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3 rd LSP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
HIGHER EDUCATION BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION
17 April 2010
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
8.30-9.00 REGISTRATION – B 417 Second floor
9.00 – 9.15 OPENING WELCOME – B 417
9.15 – 10.30 PLENARY SESSION – B 417
Priv. Doz. Dr. Monika Reif Huesler, University of Konstanz
Chances and Limits of 'Bologna' - from the Perspective of the Humanities
Prof. Odette BLUMENFELD, PhD Head of the English Department, Alexandru
Ioan Cuza University
Can Cultural Studies Replace Literary Studies in the New Curricula?
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break – B 417
11.00 – 12.00 WORKSHOP – B 417
Prof. Anca COLIBABA, PhD, Prof. Stefan COLIBABA, PhD, Lucia PETRESCU
New Standards in Material Development: End Beneficiaries as Milestones (Office
InterActors, La Prof, Let’s Go Projects)
12.00 – 14.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
14.00-16.00 FESTIVE LUNCH - Cantina Titu Maiorescu
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. LANGUAGE STUDIES B 417
Moderator: Anca Colibaba
Marina Vraciu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Your First Business Russian Class: An Overview of a Beginner's Course
Various European curricula include Central and East European languages as part of their
(post-)graduate regional studies, culture and history, or business programmes. As one of
the languages in most demand offered by leading European universities, Russian stands
apart as a result of the new demographic structure in Europe and the special EU-Russia
programmes of cooperation. Russian as a subject in higher education in Romania has had
to be repositioned as a result of some general and specific needs. With a tradition of over
a century as an academic subject in the University of Iasi, Russian is now taught at all
levels, from both „traditionally‟ philological perspectives and „innovatively‟, as a
language of business communication. My talk will make a case for Russian as a subject
in the post-graduate course of Slavic Culture and Applied Slavic Languages taught within
the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University of Iasi, by briefly presenting: 1. the levels of BR taught and tested; 2. the
course outline (social, telephone, negotiating, presentations, letter writing)
Athes Haralambie
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Awareness through Communicative Linguistic Games. Ecological Agenda in the
Language Classroom
Developing the adequate strategies to promote students‟ competence in the second
language implies a constant appeal to the Communicative Approach. A methodology
focused on communicative skills involves significant linguistic interaction, stimulates
learners‟ independence and offers numerous possibilities to actively employ the second
language in various contexts. The use of environmentalism as a source of authentic texts
and topics for discussion in the language classroom simultaneously addresses linguistic
progress – by developing conversational abilities, vocabulary and motivation – and
ecological awareness – through the conceptualization and contextualization of major
environmental issues.
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Anca Maria Slev and Anişoara Pop
“Dimitrie Cantemir” University, Târgu-Mureş
Identity and Second Language Acquisition
Because there are conflicting pedagogical views among second language
acquisition (SLA) theorists and practitioners on giving a theoretical and empirical
account of the influence of the socio-cultural norms and values of an English-speaking
country (input) on the one hand, and the social psychological phenomenon of second
language acquisition (socially constructed interaction) on the other, this paper tries to
illustrate the link and create a bridge between the two. The language learning process
should be seen in a broader context than the individual, internal process. It is more social
and interactive, and it involves acquiring or reestablishing a new linguistic identity.
Monica Vlad, Anca Colibaba, Cintia Colibaba
Euroed Foundation, Iaşi
Quality Assurance for Language Learning Tools
Faced with a lack of innovative language teaching materials in the past decades, language
teaching staff and institutions must face nowadays yet another challenge: how to select
the adequate, high-quality resources for their learners from a multitude of resources
available. This article focuses on several instruments (such as linguistic audits or quality
checklists) developed for quality assurance in the area of linguistic materials. Moreover,
the methodology of employing these instruments shall be presented, with guidelines for
university language departments, language centres, teachers and learners.
Attila Imre
Sapientia University, Târgu-Mureş
Translating Subtitles with Translation Environment
The paper deals with the new possibility of translating subtitles with translation
environments. Previously translated texts are preserved in translation memories offering
consistency when new subtitles are translated. Samples of subtitle translations (feature
films, documentaries and cartoons) from English into Romanian are described using
MemoQ translation environment, highlighting those aspects which may make the life of a
subtitle translator easier.
