Mediation as Negotiation of Meanings, Plurilingualism and Language Education

Bessie Dendrinos is Professor Emerita at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and President of the European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM).

• PREFACE The editorCHAPTER 1: Introduction and critical review the key concepts in this volume:mediation and plurilingualism, Bessie DendrinosCHAPTER 2: Mediation for plurilingual competence: synergies and implications,Enrica PiccardoCHAPTER 3: Developing an action-oriented perspective on mediation: The newCEFRCV descriptors, Brian NorthCHAPTER 4: Developing Mediation Skills at University Language Centres: Howmeaningful tasks make language learning relevant to the learner, JohanFischerCHAPTER 5: Mediation as a test format in German high-stakes school-leavingexams, Elisabeth KolbCHAPTER 6: Conceptualisation and operationalisation of linguistic mediation as atesting construct: A case study, Bessie Dendrinos & Evdokia KaravasCHAPTER 7: Mediation-in-interaction in computer-enhanced non-formal contexts forlearning English, Dolors Masats, Emilee Moore & Almudena HerreraCHAPTER 8: Cross-Linguistic Mediation and Linguistic Hybridity, MariaStathopoulouCHAPTER 9: Translation and Mediation: From Theoretical Models to Self[1]Awareness and Pedagogy, Loredana PolezziCHAPTER 10: Mediated interactions between teachers and immigrant parents, ClaudioBaraldiCHAPTER 11: Bi-/multilingual youths’ mediation practices in daily life. Lessons to belearned, Elvira HadzičCHAPTER 12: Mediation as a means of negotiating difference in a multilingualcommunity: An educational intervention project, Thalia Dragona