Modern languages and interculturality in the primary sector in England, Greece, Italy and Spain

This article deals with the situation, concerns and issues related to modern language teaching and learning at primary school in three Mediterranean countries (Greece, Italy and Spain) and England. It is the initial part of the work carried out in the course of a European Cooperation Project, Oxymoron (LINGUA Programme). Attention is given to the question of the optimal age for learning and acquiring languages, and to the education reforms which have been undertaken in each of those Mediterranean countries in relation to early modem language teaching and learning (EMLTL) and interculturality. Some conclusions and recommendations are drawn from this comparative study.peer-reviewe

Algunas experiencias de formación permanente en Gran Bretaña

ene of the purpoees of this article is to pi-eoait ttie main in-eervioe teacher traiiúi^ and educatior Unas in Qr«at Britain. Hjr foote is oetitred in ti» aptroach develcped by Sterhouse, EUlott and MadJcrald in the 7DB tiiroMBh * e UranitieB OnrlciiUin Project and tí» Ford Teechii^ Project. Approach which CHE (Centre for Applied Research in Educaticn, Uhiveraity of East A«lia) snd CABJ (Caasaroom Acticn Research) are deepaning and extending. There i s alao a short referenoe to crther eoqjerienciss of in-servLoe tBwrher Iraining in Cantrldge and ^k3rwich

Foreign Language Teaching Methods. Some Issues and New Moves

In this artide, I have considered the main FLT methods still in use at schools and presented the theory of language and leaming underiying them, their main features,activities and techniques, their foundation and decline, as well as a general assessment of ai! of them. The following methods have been analysed: the Grammar-Translation Method, the Structuralist Methods, and the Communicative Approach. After paying some attention to innovations in education, the Task-Based and Process models are offered as an alternative. Finally, a relationship is established between curriculum innovation and change and teacher development

Propuesta de organización curricular de la enseñanza-aprendizaje por tareas del castellano para inmigrantes.

Sin resume

Foreign Language Teaching Methods. Some Issues and New Moves

In this artide, I have considered the main FLT methods still in use at schools and presented the theory of language and leaming underiying them, their main features,activities and techniques, their foundation and decline, as well as a general assessment of ai! of them. The following methods have been analysed: the Grammar-Translation Method, the Structuralist Methods, and the Communicative Approach. After paying some attention to innovations in education, the Task-Based and Process models are offered as an alternative. Finally, a relationship is established between curriculum innovation and change and teacher development

Valores genéricos discriminatorios en textos de idiomas en EGB

La tradicional discriminación de niñas y mujeres en el \ud sistema educativo no parece haber sido eliminada por el \ud simple hecho de su incorporación masiva a los diversos \ud niveles educativos y laborales. Por el contrario, aún se hace \ud más difícil y sutil descubrir la discriminación genérica, es \ud decir la basada en las diferencias sexuales, debido \ud principalmente a los cambios fundamentalmente superficiales \ud que se han ido produciendo en los últimos años

Satellite diversity system emulator

Current satellite telecommunication systems are facing growing demand, in particular for broadband markets. In order to reach higher data rate and minimize the cost per Mbps, upcoming VHTS systems are targeting Terabit capacity. One of the most promising solution is to dedicate the whole Ka band to the user links to maximize the user link capacity whereas the feeder links operate in Q/V bands. However, the use of these higher frequencies (in the Q/V bands) raises new challenges, because of the increased sensitivity of these bands to meteorological events that may affect gateways link budget, making them unable to handle any traffic during a rain event. A simple solution to this shortcoming for ensuring constant service to users is to add additional gateways to the system and perform a handover to a redundancy gateway when a nominal gateway faces too strong fading 3,4. For example, a pan-european system with a dozen of operational gateways and a few redundancy gateways would be economically viable: the additional cost of the redundancy gateway is not offset by the benefits of increased system availability. Different design choices to realize diversity are possible 5: this work studies in particular geographical diversity, or (n+p) diversity. This (n+p) diversity scheme provides extremely high availability with very few redundant gateways. However, the impacts on services has still to be evaluated. This paper presents a diversity emulation test-bed developed to experiment different types of gateway handover scenarios to measure their impact on user’s experience. This emulator has been developed by IRT Saint-Exupéry in the framework of the ALBS project (Advanced Link for Broadband Satellite). The emulator is able to simulate both ground network and satellite links, up to the user’s terminals. It is designed to be representative of the network transit and switching losses and delays, as well as the satellite onboard switch behavior. The emulator is used to investigate the influence of the effects that switching mechanisms can have on the ongoing communications. It will also allow to investigate design optimization and provide recommendations to handle these ongoing communication during the gateway handover