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The MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, University of Birmingham is pleased to announce a research seminar by leading language scholar Heidi Byrnes who is George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German at Georgetown University.  Heidi is a past president of AAAL, is the recipient of numerous professional association awards, including the Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award of the American Association of Applied Linguistics and Georgetown University’s lifetime research achievement award for 2014.  She currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Modern Language Journal.

The title of her talk is, ‘Teaching foreign languages at the university level in the age of globalization: Reflections – refractions – reconsiderations’.  The full abstract is attached.

The seminar will be held at the University of Birmingham, School of Education on the 2nd September from 11 am – 1 pm.

The event is free and open to all although registration must be completed by August 25th via

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/education/events/2014/09/teaching-foreign-languages-at-the-university-level-in-the-age-of-globalization.aspx

Best wishes

Angela Creese

Angela Creese

Professor of Educational Linguistics

MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism

School of Education

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham B15 2TT

Tel +44 121 414 4842

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