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Florin Toma
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Evaluation in Academic Writing
Most universities require students to pass an entry writing exam which consists most of
the time in writing an essay. Why an essay? An essay provides full evidence of a writer‟s
skills in terms of coherence, cohesion, grammar, spelling, punctuation, style, good usage
of academic sources as well as originality. Knowing all the above-mentioned criteria and
how to meet their requirements in an essay ensures the success in academic writing.
Cristina Olariu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Taking Refuge into Teaching with Glossaries
Glossary Builders may represent a very useful tool in education. They can be used to
develop custom glossaries for incorporation into online courses and other web
resources. Reading material with a glossary is more accessible to students. Every teacher
could make up his/her own glossary sheets to accompany a specific subject A glossary
will take you a step further in creating dynamic learning environments for your students,
being able to create amazing learning experiences for your students to help them excel
and there is not only a specific way of doing things.
Theoretically, a glossary manages and organizes all the terms and definitions,
automatically alphabetizing them as they are added. Definitions can include text, images,
bulleted or numbered lists, as well as links to additional web resources. Glossaries make
it easy to set-up and maintain a good knowledge of all technical terms for any subject or
on any website.
2. TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION B511
Moderator: Luminiţa Andrei Cocârţă
Ioana Creţu
”Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi
Is Our Teaching of English for Specific Purposes Informed by the Recent Debate on
Professionalism and Corresponding Trends in Education?
In the capacity of both teacher of English to medical students and educational researcher,
the author invites teachers of language and communication for specific purposes to revisit
beliefs that drive and shape our everyday pedagogical decisions. Fueled by recent
international literature on professionalism and implications for higher education, several
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questions are explored: what language and communication contributes to professional
identity and behaviour? Are we addressing THAT in what and how we teach?
Laura-Ioana Leon
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie "Gr.T.Popa”, Iaşi
Global Thinking: Culture in Language Teaching
Few developments in higher education have received as much broad-based attention as
have recent attempts to expand the traditional curriculum by incorporating elements of
culture in language teaching. Foreign language learning is comprised of several
components, including grammatical components, communicative competence, language
proficiency, as well as a change in attitudes towards one‟s own or another culture.
Cultural competence, i.e. the knowledge of conventions, customs, beliefs, and systems of
meaning of another country, is undoubtedly an integral part of foreign language learning,
and many teachers have seen it as their goal to incorporate the teaching of culture into
foreign language curriculum. On the other hand these elements of culture will help
students see how knowledge has been historically produced, hierarchically ordered. All
the cultural practices that circulate in society open the possibility for understanding a
wide variety of new cultural forms. The new informational technologies, multimedia, and
visual culture help educators to become more reflective, see how they perceive new
technologies, popular texts, and diverse forms of visual culture, including how they
structure social relations, values, varied definitions of the self and others.
Anisoara Pop and Anca Maria Slev
“Dimitrie Cantemir” University,Târgu-Mureş
Platforms for Effective Asynchronous Communication in LSP: Yahoo Groups and
Wikipedias
Although higher education students are increasingly pressured to take part in group
collaborative projects that can hardly be accomplished in real time due to logistical
difficulties, rarely are they provided with the appropriate tools to carry them out. Based
on examination of cooperative projects and personal reflection, we propose to raise the
awareness about the valences of two platforms for asynchronous collaborative
communication in higher education EFL/LSP , i.e. Yahoo groups and Wikipedias, able
to motivate, support, and encourage high levels of collaboration and cooperation among
groups of learners, making them state of the art tools for effective language learning and
professional development.
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Luminita Andrei Cocârţă and Olesia Lupu
Universitatea “Al. I. Cuza” din Iaşi
Distance Learning and Innovation in Higher Education
The paper presents aspects of distance learning as on-going learning at the Faculty of
Economics and Business Administration, suggesting activities that would maximize the
benefits and minimize the limitations of students and trainers that participate in this form
of learning.
