The corpus-based approach in language education has driven an array of studies over the past few decades, including its application in developing academic awareness in second-language learners of English for academic purposes. Most publications that show ways of incorporating corpus-based classroom activities (C-BCA) concern concordance lines and lexico-grammatical studies with reference to teacher feedback. The present study examines postgraduates’ perception of C-BCA in English for academic purposes classes. A class of 10 postgraduate students from Samara University, Russia, participated in the research. Questionnaire results showed a positive perception of using C-BCA as a tool for writing assignments. The study also concerns an analysis of the students’ results in the writing assignments as a part of their academic awareness. Specifically, this sample study shows interdependence between the positive dynamics of postgraduates’ perceptions of C-BCA and good results of a writing examination.

Shaping Individual Multilingualism in the Early Stages of Education – European Context and Exemplifications

The article characterizes – in the European context – a relatively new term in the language teaching: plurilingual education. The are also discussed the pedagogical implications of the Language Awareness model, which can provide alternative and complementary approach to classical models of language teaching or conducting education in two or more languages. The paper also presents the results of qualitative research carried out in Vienna (Austria) and London (United Kingdom). The results illustrate solutions supporting the development of individual plurilingualism at the early stages of teaching. The main objective of this study was to determine what solutions supporting the education of children with diverse language and cultural experiences are being used in kindergarten and early grades at elementary school in Europe and whether these arrangements are developing plurilingual competence of all students. Analysis of existing solutions have not aimed at suggesting the ready-to-use strategies. That is why the description contain the identification of the emerging trends and factors that determine effectiveness of different solutions.