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Languages NoW!
Date: 18 December 2007 Time: 10.00 am-2.30 pm
North West University Language Alliance (NWULA)
Languages NoW!
Tuesday, 18th December 2007
Lancaster University
Languages NoW! is designed to encourage year 9 pupils to consider languages when choosing their options. The day will illustrate the advantages of studying foreign languages, including looking at career prospects and the personal benefits of language learning. During the event students will attend one seminar entitled "Why Study Languages" and two workshop sessions. The pupils will all get a chance to participate in a language taster and a native speaker question and answer session.
This event is free of charge. We hope that Languages NoW! will become a regular feature twice a year; the December event for year 9 pupils and a July event for year 8 pupils. Each event will be hosted by a different university within this regional network.
Provisional programme
10.00 - 10.15 Arrival and registration
10.15 - 10.30 Welcome (Prof Tony Gatrell, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Lancaster University)
10.30 - 11.00 "Why study Languages?" Interactive lecture
11.05 - 11.40 Language Taster & Native speaker sessions
11.40 - 12.30 Lunch
12.30 - 13.05 Native speaker sessions and Language Tasters
13.10 - 14.00 School poster production
14.00 - 14.30 Plenary session
If you need further information about the Languages NoW! event in December, please email Dr Birgit Smith (b.smith1@lancaster.ac.uk)
Further information on the NWULA
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Who can attend: Anyone
Further information
Associated staff:
Organising departments and research centres: European Languages and Cultures
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