
Meyer, Paul Georg
Since 1969 (Vol.1 1968) the German Association of University Teachers of English has published the series of English and American Studies in German founded by Professor Werner Habicht. In these, scholars from the German-speaking world present in English their research in English and American Studies. The summaries report on university publications (doctoral and professorial theses), stand-alone book publications and collected volumes advancing the discipline (Festschriften, yearbooks, conference proceedings).
