ebulletin: December 2010

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General interest

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Fellowship for Professor Mike KellyClick to expand arrow
Many congratulations to Professor Mike Kelly (Director of the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies) who has been invited to become an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists in recognition of his contribution to raising the profile of language learning.

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The LOC tool for teachers: authoring your own online learning materialsClick to expand arrow

Date: 14 January, 2011
Location: University of Durham, Room 150 (entrance no.1, first floor), Elvet Riverside Building (no 25) on map
Event type: Workshop (half day)

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e-Learning symposium 2011 - videos of sessions now availableClick to expand arrow

Date: 27 January, 2011 - 28 January, 2011
Location: Avenue Campus (Bldg 65), University of Southampton
Event type: Symposium

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External examining in the humanitiesClick to expand arrow

Date: 18 February, 2011
Location: The University of Sheffield, Exhibition Space, Jessop West Building
Event type: Workshop

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Life and work in academia: event for new and aspiring lecturers in languages, linguistics and area studiesClick to expand arrow

Date: 15 April, 2011
Location: Jesus College, Ship Street Centre, Oxford
Event type: Workshop

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Call for expressions of interest: LLAS in The National Student SurveyClick to expand arrow

LLAS is offering ten departments/subject units £1,000 in return for contributing to our work on the National Student Survey. The funding can be used for staff time buyout and expenses connected to running interviews/focus groups.

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Languages

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I love languages...do you? Activity packClick to expand arrow
The I love languages…do you? activity pack is still available to order via the Routes into Languages website. The aim of this activity pack is to provide teachers with choice of materials that will introduce pupils to a wide range of languages including some with which they may not be familiar.

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Why study languages? Classroom calendar and websiteClick to expand arrow
2011 will be the third year that Routes into Languages produces its popular 'Why Study Languages?' calendar - order now in time for January!

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Language Assistantship SchemeClick to expand arrow
The British Council are pleased to confirm that recruitment for the 2011-12 Language Assistants programme is now open, following a decision from the Department for Education to continue funding the scheme.

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The LanQua Toolkit is now available onlineClick to expand arrow
The LanQua Toolkit is the main output of the Language Network for Quality Assurance (LanQua), a network of 60 teachers of languages and related studies across Europe which was coordinated by LLAS and funded by the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Erasmus Network programme.

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Linguistics

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DECTE: The Talk of the ToonClick to expand arrow
The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English (DECTE) is a new online corpus of vernacular Tyneside speech currently being collated in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University.

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Area Studies

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Residential workshop for Islamic Studies PhD studentsClick to expand arrow

Date: 16 February, 2011 - 17 February, 2011
Location: Conference Aston, Birmingham
Event type: Workshop

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