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*Call for papers*
Conference: Enquiry-based learning in languages
Venue: University of Manchester
Date: 26 September 2008
http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2916
Proposals are invited for this one-day conference, organised by staff in University of Manchester's School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Manchester, in partnership with the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.
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 places learners firmly 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.
The conference envisages exploring 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).
Publication of the conference papers and case-studies will follow as part of the overall aim to disseminate evidence of best practice through this mode of learning.
Suggested conference themes 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
More information and details of how to submit a proposal are available here: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=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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