Foreign Language Teaching in Romanian Higher Education: Teaching Methods, Learning Outcomes

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Constructing and Construing the Place of Romanian Foreign Language Education in the European Context  (Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu)....Pages 3-15
 Laying the Foundation of Foreign Language Acquisition – The Cases of Educational Policies and English Textbook Design  (Mihaela Badea, Mihaela Suditu, Diana Presadă)....Pages 17-35
 On Some of the Challenges of Teaching Formal English Linguistics  (Maria Aurelia Cotfas)....Pages 37-60
 The Importance of Visual Literacy: An Analysis of Potential Obstacles for Romanian Students in the Completion of IELTS Academic Writing Task 1  (Marina-Cristiana Rotaru)....Pages 61-82
 The Impact of the CEFR on Teaching and Assessing Romanian as a Second/Foreign Language. Practice and Research  (Ioana-Silvia Sonea)....Pages 83-110
 Teaching Romanian as a Foreign Language. Formal and Non-formal Education Perspectives  (Roxana-Magdalena Bârlea)....Pages 111-123
 MedLang MOOC–An Innovative Palliative Care Learning Tool. Innovative Approaches and Teaching Methodologies  (Anca Colibaba, Claudia Dinu, Irina Gheorghiu, Stefan Colibaba)....Pages 125-147
 Personal Epistemology: A “Dark Matter” That Matters in How We Teach and Learn Languages at University  (Ioana Creţu)....Pages 149-169
 The Experience of Writing a Co-Narrative: Story-Building in Japanese Language Teaching  (Raluca Nicolae)....Pages 171-205
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 Students’ Motivation to Learn Foreign Languages in Tertiary Education  (Gabriela Chefneux)....Pages 209-247
 The English Language as a Tool for Self-Development Among Romanian Students – A Case Study at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies  (Irina David)....Pages 249-263
 Fostering Learner Autonomy in Japanese Language Classes  (Magdalena Ciubăncan)....Pages 265-279
 Education for Active Democratic Citizenship through English. A Challenge for Academia  (Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu)....Pages 281-297
 Professional Ethics and Moral Education in the Medical Language Curriculum – Can It Be Done?  (Ioana Creţu)....Pages 299-315
 New Roles for Language Teachers in Higher Education. A Collaborative Perspective of Language and Content Teachers’ Views  (Valentina Robu, Laura-Mihaela Muresan)....Pages 317-334