EUROYEAR 2001

PREPARATORY COURSE FOR THE YEAR ABROAD 2001-2002

University of Lancaster
Department of European Languages and Cultures
Monday 18th June – Thursday 21st June 2001

PROGRAMME
				
Monday 18
				
10.00-10.30 	Registration		all students	Frankland Colloquium Room
	All students collect their information packs and check details

10.30-11.00	Introduction to the course	all members of staff	all students	Frankland Colloquium Room

11-12.45	Introductions to your year abroad
	Central Bureau Assistantships	Doug Pearce	assistants	Faraday SR 1
	Study Abroad(non-management), Erasmus, Socrates, Other	
		EM, GAI	universities	NSSR1
	Business Placements and Management studies abroad 
		ACB, MW	placements	NSSR2	

12.45-14.00	 break
			
14.00-14.45	coping with intercultural encounters, identity, diaries and databases group A
		RHC, DAS, JA	all	Faraday A205 Comp. Lab
		Interculture Project		Faraday SR 1+2, NSSR1+2

14.45-15.15	coffee/tea/biscuits		all	Faraday foyer

15.15-16.00	coping with intercultural encounters, identity, diaries and databases group B
		RHC, DAS, JA	all	Faraday A205 Comp. Lab
		Interculture Project		Faraday SR 1+2, NSSR1+2
16.00-17.00	coping with intercultural incidents: quizzes and incidents
		Interculture Project	all	Frankland Colloquium Room

Tuesday 19
				
10.00-10.45	Project work, personal development and assessment of the year abroad
		EM	all	Frankland Colloquium Room
10.45-11.15	 break			

11.15-11.30	Students abroad and their finances	Natwest, Ed Currie	all	Frankland Colloquium Room

11.30-11.45	Students abroad and their fees to Lancaster	Richard English	all	Frankland Colloquium Room

11.45-12.00	Student Funding during the year abroad	Kathleen Bird	all	Frankland Colloquium Room

12.00-13.00	Officialdom, Bureaucracy and Paperwork: residence permits, bank accounts, insurance, health and social security, 
	accommodation and tax.
		GAI      	France	Faraday SR1
		MPS          	Italy	Faraday SR2
		MW                   	Germany	NSSR1
		EM                    	Spain	NSSR2

13.00-14.15	 break			

14.15-15.15	Culture Shock: Manners, lifestyles and learning to cope with them, sex, drugs, relationships
		GAI/Lecteur     	France	Faraday SR1
		MM/AL      	Italy	Faraday SR2
		BS           	Germany	NSSR1
		OG               	Spain	NSSR2
15.15-15.45 	 break			

15.45-16.15	Advancing your career: the year abroad from a careers perspective
		Paul Blackmore	all students	Frankland Colloquium Room
16.15-17.00	Schools, school life, school children	GAI       	Italy/France	Faraday SR1
		BS/MW	Germany	NSSR1
		KC             	Spain	NSSR2

Wednesday 20	Split into two groups in the morning. All sessions are open to anybody intending to teach abroad, either arranged or private	

9.45-10.30	Realia                    	DAS      	Fren/Ital	Frankland Colloquium Room
	Teaching English Abroad, introduction         	Terry Bray  	Span/Germ	IELE library, George Fox

10.30-10.45	 break			

10.45-11.30	Animating Conversation classes 	BS	Fren/Ital	Frankland Colloquium Room
	Teaching English Abroad, resources      	Terry Bray 	Span/Germ	IELE library, George Fox

11.30-12.15	Realia                	DAS 	Span/Germ	Frankland Colloquium Room
	Teaching English Abroad, introduction                 	Terry Bray 	Fren/Ital	IELE library, George Fox
	Teaching English Abroad, resources      	Terry Bray 	Fren/Ital	IELE library, George Fox

12.15-13.00	Animating Conversation classes	BS 	Span/Germ	Frankland Colloquium Room

13.00-14.15	 break			

14.15-17.00	Activities that work: Practical Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language
		Jim Wingate	all assistants	Conference Centre Room 3

END OF YEAR TWO INTERVIEWS, A 15-MINUTE CHAT WITH ONE OF YOUR TUTORS ARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THIS WEEK

PLEASE MAKE SURE NOT TO MISS YOURS!

Thursday 21				

10.00-11.00	Universities, Students and University Life	GAI 	France	Faraday SR1
		MPS          	Italy	Faraday SR2
		MW       	Germany	NSSR1
		EM             	Spain	NSSR2

11.00-11.30	 break			

11.30-12.30	Overflow session Universities	GAI 	France	Faraday SR1
		MW       	Germany	NSSR1
		EM             	Spain	NSSR2

12.30-14.00	 break			

14.00-14.45	The Hard Sell: Making a success of it – How to enjoy yourself, make friends, not feel homesick, stay happy, learn the language
		GAI	all students	Frankland Colloquium Room

14.45-15.00	 break			

15.00-16.15	Impressions of the year abroad from 4th years: the Naked Truth	
		4th year students	all students	Frankland Colloquium Room

15-17.00	Vin d'honneur - Umtrunk - Vino de honor		all students	

17.00	 END OF COURSE

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO READ THE COURSE MATERIALS AND RESOLVE YOUR QUERIES AND UNCERTAINTIES DURING THE COURSE. It is much harder to do these things by post or phone during the vacation. If you do not have a copy of your FULL birth certificate and Passport it is essential that you take steps to apply for one immediately.

Students attending universities and intending to take examinations will also normally require their original A-level certificates, or equivalent, and a translation of these.

Please note that if your Birth Certificate, A-levels and Passport do not bear the same names, whether because of adoption, marriage, parental remarriage or for some other reason, you will need a copy of the document that officializes the change of name, and a translation of that document.

Contact your year abroad tutor to sort out any queries.