Perspectives from the European language portfolio : learner autonomy and self-assessment / edited by Barbel Kuhn and Maria Luisa Perez Cavana.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cavana, Maria Luisa Perez.

Kühn, Bärbel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Language Portfolio (Project).

Language and languages--Ability testing.

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation.

Learner autonomy.

Language and languages.

Local Subjects:

European Language Portfolio (Project).

Language and languages--Ability testing.

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation.

Learner autonomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using constructivist principles and autonomous learning techniques the ELP has pioneered innovative and cutting edge approaches to learning languages that can be applied to learning across the spectrum. Although articles on the success of the ELP project have appeared in some academic journals, Perspectives from the European Language Portfolio is the first book to report on and contextualise the project's innovative techniques for a wider educational research audience.During the last ten years the ELP has increasingly become a reference tool for language learning and teachin

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; PART I The theoretical and pedagogical context; 1 The European Language Portfolio: history, key concerns, future prospects; 2 Developing autonomy through ELP-oriented pedagogy: exploring the interplay of shallow and deep structures in a major change within language education; PART II The historical andpolitical context; 3 Between vision and reality: reflection on twenty years of a common European project; 4 The European Language Portfolio (ELP) in its original Council of Europe context

PART III The ELP in educational settings5 The ELP as a mediating tool for the development of self-regulation in foreign language learning university contexts: an ethnographic study; 6 Overcoming the challenges of implementing the European Language Portfolio (ELP) in higher education: the experience of the University of Lausanne Language Centre; PART IV Future perspectives; 7 From paper to the web: the ELP in the digital era; 8 Fostering strategic, self-regulated learning: the case for a 'soft' ELP

9 Experimentum mundi, or a concrete utopia for a language centre in higher education: building blocks for successful language learningIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-68210-8

9786613659040

1-136-67522-1

0-203-80942-4

1-136-67523-X

9780203809426

OCLC:

804662396