I have written what I hope is a strongly argued message.
Penny
David Hornsby wrote:
> I wrote to the UEA VC about this a while back, and hope other colleagues
> will do likewise.
>
> D
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "abcovene" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 8:01 PM
> Subject: FWD: Situation of FL at UEA
>
> Here is an important message from Marie-Noelle Guillot at the University of
> East Anglia. I would urge all subscribers to AFLS-NEWS seriously to consider
> responding to this request. Colleagues in French have been very active
> members
> of AFLS over the years: among other things, they have hosted an AFLS
> conference (in 1998, I think), and provided the AFLS Membership Secretary
> and
> a member of the Publications Committee (in both cases, for several years).
>
> Aidan
>
> >===== Original Message From <[log in to unmask]> =====
> Dear Aidan,
>
> Could you please disseminate the message below to the AFLS list
> subscribers? Tahnk you.
>
> Hope all is well for you.
>
> Marie-Noklle
>
> -----------------------
> Dr Marie-Noklle Guillot
> Lecturer in French
> Chair Graduate Studies
> School of Language, Linguistics
> and Translation Studies
> University of East Anglia
> Norwich NR4 7TJ
> United Kingdom
> Tel: + 44 (0)1603 592136
> Fax: + 44 (0)1603 250599
> UEA website: www.uea.ac.uk
>
> You may have heard that the University of East Anglia's Senior
> Management
>
> Team has decided to recommend the discontinuation of honours foreign
>
> language provision at UEA and the replacement of its School of Language,
>
> Linguistics and Translation Studies with a teaching only unit which will
>
> offer beginners and intermediary language teaching.
>
> In our view, this removes the prospect of any post-A level foreign
> language
>
> provision for school leavers in the East Anglia region, and comes at a
> time
>
> of rising costs in higher education which is likely to mean that school
>
> leavers will increasingly be inclined to attend their local university.
> It
>
> also comes at a time when Languages at UEA have been forging stronger,
>
> supportive links with the secondary languages education sector in the
> East
>
> Anglia region and in adjoining counties, as demonstrated by the year 10
>
> languages day we are holding at UEA on June 23rd.
>
> (See:http://www.llt.uea.ac.uk/admissions/openday.shtml).
>
> We believe that such a closure would have a damaging impact on the
> teaching
>
> and learning of languages in East Anglia and nationally. The decisions
>
> about the future of honours language provision have yet to be approved
> by
>
> University Senate (June 23) and Council and it would be of considerable
>
> assistance to us if you and any others who wish to support the provision
> of
>
> Modern Foreign Languages at UEA, were able to find five minutes over the
>
> next few days to pen a few lines, not necessarily arguing the case for
>
> Honours language provision at UEA, but at least indicating your support
> for
>
> the continuation of that provision: and send your letter or email (with
> a
>
> copy to us [[log in to unmask]]) to:
>
> David Eastwood
>
> The Vice Chancellor
>
> University of East Anglia
>
> Norwich
>
> NR4 7TJ
>
> or
>
> [log in to unmask]
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