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On this page you can find listings of forthcoming key events, conferences and seminars relevant to the professional development of teacher educators as well as further events related to languages education that may be of interest to a wider audience.

 

Key events for the professional development of Teacher Educators

New Tutors Seminar

Thursday 20 November 2008, CILT, London

Theme: Taught programme enhancement: integrating culture and supporting M-level work

We’ll look at the use of film as a means of developing intercultural understanding. We'll also develop our support for getting involved in the development of the professional M Level. In addition, we hope to respond to participant needs, so the seminar will include a discussion about a future seminar content.

Contact: Youping Han

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National transition conference

Wednesday 22 October 2008, Burleigh Court, Loughborough

The conference will explore transition issues and concerns, similarities between KS2 and KS3, good practice and positive achievement.  A range of workshops and plenary session will be on offer. Key themese include


· Transfer, Transition. Progression! Are these the same thing? What are the differences? Where do they converge?
· Looking at effective transfer and transition from KS2 to KS3 in languages
· Progression in language learning
· Findings from the CILT national transition project
· Recording and assessment
· Practical strategies for the classroom
· Primary and secondary teachers working together
· Cross-curricular approaches

 

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The language show

Friday 31 October - Sunday 2 November 2008, Olympia, London

The annual Language Show is a big event for language learners, language teachers, linguists and anyone with a passion for languages. The 2008 Language Show has over 80 FREE seminars and 160 exhibitors. Please go to the the website for more information.

National conference on mentoring: Training teachers of community languages

Monday 1 December 2008, CILT, London

This is the first one day National Conference on Mentoring for Community Languages which is being held as part of the DCSF Our Languages project. This conference is organised by CILT and jointly delivered with London Metropolitan University. It will explore good practice in school-based mentoring for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and seek to create opportunities to support ITE in Community Languages. It is a free event, but registration is necessary.  Click here for more information.

 

The 13th annual CILT Primary Languages Show

Friday and Saturday, 6-7 March 2009, ACC, Liverpool

The last CILT Primary Languages Show took place on Friday 29 February and Saturday 1 March 2008 at the Manchester Conference Centre, and was a resounding success, attracting record numbers of delegates from the UK and beyond. The 13th annual CILT Primary Languages Show provides an opportunity for innovative ideas and experiences to be shared and explored. Click here for more information.

Developing Intercultural Understanding: Exploring activities to develop intercultural understanding in the primary school

Thursday 19 March 2009 , Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

This one-day course to look in depth at the concept of Intercultural Understanding in the primary school. The course provides an opportunity for all involved in teaching primary languages to explore the learning objectives and teaching activities in the Key Stage 2 Framework for languages. Click here for more information.

 

Language World 2009

Friday 3- Saturday 4 April 2009, University of Leicester

The theme of Language World 2009 is Challenge and change: grasping the nettle. It will include:

Strands on the new secondary curriculum, CLIL and Community Languages
Talks and workshops from some of the very best trainers
Plenary sessions from Sir Keith Ajegbo, Terry Lamb and Lid King
Updates on the latest initiatives and curriculum changes
The Language World exhibition
Special events for AE and British Sign Language
Social events and networking opportunities

ALL members, teachers and languages professionals in all sectors are encouraged to contribute to the conference and the event is inviting proposals for talks and workshops. For a copy of the call for contributions, please contact Sheila James.

Special offer

If you're a subject leader or head of department and are happy to register for Language World before the main conference programme is published, special rates will be offered until 30 September. You must be an ALL member to qualify for these rates. Please contact Sheila by email or on 0116 229 7454 to register.

 

First and second languages: Exploring the relationship in pedagogy-related contexts

Friday 27 March to Saturday 28 March 2009, University of Oxford, Department of Education

Deadline for proposals (papers): 1 July 2008, Deadline for proposals (posters): 1 October 2008

Please send proposals providing a Title and an Abstract of no more than 200 words to Ernesto Macaro.

Plenary speakers confirmed:
• Professor Fred Genesee, Department of Psychology, McGill University
• Professor Vivian Cook, School of ECLS, University of Newcastle
• Professor Kees de Bot, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Groningen

 

 

Further events

CILT Adult Education National Conference

Friday 6 June 2008, University of Derby

An opportunity for language colleagues in adult education to catch up on new developments, share ideas and concerns and meet fellow professionals. This year’s plenary speakers are Sue Meyer, Director for Programmes and Policy, NIACE and Alwena Lamping, Consultant, languages in adult education. The plenaries will cover current developments in adult education and their impact on current and future language learning.

For more information and registration details please visit the conference website.

CILT Community Languages National Conference

Wednesday 11 June 2008, Holiday Inn Royal Victoria, Sheffield

This conference will provide you with the chance to develop skills, ask questions and share expertise, and to network with colleagues from all areas of community languages teaching. The keynote lectures, by Dr Lid King, National Director for Languages, and Dr Charmian Kenner of Goldsmiths, University of London, will speak on issues of national development and research outcomes

For more information and registration details please visit the conference website.

Digital Language Labs: Promoting Active Learning

Monday 16 June 2008, Nottingham Trent University

The Centre for Excellence in Multimedia Language Learning (CEMLL), University of Ulster is organising its second UK symposium to highlight appropriate pedagogy and innovative teaching in the use of digital language labs.

This free event aims to bring together digital lab practitioners as well as those involved in policy making and management, in order to share practice-based research and examples of good practice in the use of digital labs for language teaching. Deadline for abstracts: 21 April 2008.

For more information, registration and abstract submissions, please visit the conference website. All enquiries can be addressed to Karin Duffner

 

11th Postgraduate Conference of the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick (formerly CELTE)

Wednesday 18 June 2008, University of Warwick

The aim of the Postgraduate Conference is provide postgraduate students with the opportunity to present their research, to attend experts' keynote presentations, to meet peers who engage in similar research activities, to practise their presentation skills, and to get valuable feedback on their research. The keynote speakers are Professor Zoltn Drnyei, Professor of Psycholinguistics, University of Nottingham and Professor Michael Hoey, Professor of English Language, University of Liverpool

We invite postgraduate students to submit an abstract for either a paper or a poster presentation on one of the following four themes:
- Language Learning and Pedagogy
- Working and Communicating Across Cultures
- Professional and Academic Discourse
- Teacher Education and Development

Abstracts are for either paper or poster presentations. The deadline for receipt of abstract is the 9th May 2008. Abstracts must be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document attachment to the conference organisers at c-k.jung@warwick.ac.uk. Your abstract must include the following information: The title, Name and affiliation of the author(s), Contact numbers and email address(es), Whether you wish it to be a paper or a poster presentation.

The abstract should be no more than 250 words in length (excluding the above information). Abstracts will be selected and approved by the conference committee. Accepted papers and posters will be notified by 23rd May 2008. Single papers will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation, including 10 minutes for questions and discussion, and posters will be on display all day.

 

Languages in higher education conference: Transitions and connections

Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 July 2008, University of York

The fourth biennial conference for languages in higher education, jointly organised by CILT, the National Centre for Languages and the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. The conference will be of interest to all those concerned with the learning and teaching of languages in higher education both in the UK and internationally. It will also be of relevance to those involved in other sectors which border on higher education such as secondary schools, FE and adult education.

The conference themes this year are: Working across sectors; The curriculum; The language learning environment; Languages and employment. Further details can be found on the LLAS conference webpage.

 

 

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