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Supporting our international future: cross-sector partnerships to promote languages in Scotland

This event will focus on providing support for languages through partnerships between universities, colleges and schools.


Organised jointly by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies and the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (University of Edinburgh), this event will focus on providing support for languages through partnerships between universities, colleges and schools. It will also explore opportunities to build on existing initiatives and discuss practical and strategic issues involved in expanding collaborative networks to include more universities, colleges and schools and will also cover the following themes :
the current state of cross-sector activity in modern languages in Scotland
the delivery of language policy in an era of bilingualism, multilingualism and increasing internationalisation
the new Scottish Language Baccalaureate and its implications for universities and schools
transition into higher education in languages
Case studies of good practice in cross-sector work will also be showcased.


Speaker(s):

Dr Elisabeth Kendall | talks
Professor Clare Mar Molinero | talks
Professor Antonella Sorace | talks
Ms Joanna McPake | talks
Dr Hannah Doughty | talks
Dr Donna Heddle | talks
Ms Linda Hartley | talks
Ms Angela Gallagher Brett | talks
Ms Jocelyn Wyburd | talks

 

Date and Time:

1 December 2008 at 9:30 am

Duration:

Full Day

 

Venue:

Playfair Library Hall
Old College, The University of Edinburgh
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL


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Organised by:

Centre for LLAS Languages Linguistics and Area Studies
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Tickets:

Free of charge

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Additional Information:

Full programme and futher details available at: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/3073

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