Developing the potential of language and non-language courses, or on the significance of listening, speaking, reading and writing in education – a review of joint publication Educational Role of Language Skills

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problem of language skills which, despite their importance in everyday communication, personal growth and cognitive development, are often neglected in instructed settings, the authors of the publication Educational Role of Language Ryszard successfully demonstrate the fundamental role of listening, speaking, reading and writing in establishing the close connection between subjects from the curriculum as well as learners’ cognition and worldview. The scholars participated in an annual international interdisciplinary conference Educational Role of Language organized annually since 2016 with an intention of underlining the significance of the quaternary approach to language skills, which resulted in the publication of the book under discussion. The seminal work is divided into two complementary parts. The first one consists of Introduction and two sections devoted to the presentation of recent trends in education. The second one, on the other hand, isolates four sections, each of which discusses one of four language skills in the light of Learning to (…) and (…) to Learn approaches. The book also successfully relates to two scopes of the Educational Role of Language (ERL) framework, Scope Major and Minor, in that it addresses the multidimensional nature of education as well as its complex socio-affective and contextual character. the the the utility of axiological, psychomotor, affective and associated with language in other non-language language-related the between language and glottodidactic