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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
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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.