This volume brings together contributions from academics language teachers and practitioners
from across Europe and beyond to discuss questions of autonomy and technology in the area of
language learning and translation. The book focuses on English French Italian Irish and
Spanish language acquisition but many of the essays also develop an interlinguistic
perspective from a plurilingual point of view. The book opens with key contributions from a
number of leading scholars: Dr Daniel Cassany on critical literacies Professor Henrik Gottlieb
on translation into 'minor' languages and Professor David Little on autonomy in language
learning. These are followed by explorations of translation technology intercultural issues
autonomous learning and the European Language Portfolio. The volume represents an important
contribution to the development of new plurilingual approaches to language teaching and
learning.
