Archived ebulletin April 2005

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This bulletin contains information on the following:

1. Teaching globalisation : developing interdisciplinary pedagogies for a changing world
2. CILT library resources collection open visit
3. Introduction to methods for pedagogic research in languages, linguistics and area studies
4. Workshops to go: raising staff awareness concerning the academic acculturation process of international students
5. Workshops to go: making the best use of VLEs
6. Education for sustainable development
7. University of Sussex dyslexia project
8. New resources this month
9. Using ILT in modern foreign languages
10. Workshop for external examiners
11. Perspectives on materials development 2005
12. New approaches to materials development for language learning
13. Exploratory practice: a principled framework or practitioner research on language teaching and learning
14. The postcolonial state: decolonization and after
15. Cultural encounters on the eastern frontiers of the eu
16. Lexicom'05
17. All language world conference & exhibition 2005
18. The international association for languages and intercultural communication
19. ESRC launches new website for social sciences

Subject Centre Events

1. Teaching globalisation: Developing interdisciplinary pedagogies for a changing world

Monday 18 April 2005 CiLT, London
Registration is still open. For further details, please go to the Subject Centre events page

2. CILT library resources collection open visit

Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages CILT Library Resources Collection Open Visit Wednesday 11 May 2005, 13.45-16.45 at CILT, London

For more information see the Subject Centre events page.
This event, held by CiLT in conjunction with the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies will introduce attendees to the range of resources available in the Library at CILT, including the Higher Education Resources Collection and will also focus on teaching and learning materials available for Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages, both European and non-European.

It is aimed at anyone, particularly from the HE sector, working or teaching in a Languages Resource Centre involved in LWULT languages. The event may also be useful for those in Language Colleges, FE, AE and Continuing Education sectors.

This event is free of charge. However, numbers are limited, so please book in advance.
For further details and an application form please email claudia.perotti@cilt.org.uk quoting code 182LO0505HEF (SH) or go to the CILT conferences and events page (www.cilt.org.uk/cpd).

3. Introduction to methods for pedagogic research in languages, linguistics and area studies

Friday 17 June 2005 at CILT, London
This interactive workshop is a one-day introduction to methods for pedagogic research. No previous experience of using social science methods is assumed. The programme is to be confirmed, but is expected to cover the following topics:

Formulating research questions
Questionnaire design and analysis
In-depth interviewing and focus groups
Ethics in research
Dissemination and reporting
The workshop is free, but participants will need to provide their own lunch.

For more information see the Subject Centre events page.

4. Workshops to go(Subject Centre's Workshops to go scheme): raising staff awareness concerning the academic acculturation process of international students

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.

5. Workshops to go(Subject Centre's Workshops to go scheme): making the best use of VLEs

This workshop is being run at Sheffield Hallam University and at the University of Southampton on SEPARATE dates.
It is designed to give participants the opportunity to explore and discuss the potential of VLEs to provide a stimulating and effective learning environment for language learners. The workshop will be a mixture of demonstration, hands-on and discussion and will focus mainly on the use of Blackboard to create on-line language learning activities for beginner and intermediate level students. It will also cover issues such as the role of a VLE in the language learning curriculum, how to plan a VLE course and how to incorporate the on-line activities into the curriculum.

a) SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
Tuesday 17 May 2005 11.00am - 3.45pm
Room 7411, Stoddard Building, City Campus. For a map please go to the Sheffield Hallam visitors guide (www.shu.ac.uk/services/marketing/visit/cityplan.html).
For further information please go to the Subject Centre events page or contact Chris Lyne (c.m.lyne@shu.ac.uk) or Barbara Scott (b.a.scott@shu.ac.uk) Maximum number of participants: 25. The event will be free of charge. Lunch can be purchased from the restaurant on campus.

b) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Monday 6 June 2005 10.15am - 3.00pm
Room 2151 / Building 65, Avenue Campus.
For a map of the campus please go to the Southampton University Campus map (www.soton.ac.uk/AbouttheUniversity/Southamptongettinghere/AvenueCampus/).
For a map of the surrounding area please go to the Southampton University area map (www.soton.ac.uk/AbouttheUniversity/Southamptongettinghere/CampusLocations/#d.en.1648).

For further information please go the Subject Centre events page or contact Chris Lyne (c.m.lyne@shu.ac.uk) or Barbara Scott (b.a.scott@shu.ac.uk) Maximum number of participants: 18. The event will be free of charge. Lunch can be purchased from the restaurant on campus.

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.

We are holding a Focus Group in London on 15 April 2005. If you would like to contribute, please contact John Canning.
For more information see the Subject Centre resource page.

7. University of Sussex dyslexia project

This project is funded by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. The Project stems from the concerns shared by language tutors at the University of Sussex about the best way to assess the language accuracy of those with learning difficulties linked to dyslexia. Generally, such students are given extra time or a scribe, but this is not always helpful. It is essential to be able to provide assessment methods which neither advantage or disadvantage these students.

We think that colleagues in other Higher Education institutions experience similar concerns to ourselves and we are therefore inviting other practitioners to help us in our survey by completing the questionnaire (www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-2-2-1-1.html). Please see the Sussex Language Institute Dyselxia Project page (www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/dyslexia)

Subject centre website updates

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. To order a copy go to the order form (http://www.llas.ac.uk/700reasons).

