Archived ebulletin March 2005

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This bulletin contains information on the following:

  1. Bridging the gap : the teaching of foreign literatures and cultures
  2. Teaching globalisation : developing interdisciplinary pedagogies for a changing world
  3. Cilt library resources collection open visit
  4. Raising staff awareness concerning the academic acculturation process of international students - Northampton and Portsmouth
  5. Establishing, managing and supporting a self-access centre
  6. Education for sustainable development
  7. Collaboration programme in modern languages - report available
  8. New resources this month
  9. Top ten resources on the subject centre website this month
  10. Breaking down the barriers : a team effort
  11. Exploratory practice: a principled framework or practitioner research on language teaching and learning
  12. The first international conference on enhancing teaching and learning through assessment
  13. Welcome to discuss the most challenging issues concerning multilingual higher education
  14. Translang project - materials available

Subject Centre Events

1. Bridging the gap: the teaching of foreign literatures and cultures

Friday, 11 March 2005, University of St Andrews
There are still places available for this seminar exploring ways in which new and improved teaching methods might be developed for the teaching of foreign literatures and cultures. For full details of the programme and how to register, go to the Subject Centre events page

2. Teaching globalisation : developing interdisciplinary pedagogies for a changing world

Registration is now open for this event. For further details please go to the Subject Centre events page

3. Cilt library resources collection open visit

Theme: less widely used and lesser taught (LWULT) languages, wednesday, 11 may 2005, CILT, london
Information on how to sign up for this event will be available on the CILT (www.cilt.org.uk/cpd) website shortly. Alternatively, please contact David E. Newton, Higher Education Development Officer, david.newton@cilt.org.uk

4. Raising staff awareness concerning the academic acculturation process of international students - Northampton and Portsmouth

This one-day workshop is being run at University College Northampton and at the University of Portsmouth on SEPARATE dates.

a) University College Northampton
Wednesday 20 April 2005
For further information and registration details please go to the Subject Centre Events page

b) University of Portsmouth
Wednesday 27 April 2005
For further information and registration details please go to the Subject Centre Events page

Subject Centre guest speaker fund award

5. Lecture: Establishing, managing and supporting a self-access centre

Monday 14 March 2005 - 13.00-15.00, University of Coventry
This lecture will be given by Marina Mozzon-McPherson. For further details and to register please contact: Marina Orsini-Jones: m.orsini@coventry.ac.uk. Go to the Subject Centre Events page for information.

Subject Centre projects

6. Education for sustainable development

The Subject Centre has received funding via the Higher Education Academy to explore ways in which our subject communities may be able to contribute towards HEFCE's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda.
The brief is available on the HEFCE website. If you would like to contribute to these discussions, please contact John Canning j.canning@soton.ac.uk
For more information go to the Subject Centre resources page.

7. Collaboration programme in modern languages in higher education - report available

The report on the lessons learned on collaboration from the Collaboration Programme has now been published. Copies of the report will be sent to all members of the Subject Centre mailing list later this month.

Subject Centre website update

8. New resources this month

Search 700 reasons for studying languages. There is now an online searchable database of the 700 Reasons published in the recently produced 700 Reasons Report. You can search reasons by keyword and theme. To order a copy go to the order form.

Good Practice Guide: Intercultural awareness as a component of HE Modern Language courses in the UK
Author: Robert Crawshaw

Good Practice Guide case study: The CERCLU Project: Certification of Language Competence in Italian University Language Centres
Authors: Carol Taylor Torsello and Maurizio Gotti

Good Practice Guide: The Role of Linguistics in the Applied Linguistics MA
Author: Roger Hawkins

Materials Bank: vocab.co.uk
Author: Andrew Quilley

9. Top ten resources on the Subject Centre website this month

Good Practice Guides

Materials Bank

Other conferences and events

For more details on the items listed below please visit the Subject Centre events page.

10. Breaking down the barriers: a team effort

11. Exploratory practice: a principled framework or practitioner research on language teaching and learning

12. The first international conference on enhancing teaching and learning through assessment

13. Welcome to discuss the most challenging issues concerning multilingual higher education

Publications

14. Translang project - materials available

The Subject Centre has received a number of complete sets of documentation and resources for the TransLang Project (Transferable Skills Development for Non-specialist Languages 1997-2000). This document includes tutor guides and materials. If you would like to receive a free copy of these, please email the Subject Centre : llas@soton.ac.uk.

 

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Jane Copeland
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Modern Languages
School of Humanities
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ

tel: 023 8059 4814
fax: 023 8059 4815
email: ljc2@soton.ac.uk

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