Florence 2014
12th Annual Conference of EFNIL Firenze, Accademia della Crusca 27 - 28 September 2014
Language use in university teaching and research past, present, future Programme 27th September 8:30 h: Registration 9:30-10:30 h Opening session: Claudio Marazzini (President of the Accademia della Crusca): Welcome Address Addresses by: Dario Nardella, Sindaco di Firenze / Mayor of Florence DG Marco Benedetti, Director-General of DG SCIC Pierre Mairesse, Director, DG EAC Pinuccia Contino, Head of Unit, DGT Susanna Slivensky, Director, ECML, Graz Gerhard Stickel (President of EFNIL): Introduzione / Introduction / Einführung.
10:30-11:00 h: coffee break
11:00-12:30 h: 2nd session: Rita Librandi (Univ. of Napoli): The languages of the Italian universities in the past (XIII-XIX centuries). Ulrich Ammon (Univ. of Duisburg): German and English in university research and teaching in Germany: history, present situation, and future perspectives. Jan-Ola Östman (Univ. of Helsinki): Language use in academia in Finland and the other Nordic countries. Moderation: Pietro Beltrami (Italy)
12:30-14:00 h: Lunch
14:00-15:30 h: 3rd session: Cecilia Robustelli (Italy): Present language use at Italian universities. Guðrun Kvaran (Iceland): The use of foreign languages in the Icelandic universities. Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen (Denmark): More languages for more students. Birute Klaas-Lang / Helle Metslang (Estonia): Language policies in higher education in Estonia. Moderation: Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen (Norway)
15:30-17:00 h: 4th session: Francois Grin (Univ. of Geneva) : Les langues dans l’enseignement et la recherche universitaires: quelques considérations pour dépasser les idées toutes faites. Jean-François Baldi (France): Le français dans l'enseignement supérieur: le débat en France. Natalie Marchal (Belgium): L'usage des langues dans les universités en Belgique francophone. Moderation: Guy Berg (Luxembourg)
28th September
9:30-11:00 h: 5th session: Marilena Karyolemou (Cyprus): Compte rendu of language use in higher education in Cyprus. SimonaBergoč (Slovenia): The language of instruction at universities between internationalization and sustainable language policy: the case of Slovenia. Władisłav Miodunka (Poland): Language use at Polish universities. Johan Van Hoorde (Netherlands - Belgium): English or Dutch? Dutch and English? Moderation: Xavier North (France)
11:00-11:30 h: coffee break
11:30-13:00 h: Panel Discussion on: Language use in university teaching and research: what future do we want? Moderation: John Simpson (United Kingdom) Panelists: Ina Druviete (Latvia), Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen (Denmark), Xavier North (France), Francesco Sabatini (Italy), Gerhard Stickel (Germany).
13:00-14:30 h: Lunch
14:30-15:00 h: Tour behind the scenes of the Accademia
15:00-17:00 h: General Assembly (for members of EFNIL only) Document Actions |
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