How strange that all the keynote speakers are of the male gender. Could it
be that organisers want to make language learning more attractive to male
students? Just a thought.
At 12:00 PM 12/2/99 -0000, you wrote:
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>With apologies for cross postings
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>The New Communicators: Graduates with Languages
>
>TEACHING MODERN LANGUAGES IN UNIVERSITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
>
>East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham
>Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 July 2000
>
>In Spring 2000 the Nuffield Inquiry will publish its report on Britain's
>language capability, assessing the extent to which current provision is
>'effective, timely and imaginatively
>harnessed to society's wishes'. At this crucial time of falling
>recruitment to modern
>language degree courses, keynote speakers at this major international
>conference will address the urgent issues and challenges which are
>likely to be highlighted in the Nuffield report. Organised
>collaboratively by major organisations and associations in languages
>education and CILT, the conference will consider:
>* What can UK and European policy-makers do to encourage the take
>up of languages at university level?
>* What can university departments do to manage change, to meet the
>expectations of a new generation of students, and to exploit new
>technologies?
>* How can a productive, symbiotic relationship between teaching
>and research be established?
>The conference will provide an important opportunity to review the
>outcomes of the HEFCE-funded FDTL projects (and TLTP 3 Alladin), which
>has been the biggest-ever investment in university language teaching,
>and to attend a range of workshops and presentations on language
>teaching issues.
>
>FORMAT AND THEMES
>The three-day programme will include the following
>* Keynote talks on issues of policy by speakers from the UK and
>the European Union;
>* Plenary talks on Independent Learning, New Technologies and
>Employability by speakers of international renown;
>* Panel discussion on the interface between research and teaching;
>* A review of the outcomes of the 10 FDTL modern languages
>projects and TLTP3 Alladin;
>* Wide range of research papers;
>* Extensive choice of presentations and workshops on teaching and
>learning approaches, including hands-on computer-based sessions;
>* Social programme with many opportunities for interchange and
>discussion.
>
>Keynote speakers
>* David Graddol, Open University;
>* Mike Kelly, University of Southampton, member of the Nuffield
>Inquiry and
> Director-designate of the Subject Centre for Modern Languages.
>* David Little, Trinity College Dublin;
>* Alan Moys, Secretary to the Nuffield Inquiry;
>* Frank Pignatelli, member of the Nuffield Inquiry;
>* Mark Warschauer, University of Hawaïi.
>Cliff Allan, HEFCE, will take part in the panel discussion.
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>There are still a few slots left for participants who wish to offer
>papers on the following
>topics:
>* Managing languages in universities
>* Recruitment and take-up of languages
>* Longer-term policy developments
>In order for proposals to be considered by the planning committee, they
>should reach us as soon as possible and by 31 December 1999 at the very
>latest. Please indicate on the
>proposal form (available by calling 020 7379 5101 ext 240) the length
>and type of session you are proposing.
>
>PUBLICATION
>Selected papers from the conference will be published in book form by
>CILT. If participants wish their contribution to be considered for
>inclusion in this publication, they must submit three hard copies and a
>disk-based version by the final day of the conference.
>
>ACCOMMODATION
>The conference will take place at the East Midlands Conference Centre,
>Nottingham. It will start at 10.30am on Monday 3 July 2000, and finish
>with afternoon tea at approximately 4pm on Wednesday 5 July.
>Accommodation will be in single en suite or standard rooms in Halls at
>the University of Nottingham. The fees include lunch in the banqueting
>suite (day and residential delegates) and dinner (residential
>participants only).
>
>FEES
>Non-residents (includes lunch but not dinner or overnight accommodation)
>1 day (Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday) £64
>2 days £115
>3 days £168
>
>Residents
>2 days, one night £156 standard accommodation, £168 en suite
>accommodation
>3 days, two nights £254 standard accommodation, £278 en suite
>accommodation
>
>Please note that because of the venue's tariff structure, no reductions
>can be made for half-day attendance. For booking purposes, please
>consider any day which includes lunch as a full day's attendance.
>
>BOOKINGS
>For an application form please contact Alison Cutler at CILT
>Conferences, 20 Bedfordbury, London WC2N 4LB, England, Tel 020 7379 5101
>ext 240, Fax 020 7379 5082, E-mail [log in to unmask] Please
>help us by sending in your application by 31 January if possible.
>
>CILT Conferences (AC), 20 Bedfordbury, London WC2N 4LB, England
>Tel: 020 7379 5101 ext 240
>Fax: 020 7379 5082 FAO AC
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Martha Worsching
Lecturer in German
[Reviews Editor of the Journal of European Area Studies]
Dept. of European Studies
Loughborough University
LOUGHBOROUGH LE 11 3TU/UK
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