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Delve into the strategic overview of promoting language education through Higher Education outreach to schools. Explore the international context, European challenges, UK language strategies, and imperative actions for Higher Education. Discover collaborative projects, networks, and partnerships to drive forward language learning initiatives.
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Promoting languages through HE outreach with schools A strategic overview Michael Kelly Director Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
The international context • Knowledge economy • Mobility and migration • Diversity and multilingualism
The European challenge • Lisbon objectives • education and training to equal US by 2010 • Barcelona objective • at least two foreign languages learned by all • Bologna Process • convergent HE with strong interfaces
Language strategies in the UK • the Nuffield Report (Languages: the next generation) • England • Wales • Scotland • Northern Ireland
The strategic imperatives for Higher Education Upstream • outreach to schools • informing policy Downstream • supplying teachers, assistants • teacher education (initial and inservice) • life-long language learning
The way forward • collaborative projects and events • networks • building partnerships