Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment

Overview

What is
mediation?

Mediation
in the CEFR

Mediation tasks

Teaching
materials

Teacher's
corner

Teacher's corner

In this section, the teacher will find some tips on how mediation can be taught, a quiz and some frequently asked questions regarding cross-linguistic mediation.

Quiz

Do you want to check what you know about cross-linguistic mediation? Take this quiz to answer 12 questions and find out how many you got right!

Tips for teachers

The infographics below provide ideas on how mediation can be taught. They combine ideas from the METLA team and from members of the METLA network and can remind teachers of some important points when designing cross-linguistic mediation tasks.

Download "Creating mediation activities: tips" (pdf)

Download "Tools and tips for teachers" (pdf)

Questions & Answers



1. Quelle est la différence entre la médiation interlangues (ou interlinguistique) et intralangues ? 2. En quoi la médiation interlangues est-elle différente de la traduction ? 3. Quelle est la relation entre la médiation et le code-switching ? 4. Où la médiation interlangues a-t-elle lieu en dehors de la classe de langue ? 5. L’anglais comme lingua franca n’est-il pas suffisant pour assurer la communication entre les langues et les cultures ? 6. La médiation interlangues peut-elle être testée ? 7. Quelles sont les différences fondamentales entre les tâches d’apprentissage de la médiation interlangues et les tâches d’évaluation de la médiation interlinguistique ?



1. What is the difference between cross-linguistic (or interlinguistic) and intralinguistic mediation? 2. How is cross-linguistic mediation different from translation? 3. What is the relationship between mediation and code-switching? 4. Where does cross-linguistic mediation take place outside the language classroom? 5. Isn’t English as a lingua franca enough to ensure communication across languages and cultures? 6. Can cross-linguistic mediation be tested? 7. What are the basic differences between cross-linguistic mediation learning tasks and cross-linguistic mediation testing tasks?

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Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment

Teacher's corner

In this section, the teacher will find some tips on how mediation can be taught, a quiz and some frequently asked questions regarding cross-linguistic mediation.

Quiz

Tips for teachers

Questions & Answers