Anca Cecal
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Tradition and Innovation in Handling Presentation Challenges
This paper will explore the sometimes inevitable difficulties and challenges that speakers
might encounter in delivering presentations, and especially try to find possible and
feasible solutions. Our focus will be mainly on old and new ways to overcome
presentation stress or podium fright, as well as on diverse types of questions and how to
deal with them successfully.
Christopher Lawson
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Using PowerPoint in business presentations: visual aid for the audience or crutch
for the speaker?
Making presentations, one of the key skills of Business English, has greatly improved in
Romania, despite a chequered history. I would like to look at Romanian business
presentations, with especial reference to the advantages and disadvantages of the use of
Powerpoint.
Oana Surugiu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
From Music on the Stage to Music on the Page: Song Translation in Language
Teaching
The intersection of translation and music can prove to be a fascinating area to explore,
increasingly gaining the interest of specialized translators and scholars and also of
researchers in translation studies, cultural studies, media studies and musicology.
My paper aims to discuss the special issue of multimedial translation, as well as the way
in which song translation can be used as an effective way of language teaching, with a
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focus on Leonard Cohen‟s musical lyrics. I have chosen Leonard Cohen‟s songs as cases
in point, since they beautifully capture important issues of human life, create strong
images, combine improbable elements and therefore, seem to express best the
relationship between text and music, as well as the power of language and the musicality
of expression.
3. CULTURAL STUDIES B 516
Moderator: Dana Bădulescu
Dana Bădulescu and Oana Maria Petrovici
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Aspects of International versus Local Teaching with Philological University
Students
The paper attempts to compare the learning experience of the students in the Faculty of
Letters at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi to that of the students who study
abroad on Erasmus student mobilities. The premise is that we can identify a set of
common features that characterize a course as “International”, either through its content
and impact, or through certain methodological elements irrespective of country or
location. The finding is empirical and results from the surveys we have conducted with
both Erasmus, and non-Erasmus philological students. If there is such a pattern, this
paper explores its applicability and limits at both the local university level, and at
international level.
Florin Salajan and Sorina Chiper
Columbia University, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Romanian Higher Education: Grassroots Assessment of the Status of
Europeanisation
Europeanisation has recently come into focus as the critical site of investigation of the
changes and transformations that national institutions, groups and individuals have
undergone, in a “strong” and “weak” process of integration into the European Union. Our
presentation deals with Romanian students‟ and university leaders‟ perceptions of the
Europeanisation of Romanian higher education via mobility schemes. Our research
findings are based on two online surveys conducted in 2008-2009, which assesses the
challenges and (failed) opportunities entailed in student mobilities.
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Ovidiu Gavrilovici
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Narrative Approach in Social Sciences and Management: Survival or Reengineering
of the Species?
Globalization challenges linear and systemic thinking, altogether. The challenges of the
‟70s - a climax of applied systemic thinking in social sciences and economics – are
surpassed by the changes of the „80s and „90s, with new additions in complexity
dimensions, and of an (im)probable: new crisis of selecting and expressing meanings,
which cannot be captured nowadays via laws with generality pretention. What are the
guiding threads, between tradition and innovation, for intervention oriented thinking in
social and management fields? The rediscovery of the discourse transports (catharsis) the
person whose story becomes, in the centre, the main character towards a new chance of
identity development. The change becomes profoundly localized with the inner root in
the processes of meaning making we are capable to engage, creatively and resourcefully.
Mona Cojocaru
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Myth and Consumerism in the Work of Arthur Miller
There is a deep connection between the consumerist age, which had already begun to set
its standards, the capitalist dictatorship which had spread throughout America and Arthur
Miller‟s creation of The Misfits. It could be envisaged as an attempt to embody a
historical moment and a milieu. As Wallace Stevens suggests, the end of an era is always
a prolific source of imagination and this particular story imagines the termination of a
hallowed American myth, the dying out of the old frontier and its values. What Arthur
Miller intends in The Misfits, first of all, is to catch a historical moment in America‟s
attempt to break with its past values in order to move on, to make way for what was
generally acknowledged as progress.
