AELFE-TAPP 2021 : 19th International Conference of AELFE / 2n TAPP Conference, Vilanova i la Geltrú, July 7-9, 2021
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of AELFE / 2n TAPP Conference.
Held in: Vilanova i la Geltrú, 7-9 July 2021.
Web site: https://aelfetapp.upc.edu/en
Citation:
- ARNÓ, E.; AGUILAR, M.; BORRÀS, J.; MANCHO, G.; MONCADA, B.; TATZL, D. (EDITORS). Multilingual academic and professional communication in a networked world. Proceedings of AELFE-TAPP 2021 (19th AELFE Conference, 2nd TAPP Conference). Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona), 7-9 July 2021. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ISBN: 978-84-9880-943-5
Summary
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Introduction to multilingual academic and professional communication in a networked world [Forewords]
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Preface [Forewords]
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Welcome to the 2nd Conference of the Trans-Atlantic & Pacific Project [Forewords]
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La pérdida del mensaje y el significado en la enseñanza de ELE [Analysis and translation of specialized languages]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessEsta comunicación aborda cómo las estudiantes utilizan el método de traducción en el aula para aprender una lengua extranjera. Aquí se analiza el aprendizaje de las estudiantes, cuya lengua materna es el árabe, como ... -
Une étude comparative des termes nommant les régimes matrimoniaux brésiliens et français : questions d’équivalence terminologique [Analysis and translation of specialized languages]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessFondées sur des recherches développées au sein de la terminologie, nous avons étudié l'équivalence des termes nommant les régimes matrimoniaux brésiliens et français afin de vérifier les différences et les ressemblances ... -
Direct research promotion in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: Teaching implications for Spanish social scientists [Analysis and translation of specialized languages]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessOver the last few decades, researchers have increasingly published their research in English-medium scientific journals, mainly because of their greater prospects for international recognition and career promotion. Of all ... -
(In) coherence in multilingual versions of European regulations and legal impact [Thematic tracks in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis study shall focus primarily on the 24 language versions of the European Union (EU) Regulations on Private International Law (PIL). These Regulations are generally directly applied in all Member States. This means that ... -
The impact of European legal acts on national legal terminology and on German as a minority language in South Tyrol, Italy [Thematic tracks in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessLegal concepts are generally deeply rooted in a specific legal system. Even when two legal systems use the same official language, such as Germany and Austria, the system-boundness of their legal concepts may lead to ... -
Research on the use of immersive technologies to foster intercultural communication and improve translation performance [Thematic tracks in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessTranslators and technical communicators must be prepared to use immersive technologies as they work. Visualization has been shown to help translators improve their performance as it provides a more concrete understanding ... -
21st Century relational backgrounding for technical and professional communication [Thematic tracks in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessAn approach to technical and professional learning that recognizes and makes use of the social and material contexts of participants as well as the contexts of technical and professional content in the learning environment ... -
Beliefs, attitudes and expectations on how to translate medical and biomedical content: the perspective of the novice translator [Thematic tracks in Languages for Specific Purposes]
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Open AccessIn contrast to medical interpreting, there is much less information on translators’ beliefs about how to translate written medical content and how these beliefs differ from the translation preferences and expectations of ... -
Cosmopolitan research for intercultural and multicultural health communications [Thematic tracks in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessCosmopolitanism has historically been associated with politics. Cosmopolitanism refers to the idea that humans share the universe and are obligated to serve one another due to the shared goal of well-being. Cosmopolitan ... -
Advancing collaboration: best practices for cross-cultural communications in virtual environments [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessHigher education institutions are doing a disservice to their students if they are not training students in cross-cultural competencies. In this research, the authors surveyed respondents who have worked within educational ... -
La dramatización como técnica metodológica para trabajar la entrevista clínica en la clase de EFE con fines sanitarios [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessDramatization as a technique in the Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) courses has amply demonstrated its benefits. In this text, a didactic approach is developed for the Spanish courses for medical purposes to ensure ... -
General and specialised corpora to raise linguistic awareness in a language undergoing the normalisation process: academic writing in Basque [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessAcademic writing is challenging for many university students in any language, but it is especially difficult for students whose instruction language is still on its way to normalisation and has an unstable academic discourse, ... -
Collaboration and evaluation in medical Spanish teaching [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessAs the demand for healthcare workers fluent in foreign languages continues to grow, so does the necessity for successful educational programs that produce providers with the appropriate language skills and cultural humility ... -
English language testing and assessment of e-learning in Mongolia [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the results involved in language testing and assessment of e-learning. Assessment and language testing are necessary not only for testing language proficiency, but also for achieving ... -
Revising with translationQ: technology and its impact on the revision process and the development of thematic competence in LSP [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccesstranslationQ is a computer-assisted revision tool developed by the Belgian company Televic and the KU Leuven Faculty of Arts. Similar to computer-assisted translation tools, the software can automatically detect translation ... -
The World Café and the flipped class technique as collaborative learning methodologies in a translation course: a case study [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessWhen discussing translation, theory and practice seem at opposite ends. However, a mediation between the two cannot be discarded when designing and planning a postgraduate translation course. Translation teaching, though ... -
Teaching vocabulary in tertiary ESP using TED talks [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessTeaching vocabulary is particularly important in tertiary English for specific purposes (ESP) education, as technical terms form the foundation for oral and written communication in disciplines, professions, and projects. ... -
The role of multimodality in student engagement: the students as creative authors in two ESP classes [Innovation and digital technologies in Languages for Specific Purposes]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessMultimodality is at the core of the wide range of digital skills that higher education students need to foster. As interdisciplinary skills, digital skills can help students develop communication skills in general, and ... -
