Conference on professionalising multilingualism in higher education
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.
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04 February 2010, 00:00 CET
to 06 February 2010, 00:00 CET |
Where | Luxembourg |
Contact Name | University of Luxembourg |
Contact Phone | (+352) 46 66 44 9546 |
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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).