Paula-Andreea Vlad
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Cultural Identity and New Methods of Interpretation in Henry James’s Works
The novels of Henry James have often been considered difficult readings. In my
attempt to decipher “the Jamesian secret”, there were a few recurrent elements which
challenged me to see his work from another perspective: the characters‟ quest for cultural
identity, seen through visual arts. The present paper is an attempt to explain James‟ use of
visual arts in his novels. I discovered that the arts offered a “system of
observation”(Bowden, 1969: ix), a method of interpretative approach to the novels, that
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was critically valid and in particular offered a wonderful means of grasping the central
themes.
Ana-Magdalena Petraru
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Traditional and Innovatory Aspects of Canadian Literature in Romanian
Periodicals
This paper aims at giving a clear picture of the translations and critical studies published
in Romanian periodicals from the inter-war years to the post-communist period.
Moreover, it will try to give reasons for the criteria of selection that operated in the
choice of published authors and establish the favourite literary figures for each period. It
will also try to account for the predilection of certain genres in different periods of
reception and carry out contrastive and quantitative research to explain the differences in
the Romanian reception between the inter-war, communist and post-communist years.
4. ROMANCE LANGUAGE STUDIES B518
Moderator: Carmen Stefania Stoean
Carmen Stefania Stoean
ASE, Bucharest
Sur la possibilité d’élaborer un guide de bonnes pratiques méthodologiques
Notre propos n‟est pas une suite d‟arguments à l‟appui d‟un ensemble d‟idées dont le
bien fondé doit être prouvé mais plutôt une série de questionnements sur la possibilité
d‟élaborer un corps de principes généraux à propos des méthodologies à utiliser dans
l‟enseignement du FLE au niveau de l‟enseignement supérieur. Plus concrètement, nous
nous intéressons aux critères requis pour construire un ensemble de méthodologies
susceptibles d‟être utilisées pour haque forme de FLE, quls que soient les contextes
didactiques. Si cette construction s‟avère possible, on pourrait aboutir à une
harmonisation des processus d‟enseignement du FLE par niveau de scolarisation sans
distinction de contextes social, politique , culturel ou institutionnel.
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Andreea Cleminte, Oana Gorea EuroEd Foundation
Claudia Dinu, ”Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi
Inovaţia în cadrul educaţiei pentru a facilita îmbunătăţirea comunicării şi a
interacţiunii interculturale – Studii de caz Language and Integration through Singing şi
Art commnon language
Prezenta lucrare se adresează cadrelor didactice şi doreşte să prezinte două metodologii în
lucrul cu studenţii, pentru a încuraja inovaţia în cadrul educaţiei şi pentru a facilita
integrarea în vederea dezvoltării şi îmbunătaţirii comunicării şi a interacţiunii
interculturale. Ideea de ordin metodologic şi didactic de la care s-a plecat în elaborarea
proiectului „Language and Integration through Singing” o constituie importanţa pe care
muzica şi cântecele o au în învăţarea limbii române, ca şi limbă străină, pentru studenţii
imigranţi şi Erasmus. Scopul proiectului „Art commnon language” este acela de a atrage
adulţii către înţelegerea asemănărilor şi diferenţelor culturale, ceea ce va contribui la
îmbunătăţirea dialogului intercultural.
Irina Dabija, Anca Doina Ciobotaru
Universitatea de Arte ,,George Enescu’’ Iaşi
Tehnici alternative in predarea limbilor straine
În sistemul universitar predarea unei limbi străine s-a transformat dintr-un
deziderat al studenţilor într-o necesitate ce are la bază atât dorinţa de perfecţionare a
acestora, cât şi cea a universităţilor de a le oferi cunoştinţe ample, diversificate şi utile.
Metoda tradiţională este cea mai des folosită, atât datorită rezultatelor obţinute de-a
lungul anilor cât şi datorită posibilităţii de evaluare a cunoştinţelor dobândite. Totuşi,
seminariile de limbă străină pot fi condimentate şi cu exerciţii ce folosesc tehnici
alternative, bazate în special pe ludic. Acestea nu doar relaxează atmosfera, dar reuşesc să
transmită informaţiile sub o formă mai atractivă, aparent mai lejeră, de joc, dar cu
aceleaşi rezultate.
