Language Centres, non-academic, academic support units
Language Centres, non-academic, academic support units, Thomas Smith, Language Support Officer, Queen's University
Definition of the Language Centre at Queen's
What's new? Super diversity in Language Centres
His role: collaboration with other departments in order to develop new things, lots of cultural awareness training.
Queen's in context: focus on transferable skills.
Potential for growth and development.
Academice support accrediting LSP: collaboration and new course development, course design, delivery and assessment. For example Swedish/Dutch for Planners, International business with German/Mandarin. Language AND culture AND the specificity of the country for this purpose.
Other LSP: Spanish French and German for Business, Medical French and Spanish, Business and Legal French, development of non-accredited training.
It's really about working with different schools and departments at the university.
Cultural Awareness: discipline specific cultural awareness, teaching across cultural borders in the classroom (international classrooms), pre-sessional preparation for study abroad initiatives (for local students).
Intra-curricular CA training: mechanical and aerospace engineering and psychology.
Advertising 'across the cultural divide'
Growth and development: evolving focus within academia, changing with the tide...
challenges; finding space within curricula, reinforce the message
The future: understanding employability, reacting to trends and influences.
Definition of the Language Centre at Queen's
What's new? Super diversity in Language Centres
His role: collaboration with other departments in order to develop new things, lots of cultural awareness training.
Queen's in context: focus on transferable skills.
Potential for growth and development.
Academice support accrediting LSP: collaboration and new course development, course design, delivery and assessment. For example Swedish/Dutch for Planners, International business with German/Mandarin. Language AND culture AND the specificity of the country for this purpose.
Other LSP: Spanish French and German for Business, Medical French and Spanish, Business and Legal French, development of non-accredited training.
It's really about working with different schools and departments at the university.
Cultural Awareness: discipline specific cultural awareness, teaching across cultural borders in the classroom (international classrooms), pre-sessional preparation for study abroad initiatives (for local students).
Intra-curricular CA training: mechanical and aerospace engineering and psychology.
Advertising 'across the cultural divide'
Growth and development: evolving focus within academia, changing with the tide...
challenges; finding space within curricula, reinforce the message
The future: understanding employability, reacting to trends and influences.
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