Open meeting on less widely taught languages: projects and resources for teaching and learning
Date: 15 January, 2008
Location: University of London, Senate House, Room N336
Event type: Forum
Programme | Location map
This event is open to anyone interested in less widely taught languages in higher education. Resource developers and representatives from key projects and initiatives will give short presentations about their work and discuss the challenges facing those working within less widely taught languages in the UK.
There is no charge for this event.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 13.30 - 13.45 | Introducing the Collaborative Models Project www.open.ac.uk/cmp/p2.shtml Dr Inma Alvarez, Open University  Slides (108Kb) |
| 13.45 - 14.00 | Using technology to enhance the teaching of South Asian Languages Steve Cushion, London Metropolitan University Slides (210Kb)
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| 14.00 - 14.15 | "Turkish for Self Study" http://turkishonline.orient.ox.ac.uk Senel Simsek, University of Oxford Slides (5.1Mb) |
| 14.15 - 14.30 | Break and discussion |
| 14.30 - 14.45 | On the Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) Dr Elisabeth Kendall, University of Edinburgh |
| 14.45 - 15.00 | On the Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies (CEELBAS) Dr Robin Aizlewood, University College London |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | Issues within teaching and learning British Sign Language (BSL) Clark Denmark, University of Central Lancashire |
| 15.15 - 15.30 | Discussion and close |
