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This bulletin contains information on the following:
SUBJECT CENTRE EVENTS
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
SUBJECT CENTRE PROJECTS
6. EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
7. UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX DYSLEXIA PROJECT
SUBJECT CENTRE WEBSITE UPDATE
8. NEW RESOURCES THIS MONTH
OTHER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
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
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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:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2237
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
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2329
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
[log in to unmask] quoting code 182LO0505HEF (SH) or go to:
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.
www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2328
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:
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
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. Website with map:
http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/marketing/visit/cityplan.html
For further information please go to:
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2337 or contact Chris Lyne
([log in to unmask]) or Barbara Scott ([log in to unmask])
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.
Website with map of the campus:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/AbouttheUniversity/Southamptongettinghere/AvenueCampus/
Website of surrounding area:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/AbouttheUniversity/Southamptongettinghere/CampusLocatio
ns/#d.en.1648
For further information please go
www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2338 or contact Chris Lyne
([log in to unmask]) or Barbara Scott ([log in to unmask])
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.
http://www.llas.ac.uk/resources/resourcesitem.aspx?resourceid=2315
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
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-2-2-1-1.html>. Please
see www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/dyslexia
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. To order a copy go to the order
form www.llas.ac.uk/700reasons
Good Practice Guide: The Applied Linguistics MA: course content and students'
perceived needs www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=2323
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?
www.llas.ac.uk/resources/paper.aspx?resourceid=2330
Author: Joanna Britton, Exeter College, University of Oxford
OTHER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
9. WORKSHOP: USING ILT IN MODERN FOREIGN 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:
http://www.rsc-east-midlands.ac.uk/events/_month/apr.asp?id=197
Online bookings at www.rsc-east-midlands.ac.uk or to request a booking form,
contact Gwen Callaghan, RSC Administrator: tel: 01509 618110
email: [log in to unmask]
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:
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: [log in to unmask]
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 at www.satefl.org.uk/newapproaches/
13. CONFERENCE: EXPLORATORY PRACTICE: A PRINCIPLED FRAMEWORK OR PRACTITIONER
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: [log in to unmask]
For any other information, please contact Assia Rolls. [log in to unmask];
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:
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
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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)
http://www.lexmasterclass.com. (see News page)
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 at http://www.ALL-languages.org.uk in the events section of the site.
If you'd like to receive a copy by post, please email
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18. 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 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: [log in to unmask]
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 [log in to unmask]
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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: [log in to unmask]
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