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Call for papers for this year’s GSAI annual conference taking place at DCU. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 2nd September 2016, with the outcome of the abstract evaluations being sent on 7th September to contributors.
Visit their website here. Interesting article on the effects of speaking more than one language on the brain - To read the article, click here.
For further details about the workshop and the context, please see the press release here.
@OVFLanguages Report on the Junior Cycle Modern Languages consultation organised by @nccaie12/7/2016 Dr Marie-Thérèse Batardière was the One Voice for Languages representative at the Junior Cycle Modern Languages consultation organised by the NCCA on April 11th. You will find below her report.
Copy of the One Voice For Language's letter to the Irish Times:
Sir, In August 2014, former Minister O’Sullivan initiated a consultation phase on “Foreign Languages in Irish Education”. This strategy was supposed to be published in 2015. On the DES website, nearly 80 submissions from primary, post-primary, third level education, cultural institutes, enterprise and organisations like ours are accessible. However, almost two years on, no coherent strategy has emerged. After Brexit, where English might lose its status as official European language, it is now a matter of urgency to introduce a plan to foster and develop modern and migrant languages in Ireland. Link to DES website: https://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Information/Curriculum-and-Syllabus/Foreign-Languages-Strategy/Foreign-Languages-Strategy.html Annelie Eberhardt Communications Officer On behalf of One Voice For Languages (OVFL) http://www.onevoiceforlanguages.com/ One Voice For Languages is delighted to be partaking in the round table organised by the Alliance Française Bootcamp for French teachers.
The programme is here. The ICT & Language Learning Fair 2016 is intended to be a showcase of some of the most interesting and innovative new methodologies and technologies on offer for language learning today to languages learners, teachers and enthusiasts alike. It is being organised to mark the end of two EU funded language learning projects, L Pack 2: Citizenship Language Pack for Migrants in Europe and RETOUR: Russian for Tourism. These projects implemented new technology into traditional teaching methods to create comprehensive programmes for learning a wide variety of languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Modern Greek, Lithuanian, and Russian.
Participants in this language fair will be able to browse our exhibition hall, visiting the stalls of various new language learning projects and products, free workshops will be available for those who would like to learn more about L Pack 2 or RETOUR and guest speaker, Dr Kristin Brogan of the Institute of Technology Tralee, will give a talk on "International language projects and their wider context". A light breakfast will also be provided to guests upon arrival. The event will take place in the Marker Hotel in Dublin on the 3rd of June from 10am to 1.30pm. You can register by visiting the Eventbrite page at ictlanguagelearning2016.eventbrite.com. For more information about the event, to enquire about renting a stall in our exhibition space, or to find out more about our projects, contact Translex at 091 539792 or email [email protected]. |
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