New Approaches to Assessing Language and (Inter-)Cultural Competences in Higher Education / Nouvelles Approches de l'Évaluation Des Compétences Langag Contributor(s): Grotjahn, Rüdiger (Editor), Dervin, Fred (Editor), Suomela-Salmi, Eija (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631589468 ISBN-13: 9783631589465 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $106.31 Product Type: Hardcover Language: French Published: March 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Education | Bilingual Education - Education | Language Experience Approach |
Dewey: 407.1 |
LCCN: 2010481329 |
Series: Language Testing and Evaluation |
Physical Information: 298 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Assessment is omnipresent and multifaceted in contemporary institutions of higher education. This collection provides a sound and revealing overview of language and (inter-)cultural assessment practices in European higher education and beyond (Australia, China and Japan). It addresses mainly the following questions: What sort of assessment is taking place? What purposes does it serve? What representations do teaching staff and learners have of assessing language and (inter-)cultural competences in higher education? The chapters were first presented at the bilingual conference (English and French) Assessing language and (inter-)cultural competences in Higher Education at Turku University (Finland) in 2007. L' valuation est un ph nom ne multiforme et omnipr sent dans l'enseignement sup rieur. Ce volume collectif propose un large ventail d'articles, qui passent en revue les pratiques d' valuation en didactique des langues dans les syst mes ducatifs europ ens mais aussi en Australie, en Chine et au Japon. Les auteurs s'interrogent sur les questions suivantes: quels types d' valuation sont mis en oeuvre dans le sup rieur ? Dans quels buts ? Quelles repr sentations les enseignants et les apprenants ont-ils de l' valuation des comp tences langagi res et interculturelles ? Les textes qui constituent l'ouvrage ont t pr sent s au colloque intitul Evaluation des comp tences langagi res et (inter-)culturelles dans l'enseignement sup rieur, organis par l'Universit de Turku (Finlande) en 2007. |