Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
context-reduced language
French translation:
langage décontextualisé
Feb 25, 2010 13:55
14 yrs ago
English term
context-reduced language
GBK
English to French
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Definition from
WETA:
Context-reduced language refers to communication where there are few clues about the meaning of the communication apart from the words themselves. The language is likely to be abstract and academic. Examples: textbook reading, classroom lecture.
Example sentences:
Cummins' model (see Figure 1) consists of two intersecting continuums: the first from context-embedded language to context-reduced language, and the second from cognitively undemanding language (which requires little conscious attention to language forms or choices) to cognitively demanding language (which requires the active cognitive efforts of the speaker/writer to produce). (Thomas and Collier Research)
While these teachers often overestimate ESL students’ academic level of proficiency, Emily’s description (below) suggests that she is aware that while the students have a good grasp of BICS (context-embedded language), they lack CALP (context-reduced language). Her contention is that this will prove particularly problematic for the students the following year in high school. (Lynne Wiltse)
According to Cummings [p115] the cognitive demands placed on underprepared second language students, are intensified not only by the fact that they are studying in the second language, but rather, that the context-reduced language they encounter in lectures, relies on linguistic cues to meaning, and the successful interpretation of the message itself, depends heavily on the knowledge of the language. (Commonwealth of Nations)
Proposed translations
(French)
3 +3 | langage décontextualisé |
Evelin Mrose
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Change log
Feb 25, 2010 13:16: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Feb 25, 2010 13:55: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"
Feb 28, 2010 14:58: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"
Mar 7, 2010 17:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"
Proposed translations
+3
19 hrs
Selected
langage décontextualisé
Definition from
own experience or research:
La pratique du langage décontextualisé (absence du référent) est un enjeu majeur pour l'aquisition du langage chez l'enfant.
Example sentences:
Deux usages du langage ont un lien avec deux fonctions universelles. Le langage dans la situation vécue, d'accompagnement de l'action. Le langage à propos d'une situation, d'un référent absents (langage décontextualisé / langage d'évocation). (Education Nationale)
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