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The purpose of this special issue is to identify trends and effective practices of multilingual education in different regions of the world such as Africa, the Americas, Asia and Pacific and Europe, which will highlight the characteristics of effective practices and common problems. For each region, the discussion starts with an introductory article which captures the new trends in the region. Case studies from formal and non-formal education follow all educational levels and age groups. In these studies authors critically analyse the integration of the multilingual ethos and culture into the development and conceptualisation of the education programme with regard to literacy and oracy, teacher training and the development of a literate environment, and the extent to which these programmes open up to a lifelong learning process. Furthermore, the role, the status, the function and the timing of the languages of instruction will be analysed, as well as the way language acquisition and learning are conceived as part of the conceptual framework.

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The International Review of Education (IRE) is the longest-running international journal on the comparative theory and practice of formal and non-formal education. Its purpose is to provide educational institutions, researchers, social groups involved in education, and practitioners all over the world with critical analyses and scholarly information on major educational innovations, research projects and trends. The journal is published by Springer and edited at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Its subscribers are individuals and institutions on all continents of the world.

Two major topics of the Luxembourg economic context and the related challenges will be addressed in particular during this day,i.e.

• Innovation and/from diversity in Luxembourg
• Multilingual and -cultural issues of the Luxembourg working context

The workshop is part of an international project,which brings together experts from Finland,Austria,the United Kingdom and Luxembourg in order to collect,reflect and disseminate knowledge and best practices of diverse co-operation and partnership solutions between educational institutions and working life. The aim of the project is to improve students’possibilities to make quicker/easier steps into working life from higher education as mentioned by the project title “QUICKER STEPS FROM EDUCATION TO WORKING-LIFE”. The project is funded by the European Social Fund and the Finnish Centre for Economic Development,Transport and Environment (Central Finland ELY-Centre).

The workshop (see documents attached) will take place on Tuesday,November 8,from 09.00 to 17.00 h at the Faculty of Science,Technology and Communication (Campus Kirchberg).

It is free of any charges and the project group would be very pleased to welcome you amongst the workshop participants. You can enroll for the event using the link below

http://www.quickersteps.net/

Download: flyer and workshop program

These posters and the posters of the prior student intakes can be visited at the page “PEOPLE & EVENTS – POSTER SESSIONS”
Please click on the diashow button on the flickr page!
 

Author: G. Ziegler

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(International Review of Education, Vol. 57)

An invited article about the innovation in multilingual education as done, disseminated and researched on within the Master Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts will be published in 2011, in a Special Issue on “Principles and Innovations in Multilingual Education” in the International Review of Education.
The International Review of Education (IRE) is the longest-running international journal on the comparative theory and practice of formal and non-formal education. Its purpose is to provide educational institutions, researchers, social groups involved in education, and practitioners all over the world with critical analyses and scholarly information on major educational innovations, research projects and trends. The journal is published by Springer (www.springer.com) and edited at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Its subscribers are individuals and institutions on all continents of the world. UIL distributes 250 free copies of each volume to institutions and key individuals which do not have the financial means for subscription fees. Research has demonstrated that effective multilingual educational approaches rely on a multilingual ethos: They do not separate languages from each other but support learners in developing language awareness, learning several languages and the respective cultures simultaneously, understanding the complementarities which exist among languages and cultures in contact and teaching them to become skilful communicators in multilingual settings. However, such programmes are rare.
The purpose of this special issue is to identify trends and effective practices of multilingual education in different regions of the world such as Africa, the Americas, Asia and Pacific and Europe, which will highlight the characteristics of effective practices and common problems.
For each region, the discussion starts with an introductory article which captures the new trends in the region. Case studies from formal and non-formal education follow all educational levels and age groups. In these studies authors critically analyse the integration of the multilingual ethos and culture into the development and conceptualisation of the education programme with regard to literacy and oracy, teacher training and the development of a literate environment, and the extent to which these programmes open up to a lifelong learning process. Furthermore, the role, the status, the function and the timing of the languages of instruction will be analysed, as well as the way language acquisition and learning are conceived as part of the conceptual framework.
The issue will be published in 2011.

Open lecture by Prof. Maryse Bianco, Université de Grenoble

mardi, 3 MAI 18:00-19:30,

salle Vygotsky

YOU ARE WELCOME!

Workplace visits are included in the thee day program.

• Multicultural Centre Gloria http://www.kyt.fi/monikulttuurikeskus/
• Immigrant services http://www3.jkl.fi/maahanmuuttajat/index_english.php

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Hartmann  – Universität Hamburg

Brauchen wir den Vergleich in der Pädagogik? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Methode

08 December 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

Campus Walferdange, room Latomus (Building III)

Poster public lecture

Public lecture, 13.10.2010, 17h, Campus Walfer, room Latomus, building 3

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in the Elluminate virtual room at: http://bit.ly/9AdCPp

and also face-to-face: Audimax auditorium, Campus Walferdange, University of Luxembourg.

PDF file: Anouncement webinar

 Is web 2.0 the future of language learning or just another method among many?

 Is the influence of web 2.0 resources on learning practices being overrated, as happened with media in the 70s?

 How do language resources evolve together with communities in social media applications?

If this is your first Elluminate event, consider coming a few minutes earlier to check out the technology. The room opens half an hour before the event.

Event Organisers

The event is hosted at the University of Luxembourg and organised by University of Luxembourg, University of Grenoble, Deutsche Welle and Radio France Internationale, partners in work group 4 of the EU funded network “language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues” network, which is holding a series of webinars on 6 defined themes related to language learning and social media.
http://www.elearningeuropa.info/languagelearning
http://twitter.com/languages_web2 #LLSM6