Archived ebulletin May 2005

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This bulletin contains information on the following:

1. Routes into reading: promoting the study of foreign literatures - call for papers
2. CILT library resources collection open visit
3. Introduction to methods for pedagogic research in languages, linguistics and area studies
4. Workshops to go: Making the best use of VLEs
5. Workshops to go: Working with interactive multi media for language learning
6. Call for Humanities graduates
7. Search 700 reasons for studying languages
8. EUROCALL and UCALL conferences: closing date for applications
9. Conference: Exploratory practice: a principled framework for practitioner research on language teaching and learning
10. An English Subject Centre event: teaching on the language/literature border
11. All language world conference & exhibition 2005
12. Workshop: Lexicom'05
13. Call for papers / conference: The international association for languages and intercultural communication
14. Call for papers / conference: The 4th annual Hawaii international conference on arts and humanities 2006
15. E-learning survey: Sharing and reusing electronic resources
16. Aria project: ICT research in arts and humanities
17. IUGO project: Conference information integration project
18. Website usability survey
19. DPSI language tutors

Subject Centre events

1. Routes into reading: Promoting the study of foreign literatures

Thursday 10 June 2005 CILT, London
This one-day conference will present ideas and strategies for creating interest and enthusiasm among students for the study of foreign language literatures.
CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for receipt of abstracts: Friday 13 May 2005
For further information on the submission of abstracts and for the registration form please visit the Subject Centre website.

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
See the Subject Centre website for further information.
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.

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.
See the Subject Centre website for further information.

4. 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 further information please go to the Subject Centre website or contact Chris Lyne c.m.lyne@shu.ac.uk or Barbara Scott mailto: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 further information please go the Subject Centre website or contact Chris Lyne c.m.lyne@shu.ac.uk or Barbara Scott mailto: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.

5. Workshops to go (Subject Centre's Workshops to Go scheme): Working with interactive multimedia for language learning

Thursday 23 June 2005 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: School of Languages & Area Studies, Park Building, King Henry 1st street. University of Portsmouth. Melissi Labs 3.14 and 3.16 3rd Floor

The workshop will provide a hands-on opportunity for EFL and MFL teachers to familiarise themselves with the functionalities of a digital language learning classroom. It will present pedagogical material, which has been designed to exploit the numerous functionalities of this software and apply it to a range of different teaching and learning contexts. Participants will be given the chance to evaluate the material from the perspectives of both teacher and learner

It will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on the changing roles of teachers and learners in the digital language learning classroom.

For further information please go the Subject Centre website or contact Rose Clark Rose.Clark@port.ac.uk.

Subject Centre research project

6. Call for Humanities graduates

The Subject Centre is looking for graduates of English, History, Classics, Archaeology, Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies to be interviewed for research project investigating longer term employability. We are particularly interested in talking to graduates who have been working for the past 3 years.

For further information please see the Subject Centre website or contact Becky Allan R.Allan@soton.ac.uk directly.

Subject Centre website updates

7. Search 700 Reasons

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.

Other conferences and events

8. EUROCALL and UCALL Conferences : Closing date for applications 20 May 2005

A EUROCALL Regional Workshop and a UCALL Regional Conference will take place at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, 13-15 June:
EUROCALL Regional Workshop: "Using computers in language learning and teaching web-based and local teaching modes", 13 June 2005
For more information and application forms go to the University of Ulster website (www.ulster.ac.uk/lll/cpdu/course_details.cgi/25)

UCALL Conference: "Developing a pedagogy for CALL? Examples of theory and practice", 14-15 June 2005
For more information and application forms go to the University of Ulster website (www.ulster.ac.uk/lll/cpdu/con_details.cgi/2)

9. Conference: Exploratory practice: A principled framework for practicioner 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 bernasim@regents.ac.uk, Conference Administrator at EBS:
Tel: 020 7487 7464; Fax: 020 7487 7465.
For any other information, please contact Assia Rolls rollsa@regents.ac.uk: Tel: 020 7487 7458.

10. An English Subject Centre event: Teaching on the language/literature border

Friday 27 May 2005, University of Sheffield
For further information and details of registration please visit the HEAcademy website (www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/future/event_detail.php?eventId=51)

11. All language work conference & Exhibition 2005

Friday 1 to Sunday 3 July 2005 (University of Kent, Canterbury)
The theme for 2005 is Creating opportunities. Colleagues are invited to join ALL members for the biggest UK languages event. Alongside the conference, the UK's largest exhibition of language teaching resources and equipment will be running on 1-2 July. The full programme for the conference and exhibition is available online at www.ALL-languages.org.uk (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.

12. 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 see the news page at the Lexicography MasterClass website (www.lexmasterclass.com).
Registrations received before the end of April carry a discounted fee.

13. Call for papers/conference: The international 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 (www.ialic.org) for details 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

14. Call for papers/Conference: The 4th annual Hawaii international conference on Arts and humanities 2006

This conference will be held on 11-14 January 2006 at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.
For further information email: humanities@hichumanities.org
Deadline for submissions is: 23 August 2005

Surveys

15. E-learning survey: Sharing and reusing electronic resources

Survey

16. ARIA project : ICT research in Arts and Humanities

ARIA project website (http://aria.dmu.ac.uk)

17. IUGO project : Conference information intergration project

IUGO project website(http://iugo.ilrt.bris.ac.uk)

18. Survey on Educational Website Design and Usability: Generic or Specific?

Survey (http://elsa.open.ac.uk/survey.asp?id=56IN95)

Job Opportunities

19. DPSI language tutors

Title of post: Other Language (OL) tutor for IoL Diploma in Public Service Interpreting courses and short training courses at Middlesex University.

For further information please contact: Antoinette Murray, Interpreting Courses Administrator via email: A.Murray@mdx.ac.uk, telephone: 0208 411 4336 or Fax: 0208 411 5965.

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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