Good Practice Guide: The Applied Linguistics MA: course content and students' perceived needs.
Author: John Field

Student essay competition winner: Higher Education Academy student essay competition: What makes the best learning experience for students of Languages, Linguistics or Area Studies?
Author: Joanna Britton, Exeter College, University of Oxford

Other conferences and events

9. Workshop: Using ILT in modern foriegn languages

Forthcoming Modern Languages JISC event for practitioners in the post-16 sector Wednesday 13 April 2005 (09.30 - 15.30) at City Learning Centre (Leicester) For further details please go to the JISC RSC East Midlands website (www.rsc-east-midlands.ac.uk/events/_month/apr.asp?id=197).

Book online (www.rsc-east-midlands.ac.uk) or to request a booking form, contact Gwen Callaghan, RSC Administrator: tel: 01509 618110

Email: support@rsc-east-midlands.ac.uk

10. Workshop for external examiners

The Maths, Stats & OR Network is running its inaugural workshop for External Examiners (both prospective and current). This Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 April 2005 (University of Birmingham) Although this event is primarily aimed at those involved with the ExternalExamining process in Mathematics and Statistics, many of the issues covered will be of direct relevance to External Examiners from other disciplines.

Full programme and online booking form can be found on at the Maths, Stats & OR Network website (http://mathstore.ac.uk).

11. Call for papers/perspectives on materials development 2005

The British Universities/MATSDA Postgraduate Research Conference:Perspectives on Materials Development 2005.
Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Tuesday 12 April, 2005 Enquiries, Reservations and Applications - please contact:

Helen Crossley, School of Languages, Leslie Silver International Faculty, Leeds Metropolitan University, Macaulay Hall, Headingley Campus, Leeds LS6 3QS.

Tel: 0113 283 7440. Fax: 0113 274 5966. Email: H.Crossley@leedsmet.ac.uk

12. Conference new approaches to materials development for language learning

The British Association of Lecturers for English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) and the Scottich Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (SATEFL) are running a joint conference at Heriot-Watt University from 15th 17th April. The theme is New Approaches to Materials Development for Language Learning and we have four plenary speakers and 69 prepsentations in 11 parallel sessions. The full conference programme is available on the conference website (www.satefl.org.uk/newapproaches/).

13. Conference exploratory practice: A principled framework or practictioner research on language teaching and learning

Wednesday 25 May 2005 (14.00 to 17.30) European Business School London (www.ebslondon.ac.uk/ltrdiaryofevents.asp)
If you would like to attend this event, please contact:
Maria Bernasinska, Conference Administrator at EBS:
Tel: 020 7487 7464; Fax: 020 7487 7465; e-mail: bernasim@regents.ac.uk. For any other information, please contact Assia Rolls. rollsa@regents.ac.uk; Tel: 020 7487 7458.

14. Conference/call for papers: The postcolonial state: Decolonization and after

Interventions International Conference 2005 Thursday 26 and Friday 27 May 2005 (Nottingham Trent University) The deadline for proposals is Monday 11 April 2005.
For further details please go to the website (http://english.ntu.ac.uk/Ints_conf2005/default.htm).

15. Conference/call for papers: cultural encounters on the Eastern frontiers of the EU

Friday 10 and Saturday 11 June 2005 (UWE Bristol) The conference explores, from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective, current issues of culture contact and conflict in areas where historical regions straddle the present eastern borders of the EU, thereby creating ethnic frontiers, such as Setumaa, Ruthenia or Transylvania. Key problems facing these regions and their respective national governments are discussed against the broader context of EU integration.
Abstracts and interventions should be sent to:
Professor Ullrich Kockel
Ethnological Research Unit - University of the West of England - Bristol BS16 1QY ullrich.kockel@uwe.ac.uk from whom further details may be obtained.

16. Workshop: lexicom '05

5th Annual Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing Friday 10 to Tuesday 14 June 2005 (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) For more information go to the Lexicography Masterclass News page (www.lexmasterclass.com). Registrations received before the end of April carry a discounted fee.

17. ALL Language World Conference & Exhibition 2005

Friday 1 to Sunday 3 July 2005 (University of Kent, Canterbury) Our theme for 2005 is Creating opportunities and we do hope that you wont miss out on this opportunity to join us for the biggest UK languages event. Alongside the conference will be the UK's largest exhibition of language teaching resources and equipment, running on 1-2 July. The full programme for the conference and exhibition is available online (www.ALL-languages.org.uk) in the events section of the site. If you'd like to receive a copy by post, please email SheilaJ@ALL-languages.org.uk.

18. Call for papers/conference: The internationmal association for languages and intercultural communication

The sixth annual conference of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) Friday 9 to Sunday 11 December 2005 (Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer, Brussels, Belgium) This year's conference theme is 'EUROPE INSIDE OUT'.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts is Thursday 30 June 2005.
Please refer to the conference website for details www.ialic.org or contact the conference organiser directly:
Prof. Jan WALRAVENS
Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer
Catgorie de traduction et d'interprtation Cooremans Place Anneesens 11 B-1000 Bruxelles Belgique
Phone: +32 (0)2 551.02.10
Fax: +32 (0)2 511.02.16
Email: jan.walravens@brunette.brucity.be

19. Announcement: ESRC launches new website for social sciences

As well as bringing together all ESRC-funded research, the website will provide a gateway to other key online resources from the UK such as Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), the UK Data Archive and the Office of National Statistics as well as international coverage from services such as Europa and Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
ESRC Society Today (www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk) is scheduled to go live for a test period in April 2005 before being publicly launched in Summer 2005, replacing the current www.esrc.ac.uk and www.regard.ac.uk sites.
You can register for further information by emailing societytoday@esrc.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