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Aulc 2017 Language Centres: Non-academic, academic support units
The document outlines the role and initiatives of the Language Centre at Queen's University Belfast, focusing on academic support, cultural awareness, and innovative language course offerings. It emphasizes the importance of adaptability in curriculum development to address the needs of a diverse student population and the potential for collaboration across faculties. The future goals include enhancing employability through transferable skills and responding to emerging trends in language education.
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- 1. LANGUAGE CENTRES NON-ACADEMIC, ACADEMICSUPPORT UNITS Thomas Smith Language Support Officer The Language Centre at Queen’s University Belfast
- 2. CONTENTS • What’s new? •‘Super diversity in Language Centres’ • My Role • Queen’s In context - LSP - Cultural Awareness • Potential for growth and development • What does the future hold?
- 3. ACADEMIC SUPPORT ACCREDITING LSP •Collaboration and New-Course Development • Course design, delivery and assessment • Swedish for Planners • Dutch for Planners • International Business with German • International Business With Mandarin
- 4. ALTERNATIVE LSP • SpanishFrench and German for Business • Medical French and Spanish • Business and Legal French • Alternative accreditation for LSP
- 5. CULTURAL AWARENESS • Increasinglydiverse application • Discipline Specific Cultural Awareness • An introduction to cultural awareness and sensitivity for service providers • Teaching across cultural borders in the classroom • Pre sessional preparation for study abroad initiatives • Intra-curricular CA training • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering • Psychology • CASP?
- 6. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT •Evolving focus within academia • Changing with the tide • Evolving focus within academia • Employability and transferable skill-set development • New approaches as models for future collaboration • Facilitating collaboration within and across faculty • Challenges • Finding space within curricula • Reinforcing our message
- 7. WHAT DOES THEFUTURE HOLD • Build on success • Continue to promote innovative and collaborative solutions • Understanding ‘employability’ • Reacting to/capitalising on new trends • Maintain dialogue across faculty
- 8. QUESTIONS Many thanks Thomas Smith t.smith@qub.ac.uk TheLanguage Centre at Queen’s www.qub.ac.uk/lc