3rd e-Expert Seminar Series in Translation and Language Teaching
Seminar Series in Translation and Language Teaching: “Mediation and Cultural Understanding in the Language Classroom”
Dear colleagues and students,
You are warmly invited to our 3rd e-Expert Seminar Series in Translation and Language Teaching: “Mediation and Cultural Understanding in the Language Classroom”, which will take place on Wednesday 4th December, from 12.45 to 6.30 pm, at UCL. See programme attached below.
This seminar is free of charge and centres on language learning and translation education research with an emphasis on real experiences in the foreign language classroom. It will also be broadcast live from UCL.
- To attend ONLINE, please book a free e-ticket using Eventbrite here.
- To attend IN PERSON (max. 35 places, lunch and coffee will be provided), please register using Google Forms here.
Once you have registered, please await further instructions; we will send you access details in due course.
Thank you in advance. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Location
- The event will start with lunch in Foster Court room 114
- The talks will take place from 1.45pm to 6.30pm in 24 Gordon Square LT 105
SEMINAR PROGRAMME/PROGRAMA DEL SEMINARIO
Wednesday 4th December 2019 / Miércoles 4 de diciembre de 2019
*All times are GMT (UK time) / Todos los horarios están en GMT (hora del Reino Unido) Time/Hora | |
12.45–13.45 | Welcome Lunch at UCL/Bienvenida y almuerzo en UCL |
13.45–14.00 | Online Welcome/Bienvenida virtual Mazal OAKNÍN (University College London) Azahara VEROZ GONZÁLEZ (Universidad de Córdoba) |
14.00–14.30 | Cultural awareness and intercultural competence for language professionals in a rapidly changing demographic landscape: The case of Malta Sergio PORTELLI (University of Malta) |
14.40–15.10 | Towards a principled approach to the teaching of cultural understanding in the language classroom Irene MACÍAS (University of Bath) |
15.10–15.50 | BREAK/PAUSA |
15.50–16.20 | La competencia mediadora y sus potencialidades pedagógicas: ¿cómo puede contribuir la mediación lingüística al proceso de aprendizaje lingüístico? Giuseppe TROVATO (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) |
16.30–17.00 | La incorporación de la mediación lingüística a la enseñanza de lenguas: el ejemplo de las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas en España Adolfo SÁNCHEZ CUADRADO (Universidad de Granada) |
17.00–17.30 | BREAK/PAUSA |
17.30–18.30 | Round table/Mesa redonda: Future directions of mediation as a multimodal resource for language teaching Susana LORENZO-ZAMORANO (University of Manchester) Marga NAVARRETE (University College London) Adolfo SÁNCHEZ CUADRADO (Universidad de Granada) Giuseppe TROVATO (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) |
Further information
Ticketing
Ticketed
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes