We’re excited to tell you that the Language World 2011 conference and exhibition is at Imperial College, London from Thursday evening 7 July until Saturday 9 July. This year’s theme is All together!
You can contribute to Language World 2011 by:
• suggesting speakers and contributors
• letting us know of themes and topics which you feel would be of particular interest
• offering a session yourself – anything from a full 50 minute talk to being part of a “show and tell” session
• being there – participants are what make Language World buzz!
To send us your ideas, email Francis Kearns: [email protected].
If you’d like to offer a session and would like to talk it through with someone in advance call us on 0116 229 7600. Language World has never been in London and we hope that this conference will be bigger and better than ever!
Call for contributions:
ALL’s President in 2010-2011 is Karl Pfeiffer. Karl’s background in languages education, in the professional development of teachers and in the promotion of language learning, are reflected in the “big” topics for this year’s event:
Collaboration across subjects, sectors and cultural, sporting educational and other organisations
Cross-curricular initiatives
International dimension
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
Languages and sport, especially in the run-up to London 2012
School-university and other cross-sectoral initiatives
Employers and schools/colleges working together
Curriculum innovation and design
New initiatives to inspire teachers and learners, especially those which are the result of teachers working together (e.g. LinkedUp projects, projects from strategic networks, EU-funded projects etc)
The place of languages in the curriculum
Enrichment courses
Independent learning
Reaching learners
Bucking the trends
Inclusion
Vocational languages
Promoting languages
Teaching “new” languages
Extending the range of languages on offer
The impact of languages new to the curriculum
Community languages
Contributions which include examples from current innovative practice in all sectors, and the principles that underpin them, are especially welcome.
We also welcome contributions which cover the following areas, bearing in mind the overall theme:
Creativity
Motivation
Primary, in particular, links between languages and the wider primary curriculum
KS2-3 transition
KS3, KS4, KS5
Further Education
Adult Education
HE – in particular collaborative initiatives in languages education between universities and schools
Contributions are welcome from teachers and specialists in languages education both in the UK and from overseas (expenses will be covered from the UK port of entry).
ALL offers speakers:
• A free day at Language World on the day of their session
• Travel expenses (public transport costs at off-peak rates) within the UK
• Overnight stay (for speakers travelling more than 100 miles to the venue)
Please note that where there are two or more presenters in a session, we can only cover the costs of one person.
To contribute a session at Language World 2011:
• Provide a title and 50 word description, which makes clear the objectives for the session and what delegates will learn from it
• Include a very short biography – 50 words maximum
• Indicate any preference you may have about the date (Friday 8 or Saturday 9 July) upon which you would like to speak.
• Email your contribution to us ([email protected]) by Friday 1 October.
We will let you know as soon as possible if your session has been accepted in the conference programme.