Teaching Languages in Higher Education: a case study

Lydia Buravova, Jane Hughes, Terry King, Brigitte Picot, Gerdi Quist, Jannie Roed

Overview of session

• Focus on opportunities – how to make the most of them – ways to deal with potential obstacles • Outline – Introduction – Individual perspectives – Group activities and discussion

UCL Web Search

• BA Modern Language • BA Modern Language Plus • BA Language and Culture (23 languages) • ATLAS project home page • Foreign languages on UCL computers • BSc/MSci Mathematics with Modern Languages • Eastern European Languages - SSEES • Languages in the Near East (Digital Egypt) • VDML Project • UCL Celebrating Languages – CETL World Languages – Language Centres – Dept. of Phonetics and Linguistics • Multilingual London

Where do we all fit?

• – and how did we get here?

Contact email addresses

• Dr. Lydia Buravova – l.buravova@ssees.ac.uk

• Dr. Jane Hughes – jane.hughes@ucl.ac.uk

• Terry King – terry.king@ucl.ac.uk

• Brigitte Picot – b.picot@ucl.ac.uk

• Gerdi Quist – g.quist@ucl.ac.uk

• Jannie Roed – j.roed@sussex.ac.uk