Conference on professionalising multilingualism in higher education, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
4 February 2010 - 4 February 2010
Luxembourg
A conference on professionalising multilingualism in higher education will be held at the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster in Luxembourg from 4 and 6 February 2010.
The three-day event will cover a broad range of international realities of multilingual (higher) education by focusing on forms and techniques of becoming a plurilingual professional in a multilingual world, the importance of multilingualism for economic advancement, and the value of linguistic competencies within the academic and professional world. As a whole, the conference will discuss the potentials of multilingual universities to be models for higher education institutions of the future.
Scientific contributions will discuss, examine and analyse how to further professionalise multilingualism in higher education. Contributors will present different perspectives on a variety of topics, ranging from policy issues to economics and biographical aspects of the multilingual individual (student, administrative assistant, lecturer, and so on).For further information, please visit:
http://www.multilingualuniversities.net/index.php/LETZE/EN(opens in new window)
The three-day event will cover a broad range of international realities of multilingual (higher) education by focusing on forms and techniques of becoming a plurilingual professional in a multilingual world, the importance of multilingualism for economic advancement, and the value of linguistic competencies within the academic and professional world. As a whole, the conference will discuss the potentials of multilingual universities to be models for higher education institutions of the future.
Scientific contributions will discuss, examine and analyse how to further professionalise multilingualism in higher education. Contributors will present different perspectives on a variety of topics, ranging from policy issues to economics and biographical aspects of the multilingual individual (student, administrative assistant, lecturer, and so on).For further information, please visit:
http://www.multilingualuniversities.net/index.php/LETZE/EN(opens in new window)