ebulletin: May 2011

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General interest

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The professional needs of staff in LLAS: a survey.Click to expand arrow
LLAS would be very grateful if you could take five minutes to complete the following questionnaire about your professional needs and the areas in which you would like to train further or obtain updates.

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More exciting resources for the classroom : Txt spk packsClick to expand arrow
Teach your students to text in a foreign language with our exciting new txt spk resource packs.

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The Utopian years? Radical Left Movements in Pompidou's FranceClick to expand arrow

Date: 11 May, 2011
Location: Room 2.09, Park Building, University of Portsmouth
Event type: Conference (half day)

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£9000 a year for what? Languages and area studies under the new fees regime in EnglandClick to expand arrow

Date: 20 May, 2011
Location: Goodenough Club, 23 Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AD
Event type: Workshop

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

Date: 20 May, 2011
Location: Wolfson Suite, Harold Cohen Library, University of Liverpool (no 431 on campus map, gridline D8))
Event type: Workshop (half day)

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Call for papers: Teaching the Green HumanitiesClick to expand arrow

Date: 25 May, 2011
Location: London
Event type: Conference

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

Date: 15 June, 2011
Location: Arts Building 1.05, University of East Anglia
Event type: Workshop (half day)

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Using the National Student Survey to improve student learningClick to expand arrow

Date: 22 June, 2011
Location: Boardroom, Woburn House Conference Centre 20 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HQ
Event type: Workshop

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Response to the National Curriculum reviewClick to expand arrow
Baroness Jean Coussins and the APPG on MFL wrote a joint response to the National Curriculum review

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Languages

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The interface between English Literature and English Language: innovation in curriculum developmentClick to expand arrow

Date: 24 May, 2011
Location: Room 104, Fulton Building (marked 30 on campus map), University of Sussex
Event type: Workshop

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How to teach linguistics of Modern Foreign LanguagesClick to expand arrow

Date: 3 June, 2011
Location: Room G8, Main Building (marked no 1 on campus map), Aston University
Event type: Workshop

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Do you teach languages at evening classes or to students of other subjects studying a language as an extra option? Click to expand arrow
Do you teach languages at evening classes or to students of other subjects studying a language as an extra option? For the second year in succession, LLAS has received funding from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to carry out a survey to learn more about the experiences of ‘non-specialist’ language students.

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Arts and Humanities in Higher Education special issue on Modern LanguagesClick to expand arrow
The latest edition of Arts and Humanities in Higher Education is a special issue on Modern Languages.

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Linguistics

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The interface between English Literature and English Language: innovation in curriculum developmentClick to expand arrow

Date: 24 May, 2011
Location: Room 104, Fulton Building (marked 30 on campus map), University of Sussex
Event type: Workshop

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How to teach linguistics of Modern Foreign LanguagesClick to expand arrow

Date: 3 June, 2011
Location: Room G8, Main Building (marked no 1 on campus map), Aston University
Event type: Workshop

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Area Studies

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Workshop on teaching Islamic Studies in WalesClick to expand arrow

Date: 17 May, 2011
Location: Cardiff University
Event type: Workshop

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Workshop on teaching Islamic Studies in the North of EnglandClick to expand arrow

Date: 26 May, 2011
Location: Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied (IDEA) Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) University of Leeds 8-12 Fenton Street Leeds, England, LS2 9JT
Event type: Workshop

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