Teaching and learning languages in the shadow of lingua franca
Teaching and learning languages in the shadow of lingua franca
15 – 16 November 2019
A new lingua franca influences policies, teaching methods and learning processes in all languages. This conference aims to define current state, map dynamic changes and address new challenges in plurilingual teaching and learning in higher education. Together, we are going to look for, and hopefully find, ways that will help teachers enrich their teaching repertoires and learners their learning techniques effectively.
Discussed themes
Languages and cultures in contact
Learners and processes of learning
Teachers, their roles and methods
Evaluation and its challenges
Conference languages
French, German, Spanish, Russian and English as lingua franca.
Papers relating to any living language are greatly welcome.
Keynote speaker
Nick Byrne
Director of the Language Centre at the London School of Economics
Nick Byrne is the former Director of the Language Centre at the London School of Economics. He has been active in teaching languages in higher education for over 25 years, has talked and written widely about management issues in language centres across Europe. He has been a board member of key language organisations, and now works as a freelance communications consultant in Berlin.