Ana Sanduloviciu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Enrichissement et innovation du langage économique et des affaires français et
roumain par le « Mot d’or »
Concours dont l‟idée de base soutient la créativité, l‟imagination et l‟ingéniosité sur le
terrain du français des affaires, le « Mot d‟Or » offre aux enseignants de FOS (français
pour objectifs spécifiques) la possibilité d‟offrir aux apprenants une vraie aventure
terminologique : ceux-ci doivent devenir créatifs et ont même la liberté de créer des mots
nouveaux pour des concepts nouveaux, en français et en roumain aussi.
Nous voulons démontrer, par notre communication, comment peut-on innover nos
méthodes d‟enseignement du français des affaires grâce aux types d‟exercices du
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concours. Premièrement, les matériaux de travail proposés par le « Mot d‟or » se trouvent
sur Internet. Les étudiants découvrent ainsi toute une variété de ressources, des détails
concernant l‟histoire du concours et celle de la terminologie économique en France.
Ensuite, ils doivent imaginer un projet d‟affaires implanté dans la réalité économique
roumaine, exercice de simulation qui représente un vrai défi pour leur imagination.
Mihaela Lupu, Dana Nica
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Les langues romanes à l’heure de l’intercompréhension : le projet transversal
GALAPRO
Les auteurs se proposent de présenter le projet international GALAPRO Formation de
formateurs à l’intercompréhension en langues romanes, financé par la Commission
Européenne. Réunissant neuf universités européennes – Aveiro, Madrid, Barcelone,
Cassino, Pise, Grenoble 3, Lyon 2, Mons-Hainaut, Iași – qui représentent six langues
romanes (portugais, espagnol, catalan, italien, français, roumain), ce projet répond à la
politique européenne axée sur le plurilinguisme. Il allie les outils traditionnels de
l‟enseignement des langues (grammaires, dossiers de presse, ressources écrites et orales)
aux outils modernes (plateformes en ligne, TICE, forums, chats). Dans le vaste paysage
des initiatives et activités visant l‟apprentissage des langues modernes, ce projet
transeuropéen a pour but tant de former des formateurs à l‟intercompréhension en langues
romanes, que d‟offrir à tous publics une méthode souple et vivante pour comprendre et
s‟approprier des langues voisines.
5. REVISITING ART, CULTURE AND LITERATURE B 503
Moderator: Dragoş Cojocaru
Cristian Ungureanu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
De la drama schilleriană la opera lirică-Luisa Miller, o nouă abordare
Libretul operei Luisa Miller de Giuseppe Verdi a fost compus de Salvatore Cammarano,
în 1849, pornind de la drama Kabale und Liebe de F. Schiller. Atât din motive ce ţin de
specificul operei ca gen muzical, cât şi din cauza contextului istoric, autorul libretului a
fost nevoit să aducă anumite modificări textului original, la nivelul subiectului, al
personajelor sau al conflictului. Analiza de faţă îşi propune să urmărească modificările
operate la nivelul personajelor (inventarea unor personaje, eliminarea altora, modificarea
statutului social, sublinierea unor trăsături de caracter, etc.) şi posibilele interpretări ale
acestora.
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Bogdan Creţu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
O răstălmăcire barocă a bestiarului tradiţional: nevăstuica adulterină a lui Dimitrie
Cantemir
Dimitrie Cantemir is the first Romanian writer who dares not obey the medieval
convention on the symbol; he uses a large area of symbols, but not in their spirit; he
modifies them according to his aims. For example, he makes the weasel an adulterine
wife, as long as the medievals referred to it, following the Physiologus, as to a symbol of
Virgin Mary or even of Jesus Christ.
Leonte Ivanov
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Motivul banilor în creaţia lui Dostoievski
Semnatarul acestei lucrări îşi propune să abordeze, pe baza operei artistice şi a
corespondenţei dostoievskiene, semnificaţia aparte pe care motivul banilor l-a avut în
viaţa marelui romancier şi în cea a personajelor sale, ştiut fiind faptul că Dostoievski
considera suma de 3 000 de ruble baremul ce desparte sărăcia de bunăstare. Un barem pe
care scriitorul însuşi l-a putut atinge abia în ultima perioadă a vieţii.
