The teaching of foreign languages to students in Translation and Interpreting (TI) programmes should be framed within the field Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). This would make it possible pinpoint specific curricular content methodological traits that contribute enhancement communicative competence initial development TI competences. paper analyses students’ perspectives on L2 a programme...

This paper describes an experiment to explore the effects of the TENCompetence infrastructure for supporting lifelong competence development which is now in development. This infrastructure provides structured, multi-leveled access to learning materials, based upon competences. People can follow their own learning path, supported by a listing of competences and their components, by competence d...

Within the TENCompetence project we aim to develop and integrate models and tools into an open source infrastructure for the creation, storage and exchange of learning objects, suitable knowledge resources as well as learning experiences. This contribution analyzes the potential of social software tools for providing part of the required functionality, as well as some challenges involved.

There is a tendency to think of World Englishes in the noun form; as products rather than as processes (implying that one receives both ready-made, controlling the development of neither). Conceptualising World Englishes as processes in which one can participate as an agent raises the question of what skills are needed in their active construction. The author will argue that since culture resid...

Eating competence is an attitudinal and behavioral concept, based on The Satter Eating Competence Model. In adults, it has been shown to be associated with a higher quality of diet. Eating competence or its association with the quality of diet has not been studied in adolescents. The aim of the current study was to explore the utility of using a preliminary Finnish translation of the ecSI 2.0 f...

This paper is on the importance of extratextual knowledge in professionalization trainees. Translation not a mere procedure transfer from one language to another, but cognitive process be performed by combining original and translated text with cultural, encyclopedic or world knowledge. raises question what kind method can followed turn textual research skills into reflex translator training. A...

Foreign language learners need to be provided with various real experiences enhance their translation competence. The combination of product-oriented learning and exhibition-based exam is initialized through this research as an attempt meet the for learning. This aims elaborate on application in class. was a descriptive study. data were mostly responses activities so triangulation quantitative ...