*Apologies for cross-posting*
Last chance to register for the forthcoming conference:
Enquiry-based learning in languages
Date: 26 September 2008
Venue: University of Manchester
http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/2916
To mark the occasion of the annual European Day for Languages on 26 September 2008, the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Manchester, with support from the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, is hosting a one-day conference on one of the most innovative teaching and learning methodologies in languages in recent years. Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) has been growing steadily across all sectors as a way to enhance students' independent learning, encourage intellectual curiosity, develop valuable transferable skills and increase overall motivation. EBL firmly places learners at the centre of the learning experience engaging them in an active role, making them responsible for their own learning and, where applicable, for that of their fellow students.
This conference will explore the role of EBL in language learning and teaching, an area still quite new to EBL and which requires extensive investigation and research. In this respect, the University of Manchester's Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning (CEEBL) has been supporting the introduction of EBL in several disciplines, and most recently, in languages (notably in French, Japanese, Spanish).
Areas to be addressed by the conference include:
* The development of professional and transferable skills through EBL
* Independent learning, the autonomy of the learner
* The role of the facilitator/ language tutor
* The place of EBL in the larger curriculum
* Assessment issues, including the process and product debate
* Inter-disciplinarity
Please visit the conference website for a full programme and registration details: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/2916
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Dr Shoshannah Holdom
Academic Coordinator
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies,
School of Humanities (65A Crawford Building, Rm 3011),
University of Southampton,
Highfield,
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Tel: 02380 599637
Fax: 02380 594815
http://www.llas.ac.uk/
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