How important are mediation skills in the European Union
Skills ? ? ?
LIFE SKILLS
Learn how to learn: Types of learners
Social / Personal skills: how we can encourage pupils to cooperate
how we can encourage pupils to show empathyhow we develop pupils’ tolerance
STUDY & LEARNING SKILLS
STUDY SKILLSWHY?
Metacognition is used in education to describe the learning process.
Teaching Basic Skills
The three Rs: Reading – wRiting – aRithmetic
vs
Study Skills instruction
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Study Skills
Right tools & training to do a good job at school
To learn how to learn
To learn how to study
STUDY SKILLSinclude
organisation skills
learning habits
Learning Skills
How to
learn spelling learn reading learn vocabulary
learn grammar practical tips
LANGUAGE SKILLS
READING
LISTENING
SPEAKING
WRITING
MEDIATION
What is mediation?
Mediation is a process for handling conflict in which two or more parties involved in a dispute
meet with a neutral, third party mediator to discuss the issues and attempt to reach
a voluntary agreement.
What is the role of the mediator?
The mediator facilitates dialogue between the parties to help them develop their own resolution to their issues and concerns. Agreements reached
are by mutual consent of all parties.Mediators do not take sides, impose decisions,
or give advice.
The mediation skills in the European Union
• Economic factors
• Social factors
• Cultural factors
Common European Framework of References for languages
The CEF is not a directive. It aims to encourage those involved in language teaching to reflect on and, where appropriate, question their current aims and methods.
Mediation as a language skill helps learners develop► social skills
► collaborative skills ► cultural awareness
In both the receptive and productive modes, the written and/or oral activities of mediation make communication possible between persons who are unable, for whatever reason, to communicate with each other directly. Translation or interpretation, a paraphrase, summary or record, provides for a third party a (re)formulation of a source text to which this third party does not have direct access. Mediating language activities – (re)processing an existing text – occupy an important place in the normal linguistic functioning of our societies.
(Extract from the CEF)
Global Education
Mediation as a language skill helps teachers provide
Oral Mediation
Speaker A ּס(only English)
Speaker B ּס(only Greek)
Speaker C ּס(English and Greek)
Speaker C is the mediator.
Written Mediation
Document A (in L1)
Document B (in L2)
Helen Keller, who overcame blindness and deafness to become a leading social activist in the early 20th century, wrote:
I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
And, because I cannot do every-thing,
I will not refuse to do the something I can do.