Dragos Cojocaru
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Melodrama romantică – obiect de studiu la Masterul de limbă, literatură şi
civilizaţie italiană
Melodrama italiană reprezintă o sinteză a culturilor naţionale europene, cu ample
deschideri către civilizaţiile de pe celelalte continente, şi totodată o sinteză a artelor
(literatură, muzică, arhitectură, teatru ş.a.m.d.) ce permite o abordare interdisciplinară şi
multiculturală. Lucrarea de faţa îşi propune prezentarea modului de integrare a acestei
tematici în programa cursurilor de master de limbă, literatură şi civilizaţie italiană.
Laura Munteanu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Mateiu I. Caragiale între tradiţie şi decadenţă
Lumea romanului Craii de Curtea-Veche, al lui Mateiu I. Caragiale, se revendică de la
permanente oscilări între senin şi demonic, între nobil şi josnic, aristocrat şi degenerat,
solar şi nocturn. În sensul acesta, însăşi viziunea care stă la baza organizării lumii textului
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este una a jocului punct – contrapunct, deci grotescă. Personajele sunt construite pe baza
unor tensiuni interioare care le arată drept fiinţe scindate, împărţindu-se între un regim de
lâncezeală diurnă şi unul de hoinăreală nocturn-demonică, între o nobleţe a spiritului,
cultivată prin artă şi preocupări ştiinţifice, respectiv o degradare în viciu şi sordid.
„Hagialâcurile” nu sunt altceva decât peregrinările unor oameni care sunt în explorare de
sine. Tehnica acesta a contrapunctului este fundamentală în construirea personajelor, mai
ales a lui Paşadia, respectiv a lui Pantazi. În permanenţă naratorul accentuează asupra
ideii de aristocraţie a celor două spirite, atât ca stirpe, urmărită în descendenţa ei, cât şi ca
spirit şi comportament. Spovedaniile celor doi prieteni ai naratorului arată însă că în
descendenţa amândurora stirpea aristocrată se altoieşte pe un sol plebeu, astfel încât
tradiţia boierească se împleteşte cu degenerescenţa şi decadenţa.
Florin Munteanu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Literatura anticomunistă ca instrument complementar istoriei
Învăţământul superior românesc postrevoluţionar a început, în ultimii ani, o ofensivă
serioasă în ceea ce priveşte construirea unei reprezentări cât mai credibile a ceea ce a
însemnat societatea românească în perioada comunistă. Pe lângă studiile istorice
specifice, inclusiv arheologice, studiul memorialisticii de detenţie constituie un izvor
extrem de valoros pentru cercetători. De la Denis Delletant la Marius Oprea sau Vladimir
Tismăneanu, ca să numim doar câţiva dintre cei mai cunoscuţi cercetători ai fenomenului
comunismului românesc, cei care s-au preocupat de sondarea şi construirea unui discurs,
fie şi doar universitar, despre epocă, au recurs la mijloace diferite, de la cercetarea
arheologică ( în cazul lui Marius Oprea) la studiul comparativ de factură politologică, în
care factorul istoric este privit în conjuncţie cu caracterul etnotipic al românilor şi cu
dinamica politică a relaţiei cu U.R.S.S. (Vladimir Tismăneanu), elemente ce tensionau
câmpul relaţiilor politice din România. Printre aceste abordări, tradiţionale, studiul
literaturii de detenţie apare ca un unghi inovator, măcar dacă avem în vedere importanţa
majoră pe care editurile au acordat-o tipăririi acestor texte în ultimii ani şi caracterul
exogen al literaturii, în general, în raport cu istoria.
Despre literatura de detenţie din spaţiul concentraţionar românesc s-au scris multe
cărţi, jurnale, studii, recenzii, după Revoluţia din decembrie ‟89, majoritatea dintre ele
concentrându-şi atenţia pe recuperarea istoriei, a tragediei personale, cu valoare
exponenţial naţională, prin care au trecut deţinuţii politici. Puţine au fost, însă, încercările
în care literatura de detenţie a fost privită în ceea ce numele ei generic, de „literatură”,
presupune, adică sub raportul „literarităţii” textelor respective, a strategiilor
comunicaţionale de tip literar pe care textele respective le înfăţisează şi de care autorii
paginilor despre detenţie au fost mai mult sau mai puţin conştienţi.
