Brussels Regional Parliament & Hogeschol Universiteit Brussel
2 - 3 December 2010
Day 1, Thursday 02 December 2010
08.30 |
Registration and coffee |
09.00 |
SESSION ONE Session chair: Piet van de Craen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE)
Words of welcome Mr Steven Vanackere, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Burning issues identified by the European Centre for Modern Languages, to be addressed in the ECML’s 2012-2015 medium-term programme Waldemar Martyniuk, ECML Executive Director
Internationalisation: the way forward Prof. dr. Jean-Pierre De Grève, Deputy-rector for International Relations (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE)
Introductory comments Burning and new emerging issues – short- and medium-term challenges Wolfgang Mackiewicz, CEL/ELC President
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09.50 |
SESSION TWO The role of languages in the internationalisation of higher education Session chair: Karen M. Lauridsen (Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, DK)
Introductory statements on
- English as the language of instruction in international universities (Karen M.Lauridsen)
- A new interest in learning other languages as a result of the increasing number of international students in European universities and of internationalisation in general (Isabelle Ortiz, MOLAN network project, Freie Universität Berlin, DE)
Panel – comments and responses
- Lesley Wilson, Secretary-General, European University Association (EUA), BE
- Marta Kicińska-Habior, Vice-Rector, Uniwersytet Warszawski, PL
- Manuel Célio Conceição, Pro-Rector, Universidade do Algarve, PT
Questions and comments from the floor
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11.10 |
Coffee |
11.35 |
SESSION THREE Challenges to strategies for language learning and teaching Session chair: Michael Kelly (University of Southampton, UK)
Introductory statements on
- The aim and scope of language teaching.
Do we need a new paradigm for language teaching and learning? (Michael Kelly)
- The LanQua Toolkit.
How can the Toolkit help teachers to improve quality?
Panel – comments and responses
- Jolanta Urbanikowa, Uniwersytet Warszawski, PL
- Thomas Vogel, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), DE
Questions and comments from the floor
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12.55 |
Europe 2020 – burning issues regarding multilingualism Jan Truszczyński, Director-General, DG Education and Culture, European Commission |
13.10 |
Lunch |
14.30 |
SESSION FOUR The relevance of multilingualism to business performance and employability Session chair: Karen M. Lauridsen (Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, DK)
Introductory statements on
- Recommendations and initiatives for preparing students in higher education for the linguistic and intercultural challenges of the internationalised labour market (Karen M. Lauridsen)
- A ‘Framework’ for Business Language? – the Business Platform for Multilingualism and beyond (Mike Hammersley, Member of the Business Platform’s Steering Group)
- Burning issues to be addressed by enterprise and (higher) education (and training) – interim findings of the DYLAN Integrated Project (FP6) (George Lüdi, Universität Basel, CH)
Questions and comments from the floor
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15.45 |
coffee |
16.10 |
SESSION FIVE Language mediation, including new technological tools Session chairs: Daniel Toudic (Université Rennes 2, FR) and Maurizio Viezzi (CIUTI, BE)
Introductory statements on
- Teaching and learning multilingual communication skills (Daniel Toudic and Elaine Rees, Université Rennes 2, FR),followed by questions and answers
- The technological challenge (Kateline Tsihlis, Institut Libre Marie Haps, BE),followed by responses from the floor
- Social and societal challenges : public service interpreting and translation (Maurizio Viezzi; Erik Hertog, Lessius Antwerpen, BE; Danielle d'Hayer, London Metropolitan University, UK)
Questions and comments from the floor
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17.25 |
Summary of Day One Michael Kelly, rapporteur général |
Day 2, Friday 03 December 2010
09.30 |
12th CEL/ELC General Assembly– invitations to be sent separately |
10.45 |
coffee |
11.15 |
SESSION ONE Session chair: Manuel Célio Conceição (Universidade do Algarve, PT)
Words of welcome Prof. Dr. Ludo Teeuwen, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB), Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature
Introductory comments Anne-Claude Berthoud (Université de Lausanne, CH)
Research on Multilingualism – presentation and further development of themes prioritised by the HLGM Wolfgang Mackiewicz, rapporteur of the HLGM (2006-2007) followed by questions and comments from the floor
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12.00 |
SESSION TWO Session chair: Stefan Oltean (Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, RO)
The DYLAN Integrated Project Georges Lüdi (Universität Basel, CH) François Grin (Université de Genève, CH)
- issues already addressed
- pertinent issues not yet addressed
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12.40 |
The LINEE Network of Excellence Iwar Werlen (Universität Bern, CH) Rita Franceschini (Freie Universität Bozen / Libera Università di Bolzano, IT)
- issues already addressed
- pertinent issues not yet addressed
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13.20 |
Lunch |
14.20 |
SESSION THREE Session chair: Michael Kelly
The SSH Roadmap – European challenge-driven research Jean-Michel Baer, Director of Directorate L, DG for Research, European Commission followed by questions and comments from the floor
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14.50 |
DYLAN and LINEE – new issues arising from the projects Anne-Claude Berthoud (DYLAN) and Rita Francheschini (LINEE) followed by discussion |
16.00 |
SESSION FOUR Session chair: Piet van de Craen
The ELDIA project Riho Grünthal (Helsingin yliopisto, FI)
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16.35 |
coffee
SESSION FOUR ctd.
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17.00 |
Multilingualism in Europe 2020 – the human being to be replaced by technology? Hanna Klimek, Unit E.1: Language Technologies, Machine Translation; Information Society and Media Directorate-General, European Commission |
17.30 |
Summary of Day Two Alain Peyraube, Member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council |
17.50 |
Drinks |