CLIL and ESP in Pharmacy: over-the-counter or prescription English? [LSP teaching methodologies and English-medium instruction]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis paper focuses on preliminary findings of a study conducted as part of a teaching innovation project within the subject of English for Pharmacy taught to first-year undergraduate students in Spain. The project seeks ... -
CLIL practices in higher education: exploring translanguaging phenomena in the content classroom [LSP teaching methodologies and English-medium instruction]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThe internationalisation process of higher education institutions has prompted the implementation of the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach, where instruction occurs in a language other than students’ ... -
Interactional practices in teams in English-medium instruction (EMI) settings: how plurilingualism reorganizes the participation framework [LSP teaching methodologies and English-medium instruction]
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Open AccessEnglish-medium instruction (EMI) is a growing trend in Catalan universities. This “internationalization at home” (Nilsson, 2003) context has important implications at several levels regarding university language policy and ... -
Language progress of EMI and non-EMI economics undergraduates: a comparative perspective [LSP teaching methodologies and English-medium instruction]
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Open AccessDespite a growing interest in English-medium instruction (EMI), research on students’ English language proficiency advancement in EMI has been scarce. Hence, this study investigates the general and business English language ... -
Code-switching, informal multilingual exchanges and expressions of identity in the classroom under CLIL and ESP guidelines [LSP teaching methodologies and English-medium instruction]
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Open AccessThe results of a four-year long doctoral study on the theme of multilingual exchanges and code-switching behavior of second year students, enrolled in the English line of the University of Agricultural Studies and Veterinary ... -
Intervención pedagógica para el abordaje de nominalizaciones complejas en el discurso científico en inglés como lengua adicional [LSP teaching methodologies and English-medium instruction]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessEn la Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, la enseñanza de inglés se centra en la lectocomprensión del discurso científico, por lo que reconoce el rol preponderante de la activación de ... -
Role of intercultural mediation in problem solving in a transatlantic network [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessWorking in a multidisciplinary collaborative project through virtual exchange encompasses many advantages as well as some disadvantages. One of the many problems that might occur in virtual cooperation settings was identified ... -
Developing language and professional skills through translation-reviewing/editing projects [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis paper focuses on a series of telecollaborative translation-reviewing/editing projects, conducted within the framework of the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project (TAPP), an academic network linking university classes ... -
Virtual exchange in foreign language for specific purposes courses: assessment strategies and tools [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis mixed-methods study aims to explore the assessment strategies and tools teachers use to assess student learning in Virtual exchange (VE) in foreign/second language for specific purposes (FLSP) courses at tertiary ... -
Redesigning TAPP for developing critical understanding for managing global virtual teams [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessTranslators and technical communicators increasingly perform their work as part of global virtual teams (GVTs). To prepare students for developing critical understanding for such work, instructors can assign readings, ... -
The telecollaborative foreign language anxiety scale: detecting students' affective barriers in virtual exchanges [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessGlobalisation and mobility have created new cultural, social and working scenarios which demand wider academic and professional skills. Taking advantage of the synergy of technology and pedagogy, Virtual Exchanges (VEs) ... -
A virtual exchange between university students of Tourism and Business: connecting languages and cultures through a sustainable tourism project [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis paper examines a Virtual Exchange (VE) amongst 42 participants which took place with University of Limerick business students and Universidad of León tourism students. The primary aims of the VE were the development ... -
Fostering mutual understanding and collaboration between future health writers and medical translators: a US-Spain TAPP project [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessAs the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project (TAPP) celebrates its twentieth anniversary, it is helpful to reflect on what its members have accomplished and where future TAPP partnerships might lead. Many of the earliest TAPP ... -
Language and technology skills development in cross-cultural virtual teams [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThe focus of the paper is the identification of cultural and linguistic aspects that affect the dynamics of online cross-cultural and cross-linguistic professional communication. The researched groups are TAPP-linked ... -
From L2 communication awareness to L1 text production: assessing students’ acquisition of pragmatic competence in translating texts on the GMO debate [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis paper investigates the ways in which argumentation is dealt with in English and Italian by comparing and contrasting a comparable/parallel corpus of texts on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Pragmatic discourse ... -
“Scaffolding” revisited: how TAPP collaborations support learners and instructors from different disciplines and backgrounds [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessIn social-constructivist approaches to learning, scaffolding is “the support offered by the teacher to assist learners in the collaborative construction of their mental models” (Kiraly 2000: 45). It is not “pre-determined ... -
Widening language and pedagogical perspectives through virtual exchange [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessAcademic virtual exchanges provide opportunities to meet with increasing demands on higher education establishments to internationalize (O’Dowd, 2016; Helm, 2016). The present study considers an example of internationalization ... -
A new path for TAPP: reflecting on communication strategies used in ELF interactions between native and non-native speakers of English [TAPP-Virtual exchange]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessWhen virtual exchange projects pair up L1 English speakers and ELF speakers, the first can be implicitly positioned as language experts, the second as learners. But ELF speakers are often more experienced in negotiating ... -
English-medium instruction in (neoliberalised) higher education: questioning some assumptions [Keynote contributions]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThe global spread of English, which began some time ago, has in recent years come to be fused with the neoliberalisation of higher education (HE) and the introduction and implementation of internationalisation policies in ... -
Researching Erasmus+ virtual exchange: opportunities and challenges [Keynote contributions]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessThis short paper begins with a brief overview of the expansion of the field of virtual exchange. It then focuses on a recent European policy experiment which sought to expand the scope of the well known Erasmus+ mobility ... -
Translation in virtual collaborative student networks [Keynote contributions]
(2021-07)
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Open AccessWhich role does a translation project play in a student virtual exchange network? The answer to this question describes the various functions that translation exercises may perform in different types of virtual TAPP ...
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