Dear All,

 

I look after the academic development of a very mixed staff group in terms of nationality.  Recently, while hearing a Spanish staff member trying to get her head around Biggs’ definition of constructive alignment, I wondered if there were any text books or websites relating to basic concepts of learning and teaching in HE in other languages which I could recommend to help those who are struggling with a new discipline in a second language.

 

If anyone has any good suggestions, I would happily collate these and circulate to the list.

 

The most common nationalities/languages amongst our staff are Spanish, Italian, Greek, Persian and French.  We also have a lot of Indian, Chinese and Pakistani staff although I don’t know the first language spoken for those groups.

 

Best wishes,

Tracey

 

Dr Tracey Bailey, FSEDA SFHEA

Academic Professional Development Lead,

Centre for Andragogy and Academic Skills,

Cranfield University,

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