ebulletin: May 2009
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General interest
These materials are a course pack commissioned by the Subject Centre for use by education developers (workshop mode) or by individual staff (online mode). The materials provide reflective activities designed to engage teachers with some of the key issues in working with international students and practical ideas for ways in which these can be addressed. They will be of particular interest to new staff or anyone new to working with international students. Learning outcomes include; increased awareness of areas of the UK learning experience that may present challenges for international students, Strategies for improving the learning experience of international students.
LLAS runs an annual student essay competition open to anyone studying languages, linguistics or area studies as part of their HE course.
Languages
Date: 8 May, 2009
Location: The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GL
Event type: Workshop
Date: 14 May, 2009
Location: George Eliot 219 (ICAN) (pdf), Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent University
Event type: Workshop
Date: 21 May, 2009
Location: CILT, the National Centre for Languages, London
Event type: Workshop
Date: 1 June, 2009
Location: CILT, the National Centre for Languages, London
Event type: Workshop
Date: 19 June, 2009
Location: University of Bristol, School of Modern Languages, 19 Woodland Road, Lecture Theatre 1 (access through the entrance to the Arts Faculty, 5-7 Woodland Road)
Event type: Symposium
Date: 26 June, 2009
Location: University of Durham - Elvet Riverside 2 room 206 and 207
Event type: Workshop
Date: 25 September, 2009
Location: Centre for Deaf Studies (Room 4F5, TBC), University of Bristol
Event type: Seminar
Date: 15 June, 2009 - 19 June, 2009
Location: Rm G11, 'Language Space', 1-4 Malet Place, University College London
Event type: Other
This is a one-week-intensive course combining theory with a strong hands-on focus designed to provide participants with the opportunity to: * Explore the use of Web 2.0 technologies in language learning from a theoretical perspective. * Learn how to produce materials and learning tools using Web 2.0 technologies (Podcasts, Blogs and Wikis, audio, video, mobile learning, VLEs). For more information, please see the conference website.
Date: 26 June, 2009
Location: Coventry University
Event type: Other
Virtual Learning Environments User Group, Vth Annual Meeting Participation is FREE (subject to availability of places) and light lunch provided. Talks/discussion will include Second Life, Moodle, Sanako and Desire2Learn Email Marina Orsini-Jones for further information: m.orsini@coventry.ac.uk For more information, please see the conference website.
Date: 1 July, 2009
Location: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, SW1Y 5DB
Event type: Conference
This event will include talks on the following topics: ‘Internationalisation of the Science Curriculum: A Partnership Between Modern Languages and Four Science Subjects’ Dr Marina Mozzon-McPherson (University of Hull): ‘Languages in International Conflicts’ Professor Hilary Footitt (University of Reading) ‘The Ownership of English and the Politics of International Student Cultur For more information, please see the conference website.
Date: 9 July, 2009 - 10 July, 2009
Location: University of Sheffield, Humanities Research Institute
Event type: Seminar
Seminar objectives: To bring together researchers working in the field of intercultural communication pedagogy, particularly - but not exclusively - in higher education, so as to develop a dialogue around key themes in intercultural communication pedagogy. For more information, please see the conference website.
The work of the Faroes project is coming to an end - to be taken forward in a new project (OneShare). To celebrate the hard work and help of the language-teaching community in helping us to develop the Language Box, the project are running a competition with £1000 worth of prizes to be won!
Linguistics
Date: 22 May, 2009
Location: Room 4421, Fourth floor, Main Building, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Event type: Workshop
Date: 25 September, 2009
Location: Centre for Deaf Studies (Room 4F5, TBC), University of Bristol
Event type: Seminar
Date: 26 September, 2009
Location: The Hawthorns, University of Bristol
Event type: Applied Sign Linguistics Symposium
Date: 26 June, 2009
Location: Coventry University
Event type: Other
Virtual Learning Environments User Group, Vth Annual Meeting Participation is FREE (subject to availability of places) and light lunch provided. Talks/discussion will include Second Life, Moodle, Sanako and Desire2Learn Email Marina Orsini-Jones for further information: m.orsini@coventry.ac.uk For more information, please see the conference website.
Date: 9 July, 2009 - 10 July, 2009
Location: University of Sheffield, Humanities Research Institute
Event type: Seminar
Seminar objectives: To bring together researchers working in the field of intercultural communication pedagogy, particularly - but not exclusively - in higher education, so as to develop a dialogue around key themes in intercultural communication pedagogy. For more information, please see the conference website.
Area Studies
Date: 14 May, 2009
Location: George Eliot 219 (ICAN) (pdf), Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent University
Event type: Workshop
Date: 1 July, 2009
Location: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, SW1Y 5DB
Event type: Conference
This event will include talks on the following topics: ‘Internationalisation of the Science Curriculum: A Partnership Between Modern Languages and Four Science Subjects’ Dr Marina Mozzon-McPherson (University of Hull): ‘Languages in International Conflicts’ Professor Hilary Footitt (University of Reading) ‘The Ownership of English and the Politics of International Student Cultur For more information, please see the conference website.
Other news
Colleagues are invited to submit case studies of activities involving students of languages, linguistics or area studies to share good practice in this increasingly important area of activity. Possible activities include assessed modules/ assignments, workplacements, partnerships with employers and working with careers advisors. A template to help you organise your case study is available at : http://www.llas.ac.uk/resources/1668
Please submit your completed case study to John Canning : j.canning@soton.ac.uk
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