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ICT-based Visualization for Language and Culture Mediation Skills Training: Addressing Societal Needs
- Source :
- Anastasia Atabekova
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- The paper explores the potential of ICT-based visual resources for developing non-language students’ skills in the area of language and culture mediation in domain specific area. The legal administrative settings are taken as an example. The paper integrates the previous research findings regarding the visualization role in education and latest developments in the field under study. The research framework maps the concepts of visualization and cross-cultural mediation within the educational environment that is supposed to meet the multicultural society needs and challenges. The paper highlights qualitative analysis findings regarding the students’ use of visual resources with the view to their academic progress and professional development. The paper argues the ICT-based visualization in training language and culture mediation skills could facilitate information processing and domain specific knowledge acquisition in a foreign language$ the relevant resources use could enhance students’ professional background, their abilities to meet the labor market requirements regarding applied and research-focused task. The paper provides the relevant literature analysis, a detailed description of the research methodology, and commentary students’ pilot training outcomes, including the data of cluster and factor types of analysis and students’ survey results.
- Subjects :
- Knowledge management
Knowledge representation and reasoning
business.industry
05 social sciences
Professional development
Information processing
050301 education
020207 software engineering
02 engineering and technology
Domain (software engineering)
Visualization
Conceptual framework
Information and Communications Technology
Mediation
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
General Materials Science
business
Psychology
0503 education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18770428
- Volume :
- 237
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7c8f9374483bebb76a4a4e562f96179f