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Events calendar
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British Sign Language: a modern foreign language
Date: 9 September 2008
Location: University of Central Lancashire, Preston
This workshop will draw upon a UCLAN project that aims
to establish a new online curriculum for the teaching of
British Sign Language (BSL) at HE level (there is currently
no standardised curriculum for BSL in HE). Participants will
see a demonstration of the on-line curriculum and be able
to discuss issues surrounding BSL.
6 Ps in Podcast: Planning, Production, Pedagogy
Participation, Positioning, Publishing
Date: 11 September 2008
Location: King’s College London
This workshop will introduce the basic software required
to make a pedagogical audio file. In addition to hands-on
experience, the seminar sessions will involve input based on
the 6 Ps Portsmouth model and discussion relating to the
implications for the teacher of moving to an online/blended
learning environment.
Languages of the wider world: valuing diversity
Date: 15-16 September 2009
Location: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
London
This conference will bring together teachers, researchers,
educational developers and policy makers to discuss
practical and strategic issues relating to languages of the
wider world in UK higher education.The aim is to showcase
work being undertaken and to facilitate collaboration, raise
the profile, and make the case for increased HE provision
of “less widely used and lesser taught” languages.
Embedding online learning in current teaching practice
Date: 18 September 2008
Location:The Open University, Milton Keynes
This workshop will introduce Modern Languages teaching
staff to current practices and national initiatives related to
the integration of online learning with a face-to-face
teaching setting.The workshop will be delivered in a
blended fashion, with pre- and post-workshop activities
taking place online using tools and resources openly
available to educators in the HE sector.
Enquiry-based learning in languages
Date: 26 September 2008
Location: University of Manchester
This conference will explore the role of Enquiry-Based
Learning (EBL) in language learning and teaching. 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.
Teaching medieval and early-modern culture to students
of modern languages
Date: 21 November 2008
Location: University of Leeds
This workshop aims to support the teaching of medieval
and early-modern culture in modern languages - an area
which is often felt to be in decline.The workshop starts
from the premise that the study of medieval and earlymodern
culture is pedagogically important and intellectually
valuable.The workshop will identify practical ways in which
we can engage and inspire students in this field.
e-Learning symposium
Date: January 2009
Location: University of Southampton
The fourth e-learning symposium organised by LLAS will
bring together practitioners from a wide range of
disciplines and institutions.We are looking for examples of
e-Assessment in language teaching to help inform this
symposium, and are interested in anything from high stakes
testing, to low stakes informal online assessment that you
might use during your course.
If you use some form of e-Assessment in your teaching, we
would be pleased if you could contact Kate Borthwick, e-
learning Project Officer (kb2@soton.ac.uk) so we can build
a picture of what people are doing in this area.