This volume contains contributions that, based on authentic data from diverse African, Asian and European languages, literatures and cultures, shed a new light on politeness as a central phenomenon in pragmatics, and on what is at stake when teaching or learning the subject.
This monograph's title reflects the need to articulate the classroom actions and strategies of an increasingly efficient technological environment with symbolic, cultural, and political issues, namely the multi-dimensionality of affiliations, which today condition the practices of learners, teachers, tool designers, and the dissemination (or not) of languages throughout the world. Reflective testimony of a teacher who is passionate about his work, this book is also the result of research conducted by a linguist wishing to raise the field of foreign language education to the level of a coherent and rigorous discipline capable of presenting teaching/learning options to all languages/cultures.
This monograph offers an incisive analysis of how the second language learner can achieve cultural proficiency, which is more than a set of rules and facts to be memorized by rote. How can the cultural dimension be taken into account, among the many choices of instructional material and language assessment tools? Is it possible to distinguish levels of cultural competence? How can the degree of cultural proximity between the source language and the target language influence the acquisition process? What strategies should be implemented in order to decode any cultural pitfalls? This handy guide addresses these and many other frequently asked questions underpinning language teaching methodology. Illustrated with a broad range of classroom-based examples, this book presents language as inextricably intertwined with social relations. The variety of languages involved (Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hungarian, French and English) makes the volume especially attractive for language educators seeking effective teaching strategies in specific local contexts around the globe.
Ce volume contient le texte des communications présentées au cours du colloque franco-hongrois sur la traduction organisé par l’Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, à Paris, les 25, 26 et 27 octobre 2001. Au cours de ces journées se sont exprimés des spécialistes de la linguistique contrastive et de la traductologie, des traducteurs littéraires et techniques, des interprètes, des spécialistes de l’histoire de la littérature et de la civilisation, des professeurs de hongrois en France et de français en Hongrie chargés de traduction. Cette manifestation a permis de confronter des travaux, de mettre en commun des expériences et d’offrir une riche illustration des approches possibles dans un domaine dont la pratique se révèle étonnamment disparate. En effet, l’exploration des langues, des littératures et des cultures conduit nécessairement à une réflexion sur la traduction. L’activité traduisante qui constitue une composante essentielle de notre civilisation à tendance multiculturelle est envisagée, par les études ici réunies, dans toute sa complexité et selon des méthodologies complémentaires afin d’en établir les limites et de discerner ce qui a une portée commune dépassant le cadre restreint du domaine français-hongrois.