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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-Noëlle ----------------------- Dr Marie-Noëlle 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]