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Action-oriented Approach

A Dynamic Vision of Language Education

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvEnrica Piccardo,Brian North

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This book presents the background to the current shift in language education towards action-oriented/action-based teaching, and provides a theorization of the Action-oriented Approach (AoA). It discusses the concepts and theories that paved the way for the AoA and explores their relevance for the way language education is conceived and implemented in the classroom. In the process, it revisits the concept of competence and discusses the dynamic notions of mediation and plurilingualism. The authors explain the way in which the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and its recent update, the CEFR Companion Volume, broaden the scope of language education, in particular in relation to the actional turn. The book provides scholars and practitioners with a research-informed description of the AoA, explains its implications for curriculum planning, teaching and assessment, and elaborates on its pedagogical implications.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-07-24
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt705 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Perspectives on Language and Education
Antal sidor338
FörlagMultilingual Matters
ISBN9781788924344

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Enrica Piccardo is a Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada; Head of the Centre for Educational Research in Language and Literacies (CERLL), OISE and Maître de conférences, Université de Grenoble-Alpes, France. She is a consultant for the Council of Europe.Brian North is an independent researcher in language education. A long-time consultant for the Council of Europe, he co-authored the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the prototype European Language Portfolio.

Chapter 1. The Emergence of a New Paradigm Chapter 2. The Notion of Competence: An OverviewChapter 3. Towards an Action-Oriented Approach: Theoretical UnderpinningsChapter 4. Preparing the AoA: Developments in Language Teaching MethodologyChapter 5. The Common European Framework of Reference and its Companion Volume: A Paradigm ShiftChapter 6. Towards a Dynamic Vision of Language Education: Plurality and CreativityChapter 7. The Action-Oriented ApproachChapter 8. Conclusion

This book is a most valuable and timely contribution to the discourse concerning current and emerging paradigms for language education. It brilliantly merges reflections on current perceptions of action-oriented approaches to language teaching and learning and the recently revised and extended descriptors of the CEFR into stimulating and thought-provoking insights. Thoroughly researched, comprehensibly discussed, and also very much practice-oriented.