Foreign Language Teaching in Romanian Higher Education

Foreword.- PART I: Foreign Language Education in Romania - Contexts and Methodologies.- Constructing and construing the place of Romanian foreign language education in the European context (Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Radulescu).- Laying the foundation of foreign language acquisition - the cases of educational policies and English textbook design (Mihaela Badea, Mihaela Suditu and Diana Presada).- On some of the challenges of teaching formal English linguistics (Maria Aurelia Cotfas).- 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).- The impact of the CEFR on teaching and assessing Romanian as a second/ foreign language. Practice and research (Ioana-Silvia Sonea).- Teaching Romanian as a foreign language. Formal and non-formal education perspectives (Roxana-Magdalena Bârlea).- MedLang MOOC-an innovative palliative care learning tool. Innovative approaches and teaching methodologies (Anca Colibaba, Claudia Dinu, Irina Gheorghiu and Stefan Colibaba).- Personal epistemology: a "Dark Matter" that matters in how we teach and learn languages at university (Ioana Cre u).- The experience of writing a co-narrative: story-building in Japanese language teaching (Raluca Nicolae).- PART II: Beyond Language Learning - Student Motivation and Autonomy and New Roles for Teachers.- Students' motivation to learn foreign languages in tertiary education (Gabriela Chefneux).- The English language as a tool for self-development among Romanian students - A case study at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Irina David).- Fostering learner autonomy in Japanese language classes (Magdalena Ciubancan).- Education for democratic citizenship through English. A challenge for academia (Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu).- Professional ethics and moral education in the medical language curriculum - Can it be done? (Ioana Cre u).- New roles for language teachers in higher education. A