Topic outline

  • MiLLaT

    Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching is an Erasmus+ project

    The MiLLaT project pursues the main objectives, as follows:

    • developing language, intercultural skills in the area of mediation, and digital competences of teachers and indirectly students in order to prepare university students and teachers to better coexist in multilingual and multicultural societies;
    • implementing and disseminating innovative pedagogies to design open educational materials for blended and online language courses;
    • implementing learning and teaching mediation activities and strategies into language classrooms relevant to the concept of mediation by sharing good practices and know-how;
    • developing approaches to foreign language learning supported by ICT and open educational resources in the academic context;
    • meeting the needs of students relevant to the labour market by developing mediation activities and strategies which support the acquisition of transversal competences.
    Partner universities
    • University of Warsaw, Poland
    • University of Helsinki, Finland
    • Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
    • Charles University, Czech Republic

    • Task 1 (task author Daiva Pundziuvienė)

      Task title: STUDYING ABROAD: CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC CHALLENGES
      Target learners/course: Academic English 
      CEFR starting level: C1 (can be easily adapted to different levels)
      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      • discuss typical cultural and academic challenges that international or first-year students are faced with;
      • understand the concept of acculturation and differences in academic cultures;
      • give advice to international or first-year students at their home university.

    • Task 2 (task author Vilma Bijeikienė)

      Task title: Metaphor in Political Discourse

      Target learners/course: English for Politics

      CEFR starting level: C1/C2

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      • Identify metaphorical expressions in political discourse;
      • Explain metaphorical reasoning by offering the conceptual metaphors that underly the metaphorical expressions used in political discourse;
      • Interpret the meaning created through the use of metaphor in political discourse;
      • Share argumentation and collaborate in identifying metaphorical expressions, conceptual metaphors and their interpretation in political discourse,
      • Evaluate the colleagues’ contribution and express their evaluation.

    • Task 3 (task author Rima Sabaliauskienė)

      Task title: Los horarios públicos en España
      Target learners/course: General Spanish A1
      CEFR starting level: A1
      Expected learning outcomes:  By the end of the task, students will be able:
      • Understand timetables.
      • Speak and write about timetables, opening times.
      • Know cultural differences concerning opening times in Spain and Lithuania.

    • Task 4 (task author Almantė Meškauskienė)

      Task title: Text analysis and acquisition of new words
      Target learners/course: C1/C2
      CEFR starting level: B2
      Expected learning outcomes:  By the end of the task, students will be able to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility and use related vocabulary in context.

    • Task 5 (task author Donata Berūkštienė)

      Task title: Presentation on a chosen topic
      Target learners/course: general English B1
      CEFR starting level: B1
      Expected learning outcomes: 
      By the end of the task, students will be able to
      • find relevant information in different sources.
      • summarize information.
      • relay specific, relevant information from complex texts using subject-related vocabulary.

    • Task 6 (task author Vaida Misevičiūtė)

      Task title: Summary writing. Argumentation – quality of support
      Target learners/course: Academic English 
      CEFR starting level: C1
      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      • examine and experience different summarizing strategies
      • start thinking about the validity of supporting information in the arguments

    • Task 7 (task author Alma Meškauskienė)

      Task title: Text analysis and scenario for multilingual/cultural situation
      Target learners/course: Business English C1/C2
      CEFR starting level: C1
      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      • understand benefits of foreign language knowledge in business and learn some useful phrases in a foreign language producing an explanation where, when and how the learnt phrases could be used.

    • Task 8 (task author Alma Meškauskienė)

      Task title: Explaining data

      Target learners/course: Business English C1/C2

      CEFR starting level: C1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

       present data in different formats and to use appropriate words and expressions.

    • Task 9 (task author Daiva Pundziuvienė)

      Task title: Presentation skills: managing ‘difficult’ members of audience 

      Target learners/course: English B2

      CEFR starting level: B2

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

       

      • better understand how inappropriate behavior, comments, body language, etc. may affect the presenter and the audience;
      • better handle difficult audience types and use different strategies to deal with them.

       

    • Task 10 (task author Daiva Pundziuvienė)

      Task title: Learn English tenses with Mr. Bean!

      Target learners/course: English A2

      CEFR starting level: A2

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

       

      • better understand how the Present Continuous tense is used and whether it has more similarities or differences in students’ native language;
      • use active vocabulary on the topic ‘In a swimming pool’.

    • Task 11 (task author Rima Sabaliauskienė)

      Task title: En el restaurante

      Target learners/course: Spanish A1

      CEFR starting level: A1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

       order food in a restaurant and to now some cultural information about Spanish dishes.

    • Task 12 (task author Rima Sabaliauskienė)

      Task title: Perfil de usuario

      Target learners/course: Spanish A1

      CEFR starting level: A1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      get basic personal information by asking questions and will be able to understand and answer these questions.

    • Task 13 (task author Lina Zutkienė)

      Task title: A job interview role-play

      Target learners/course: Reading and Speaking C1

      CEFR starting level: C1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      talk about job market use related vocabulary in context.

    • Task 14 (task author Lina Zutkienė)

      Task title: Preparing a short presentation based on the text  and discussion in groups

      Target learners/course: Reading and Speaking C1

      CEFR starting level: C1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      talk about education/educators, use related vocabulary in context.

    • Task 15 (task author Vilma Bijeikienė)

      Task title: ONLINE INTERVIEW ON PLURILINGUAL PRACTICES IN GENERAL EDUCATION

      Target learners/course: English C1: CLIL and plurilingual pedagogy

      CEFR starting level: C1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

      1. To explain the notions of plurilingual practices and approaches
      2. To synthesize and relay the information acquired in L1 in English
      3. To prepare and deliver an oral presentation in English of the acquired and synthesized information
      4. To engage in a post-presentation discussion with the peers
      5. To use spoken academic English corresponding to C1 level

    • Task 16 (task author Daiva Pundziuvienė)

      Task title: VARIETIES OF LANGUAGES

      Target learners/course: English B2

      CEFR starting level: B2

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

       

      • tell about the varieties (accents & dialects) of their mother tongue in English;
      • better understand the concept of linguistic discrimination and express their opinion on the issue of ‘accentism’;
      • tell about the varieties of the English language in the UK.

    • Task 17 (task author Nemira Mačianskienė)

      Task title: Culture Shock Stages: Jigsaw Activity

      Target learners/course: English C1: Intercultural Communication 

      CEFR starting level: C1

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to:

       

      • describe 5 stages of culture shock using content specific vocabulary;
      • use their metalinguistic skills more confidently (defining concepts, paraphrasing, asking questions for clarification, checking for understanding, and summarizing information.

    • Task 18 (task author Teresė Ringailienė)

      Task title: Word definitions

      Target learners/course: General English

      CEFR starting level: B1 and higher

      Expected learning outcomes: By the end of the task, students will be able to: 

      • define the vocabulary that they are studying in their own words