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6. GERMAN STUDIES B507
Moderator: Magdalena Leca
Lora Constantinescu
Academy of Economics in Bucharest
Ein Lehrwerk mit seinen Herausforderungen im DU zwischen Studienbegleitendem
DU und Fachsprachenunterricht
(A Teaching Material and its Challenges in Teaching German as ‘’SDU’’ and LSP)
What kind of teaching materials are required for FL-/LSP-teaching of German for
Economics? With German attempting a international repositioning, but with a view to
present day requirements, the (beginner level) course-book “Mit Deutsch in
Europa”/2009 is meant to:
a) meet the students‟ communication needs and interest for international mobility,
study and the learning of German;
b) to offer a possible image of what SDU/”Studienbegleitender
Deutschunterricht” can be;
c) help the learners build an “European profile“ of competences and skills for
their career, as well as to better understand the European diversity, thus
enhancing language and cultural awareness
Casia Zaharia
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
The German Influence upon the Romanian Terminology in Mathematics between
Tradition and Innovation
At the level of educated people, the Romanian society learned about the latest
developments in the science of Western and Central Europe from those educated in
Germany, who borrowed terms from German, in order to render the non scientific notions
in Romanian. The present paper aims at studying the influence of the German language
upon the terminology in mathematics. The corpus derives from a dictionary (mainly for
neologisms) and four specialized papers written in different periods of developments of
the modern Romanian language.
Magdalena Leca
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
to be announced
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Rusu Viorel-Liviu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Foreign Teachers in Germany
The present paper highlights the main problems that foreign teachers have to deal with
when they decide to teach in Germany. Not only the fact that they come from another
country with different customs and traditions, but also their education, their
qualifications, their social status and the long process of recruitment can influence the life
of these teachers, the way they do their job and their relationship with the German
colleagues.
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MODERATOR: Marius Apostoaie
Alina Camelia Sargu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Increasing the Quality of e-Learning in Financial Higher Education
In recent years e-learning has become a reliable way for delivering financial higher
education both for distant learning and as support for traditional teaching. The methods
and platforms used in this process have evolved also, allowing for a more direct,
interactive and enhanced experience. The aim of this paper is to underline the importance
of student feed-back as way of assuring that financial higher education carried out
through e-learning methods provides a high quality, high impact teaching experience.
Through an extended literature review and empirical evidence we provide the necessary
arguments in favor of student feed-back as a way of achieving these goals.
Irina Bosie
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
The Allocation of Financial Resources, a Contributing Factor to the Improvement of
Education
The society became aware that the need for raising educational standards is one of the
primary issues for the society development, such standards being accomplished through a
proper allocation and management of financial resources required for activities at each
level. Education contributes to a great extent to the progress of society and the State is to
decide which the closest measures for financing the education system are.
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Bogdan Ilut
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
The Impact of Web 2.0 Tools on Higher Education Deliverability
The internet has an organic connection to higher education and the way courses are
delivered. As the web 2.0 tools become more and more familiar they allow users an
enhancement in interactivity and usage of on-line materials. The aim of this paper is to
provide a look on how these tools enhance the deliverability of higher education
products. For this we provide in a non-exhaustive manner a look on the main works and
theories in this field, while also underlining their impact using empirical data.
Marius Apostoaie
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Central Banks and Their Involvement in Fostering Economic Education and Literacy
In our knowledge based society, economic education plays a vital role in the future health
of the world economy and, it enables citizens to efficiently participate in the society in
which they live. The economic literacy of citizens is, in our present days, not only the
problem of state authorities, but also a common challenge and responsibility for many
public institutions and non-profit organizations.
Key players among these institutions are central banks that invest significant
resources in educating the public to achieve economic efficiency, a good conduct of
economic (and monetary) policy and welfare. This study intends to highlight the
involvement of more and more central banks in fostering economic education and
literacy.
Izabella Krájnik
„Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj Napoca
A Modern Issue: Developments in Pension Reform in the European Union
This paper is about public sector pensions, an issue that has become increasingly
contentious in a number of countries in recent years, including in the European Union.
