6 research outputs found
: Landscape and the use of forest resources during the Early Neolithic in Catalonia
No full textInternational audienceA partir dels estudis paleoambientals i arqueobotànics, aquest article presenta l’estat de la qüestió de la recerca paleoambiental en el neolític de Catalunya. A més, ofereix una contextualització climàtica i avalua l’impacte que van tenir en el paisatge les activitats econòmiques de les primeres societats agrícoles i ramaderes. D’una banda, es presenten les dades palinològiques de seqüències sedimentàries en llacs, estanys o torberes que cobreixen aquest període d’estudi; de l’altra, les dades palinològiques i antracològiques de jaciments arqueològics neolítics.From paleoenvironmental and archaeobotanical studies, this paper provides an overview on palaeoenvironmental research into the Neolithic in Catalonia. It also offers climatological contextualisation and assesses the environmental impact of the economic activities of the firsts farmers and herders. It provides both palynological data on sedimentary sequences in lakes, ponds or bogs and palynological and anthracological data on Neolithic archaeological sites that cover the period studied
Choosing language options at secondary school in England : insights from parents and students
No full textIn a world of global English, study abroad today is a multilingual experience,with English frequently adopted as a medium of instruction in globalising higher education and also functioning as the most common lingua francaamong international student groups. This chapter explores the resulting challenges for English-speaking students majoring in other languages, who undertake study abroad with the desire to achieve advanced proficiency inlanguages such as Spanish, French or German. Such students have high expectations that SA will provide a naturalistic “immersion” experience in L2,to complement their classroom studies at home. However, in practice they find they must negotiate a multilingual environment, including many interlocutors keen to speak English, in order to maximise opportunities for L2 use and learning.This chapter provides longitudinal case studies of two British languagesspecialists undertaking study abroad in France and Spain respectively. These two participants were “high gainers”, that is, they made exceptional progresswhen abroad towards advanced proficiency, compared with a larger cohort ofstudents. The chapter describes the multilingual practices of these two students when abroad, and documents the agency they displayed and the varied strategies they adopted to enter contexts of target language use and to build long-term relationships with target language speakers, so as to achieve their main goal of increased oral fluency in L2, alongside regular use ofEnglish with home social networks and local networks of international friends
