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Call for papers: International Conference Innovation in Language Learning

12th Edition  –  Florence, Italy  –  14/15 November 2019

The 12th edition of the International Conference Innovation in Language Learning promotes transnational cooperation and sharing of good practice in the field of language teaching and learning. The event also is an excellent opportunity for the presentation of previous and current language learning projects and initiatives.

The Call for Papers is addressed to teachers, researchers and experts in the field of language learning as well as to coordinators of national and international projects focusing on language teaching and learning.

Experts in the field are therefore invited to submit an abstract of a paper to be presented in the conference.

Abstracts’ Submission Deadline: 6 June 2019

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Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Call for papers: Alien in LSP Classroom

The Institute of Foreign Languages at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic has issued a call for papers on the role of the LSP teacher. We hope to collect papers by LSP practitioners that will make up an international publication providing a guidance for other LSP instructors and enlightening them in their uneasy pedagogical efforts.

Detailed information can be found at the institute’s website: http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/?idh=4

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European Language Gazette Nr. 46

March-April 2019

Content of this newsletter

  • Featured articles
  • ECML programme developments
  • Training and consultancy for ECML member states
  • ECML resources
  • ECML related publication
  • National developments
  • Council of Europe developments
  • Professional Network Forum of the ECML
  • News from other organisations
  • Quick links

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Full scholarship for the Certificate in Contemporary Arabic Programme

Sharek Centre, London, is offering one full scholarship for our Certificate in Contemporary Arabic Programme, starting on October 8th 2018.

The immersive Certificate in Contemporary Arabic is a fully experiential, contextualised and communicative programme providing an intensive Arabic language and cultural experience. It prepares students for a wide range of professional, social and academic challenges. It will enable you to communicate effectively in both formal and informal, spoken and written Arabic.

The programme is based on our unique holistic approach to the Arabic language which focuses on Language Unity of Arabic varieties (formal/informal; spoken/written; standard/colloquial).

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Towards Quality and effecitive Apprenticeships

The Council Recommendation of 15 March 2018 on a European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships (2018/C 153/01) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Recommendation aims at increasing the employability and personal development of apprentices and contributing towards a highly skilled and qualified workforce responsive to labour market needs. Quality apprenticeships also help encourage active citizenship and social inclusion by integrating people of different social backgrounds into the labour market. The framework sets out 14 criteria in relation to working and learning conditions as well as to framework conditions. It provides a common understanding among Member States and it will support their efforts to reform and modernise apprenticeship systems that provide an excellent learning and career pathway.

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TLC 4 ABOUT TO LAND ON YOUR DESKTOP

Training Language and Culture Issue 4 published tomorrow

Attention everyone. Your CHRISTMAS READING is about to arrive on your desktop. TLC 4 is perhaps our most challenging issue yet, with its focus firmly on the future. In her article, Svetlana Popova makes the controversial assertion that we should use more ‘TXTING’ AND SOCIAL MEDIA in our teaching to motivate students.

In producing teaching materials black on white is the clearest and easiest format for reading powerpoints and print, isn’t it? Think again. Maybe not. Using the results of experiments conducted by Heinz Boettger and his team it may not be true! In his article he explains why and what the CLEAREST COLOUR CONTRAST might be.

VIRTUAL EXCHANGE, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to internationalise our teaching, is Robert O’Dowd’s subject, reprising his plenary lecture at the April ICC Conference in Graz in Austria.

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