One of the key differences is that the residual risk in a pension fund is collectively borne
by the beneficiaries and the sponsor while it is borne by the external shareholders in the
case of a life insurer. This paper employs a contingent claim approach to evaluate the risk
return for annuitants.
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Adrian Brunello
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Innovation and Innovative Teaching in Marketing
Innovation is a significant aspect in the study of economics, business, entrepreneurship,
design, technology, sociology, and engineering. In Marketing innovation is compulsory.
Marketers tend to focus on the process itself, from the origin of the concept to its
metamorphosis into something useful. Marketing teachers must also be innovative in the
way they present their lectures and seminars to students in order to attract them and raise
their interest in this often tricky field of Economics. The paper focuses on ways of being
innovative in marketing and in its teaching; it also stresses upon the fact that innovation
in case study methodology illustrates the vitality of the level of business in an academic
setting.
Gabriela Geangalau, Bogdan Irimia
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
E-Learning in Romania: Opportunities, challenges and solutions
In recent years the higher education system in Romania has been through a series
of transformations. These transformations reflect not only the European tendencies, but
also the growth of the Romanian economy. The changes also affect Distance Education.
As Romania promotes innovation in education, e-Learning is seen as a further step in
high-education delivery and improving business efficiency. The main ideas that our paper
focuses on are: the extent to which E-Learning is implemented and understood in
Romania; the main benefits of E-Learning; the main challenges of E-Learning in
Romania, and the steps that need to be taken in order to make E-Learning a viable
solution of learning in the near future.
Gina Albu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Curba lui Gauss : mit sau realitate
Mit sau realitate, curba lui Gauss chiar există sau sunt numai vorbe?
Ar trebui să ne întrebam de fapt ce dorim de la aceste examene. Mai are rost organizarea
lor sau o simplă tragere la sorţi ar simplifica cu mult lucrurile. Este sau nu necesara curba
lui Gauss într-un sistem în care inevitabil trebuie să creăm ierarhii? Însă fără ierarhii o
societate nu poate avea valori şi echitate şi începem să ne întrebam ce rol mai are
profesorul. Oare doar acela de a crea şi stabili ierarhii?
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Moha Arouch
Université Hassan 1 er , Maroc
La simulation comportementale au service de l‘éducation à l’entrepreneuriat
Un programme de formation à l‟entrepreneuriat doit mettre en mouvement un processus
d'apprentissage par lequel des aptitudes, des connaissances, des habitudes et des attitudes
sont acquises et changées. Il doit agir sur le comportement de l‟apprenant de manière à
modifier ces capacités et aptitudes entrepreneuriales et lui permettre d‟être plus
entreprenant en toute circonstance. Un tel enseignement implique un apprentissage
participatif où l‟apprenant est responsable et proactif de la démarche d‟apprentissage.
Dans cet article, nous présentons l‟expérience du programme de formation pour le
« Développement des Compétences Entrepreneuriales (DCE) » développé et mis en
œuvre au sein de l‟Université Hassan 1 er , Maroc, depuis l‟année universitaire 2005/2006.
La formation/action vise à sensibiliser les étudiants, les aider à découvrir, vivre et
développer leurs compétences entrepreneuriales.
Anamaria Maftei
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Reconsiderarea efectelor cunoaşterii tacite asupra externalităţilor de cunoştinţe
Majoritatea studiilor de specialitate ce analizează externalităţile de cunoştinţe pornesc de
la ipoteza că aceastea conduc la efecte de aglomerare şi constituie un fenomen puternic
delimitat în spaţiu. Importanţa proximităţii geografice în propagarea externalităţilor de
cunoştinţe este atribuită, în principal, naturii tacite a cunoştinţelor. Articolul de faţă îşi
propune să analizeze, dintr-o perspectivă critică, impactul dimensiunii tacite a cunoaşterii
asupra transferului de cunoştinţe. Atunci când tăcerea nu mai este considerată o
proprietate intrinsecă a cunoaşterii, ci a mesajelor schimbate în comunitatea epistemică,
proximitatea fizică poate juca un rol mult mai complex decât o simplă condiţie a
asimilării externalităţilor de cunoştinţe.
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