Crossing frontiers: Languages and the international dimension

Crossing frontiers: languages and the international dimension
Cardiff University, 6-7 July 2006
Workshops
Association for Language Learning (ALL) (Co-sponsored by the LLAS Subject Centre)
Workshop Facilitator:
Linda Parker, ALL
Speakers will include:
Josephine Redford, Tile Hill Wood School, Coventry
Kristina Hedges, KS3 and KS4 project Officer, CILT Cymru
Languages in Schools
This workshop will bring delegates up-to-date with the latest developments in languages in
secondary schools. In particular it will focus on innovations in pedagogy (especially cross-curricular
initiatives which include other subjects – History or Geography, for example – being taught in other
languages), ICT (with the latest on blogs and podcasting!), and the growing importance of
internationalism. A small panel of teachers will give short presentations and answer questions.
Association of University Language Centres in the UK and Ireland (AULC)
Workshop Facilitator:
Andrew Grenfell, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Podcasting
This workshop will consist of a one-hour introduction to Podcasting (the syndicated distribution of
audio or video files across the internet).
Andrew Grenfell, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Linguacast
Andrew Grenfell - Manager of Open Learning Resources at the Language Centre,
Newcastle University - will give a presentation about the Linguacast project
http://linguacast.ncl.ac.uk/. This is a demonstration podcasting site that was set up to learn
how MP3 audio files and podcasting can be used to facilitate language learning and
internationalisation.
Ruth O'Rourke, President, Modern Language Society
Schools Enterprise Euromarché
Ruth O'Rourke, the president of the Modern Language Society, will present Schools
Enterprise Euromarché an interschools podcasting project that is hosted by Linguacast.
web site: www.llas.ac.uk/cardiff2006
email: conferences@cilt.org.uk
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