>===== Original Message From <[log in to unmask]> =====
This bulletin contains information on the following:
SUBJECT CENTRE EVENTS
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
SUBJECT CENTRE GUEST SPEAKER FUND AWARD
5. ESTABLISHING, MANAGING AND SUPPORTING A SELF-ACCESS CENTRE
SUBJECT CENTRE PROJECTS
5. EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
7. COLLABORATION PROGRAMME IN MODERN LANGUAGES - Report Available
SUBJECT CENTRE WEBSITE UPDATE
8. NEW RESOURCES THIS MONTH
9. TOP TEN RESOURCES ON THE SUBJECT CENTRE WEBSITE THIS MONTH
OTHER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
For more details on the items listed below please visit the Subject Centre
website:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/otherevents.aspx
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
-------------------------------------------------------------
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 :
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2251
2. TEACHING GLOBALISATION : DEVELOPING INTERDISCIPLINARY PEDAGOGIES FOR A
CHANGING WORLD
Registration is now open for this event. For further details please go to:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2237
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
website at www.cilt.org.uk/cpd. shortly. Alternatively, please contact David
E. Newton, Higher Education Development Officer, [log in to unmask]
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:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2316
b) UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
Wednesday 27 April 2005
For further information and registration details please go to:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2317
SUBJECT CENTRE GUEST SPEAKER FUND AWARD
5. LECTURE: ESTABLISHING, MANAGING AND SUPPORTING A SELF-ACCESS CENTRE
Monday 14 March 2005 - 13.00-15.00 h
UNIVERSITY OF COVENTRY
This lecture will be given by Marina Mozzon-McPherson.
For further details and to register please contact: Marina Orsini-Jones:
[log in to unmask]
Subject Centre weblink:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2298
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 [log in to unmask]
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/resourcesitem.aspx?resourceid=2315
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. Go to
www.llas.ac.uk/700reasons
Good Practice Guide: Intercultural awareness as a component of HE Modern
Language courses in the UK
Author: Robert Crawshaw
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=2303
Good Practice Guide case study: The CERCLU Project: Certification of
Language Competence in Italian University Language Centres
Authors: Carol Taylor Torsello and Maurizio Gotti
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=2306
Good Practice Guide: The Role of Linguistics in the Applied Linguistics
MA
Author: Roger Hawkins
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=2319
Materials Bank: vocab.co.uk
Author: Andrew Quilley
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/materialsbank.aspx?resourceid=2312
9. TOP TEN RESOURCES ON THE SUBJECT CENTRE WEBSITE THIS MONTH
Good Practice Guides
Resources for independent language learning: design and use
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=1405
Good practice in teaching and learning vocabulary
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=1421
Learner autonomy and second/foreign language learning
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=1409
Assessment and independent language learning
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=1407
Second language acquisition (SLA) research: its significance for learning and
teaching issues
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=421
Materials Bank
Phonetics: for Students of Modern Languages
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/materialsbank.aspx?resourceid=296
Language Testing: Dialang: Diagnostic Tests
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/materialsbank.aspx?resourceid=1676
EAP: English for Academic Purposes Online Resource
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/materialsbank.aspx?resourceid=79
Linguistics: Quizzes
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/materialsbank.aspx?resourceid=1609
Arabic: for Beginners
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/materialsbank.aspx?resourceid=282
OTHER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
For more details on the items listed below please visit the Subject Centre
website:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/otherevents.aspx
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 :
[log in to unmask]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------
We would be grateful if you would forward this bulletin to colleagues and
relevant mailing lists. Please do not hesitate to contact the Subject Centre
if you have any queries regarding this bulletin.
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: [log in to unmask]
www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk
part of The Higher Education Academy
www.heacademy.ac.uk/
|
