Ecological Languaging Competencies

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

von Yiqi Liu, Yongyan Zheng, Eunice Eunhee Jang, Li Wei, Michelle Mingyue Gu, Angel M. Y. Lin, Xuesong (University of New South Wales Gao, Ming Ming Chiu, Paul J. Thibault, Constant Leung

75 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The concept of communicative competence has been rendered as context-abstracted code-bound knowledge for language teaching and assessment. This Element offers a different perspective on 'communication' and 'competence'. Section 1 offers the rationale for this re-orientation. Section 2 examines the conceptual and pedagogic affordances and delimitations of the prevailing approach to communicative competence; Section 3 describes a conceptual re-framing of language use as ecological languaging in terms of embodied, situation-sensitive action through which people coordinate with others, artefacts, and environments; Section 4 explores assessment approaches built on Bayesian principles for tracking learner development and progress by taking account of prior accomplishment, expert opinion, and emerging performance to create probabilistic trajectories; Section 5 focusses on professional developments related to conceptual refinement, curriculum design, teaching materials, and teacher education. Section 6 considers some key future challenges. This Element is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

• Reihe: Elements in Applied Linguistics
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidaktik Lehrmaterial, Begleitmaterial
• ISBN: 9781009756297
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2026
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press