cilt update aulc – 17 january 2008 teresa birks. language gateways into the professions background...
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CILT Update
AULC – 17 January 2008Teresa Birks
Language Gateways into the Professions
Background to the Project
• A direct response to the Langlands’ Report (2005) calling for support measures to improve access to a variety of professions via Higher Education.
• And with reference to the Leitch Review of Skills (2006) calling for strengthening partnerships and key stakeholders – SSCs, HEIs and professional bodies
Language Gateways into the Professions
The Professions
• Engineering
• Built Environment
• Translation
• Interpreting
Engineering & the Built Environment
Aims
• Develop and highlight good practice in the design and delivery of profession-specific language curriculum models in partnership with HEIs, employers and professional bodies
• Pilot a variety of different curriculum models and levels
• Raise awareness among potential entrants to these professions of the value of language and intercultural skills in their future careers
Engineering & Built Environment
Curriculum development• Language courses linked to the vocational context of the
students’ main degree
• Courses developed by language tutors in collaboration with vocational tutors and employers
• Guidance and support from CILT, SSCs and key professional bodies, e.g. ECUK, RICS
• External evaluation developed and delivered as a formative process to support teams and enable the sharing of best practice
Engineering & Built Environment
Courses• Salford University
– Arabic for the Built Environment
• Loughborough University– German for the Built Environment
• Kingston University– French for Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
• Bristol University– French or Spanish for Aerospace/Aeronautical
Engineering
Engineering & Built Environment
Diversity of provision & delivery
• Timetabling– Intensive (1 week 4 hours per day)– Non-intensive (2 hours per week for 10 weeks)
• Pre-course entry levels:– ab initio/false beginner– GCSE– A level
• Blended learning & use of authentic materials
• Accreditation? Currently non-credit bearing
Engineering & Built Environment
Achievements so far
• 3 curriculum models and schemes of work with contextualised materials for a 20 hour course
• Downloadable factsheets with 5 case studies each for Built Environment and Engineering
• Resources for CILT’s Vocational Languages Resource Bank
• External evaluation has begun
• Extra funding for further evaluation: the effect of collaboration with professional bodies and employers on curriculum development
Engineering & Built Environment
To come• Evaluation of and report on the project
• Guidelines for joint language and professional/ vocational HE curriculum development projects
• Dissemination event in May 2008
• Workshop presentation at DIUS “Strengthening Partnerships between Professional Bodies, SSCs and HEIs” on 7th February at the Brit Oval, Kennington
https://secure.symphonyem.co.uk/DIUS_StrengtheningPartnerships/
Engineering & Built Environment
Main lessons learnt so far“HEI autonomy and diversity of employer needs calls for a collaborative
approach that is supported by case studies of best practice and a menu of tools and methodologies”
Enablers• Existing internal & external working relationships• Experience of courses delivered across departments• Formative (rather than summative) evaluation strategy
Barriers• Constraints of traditional curriculum models & development• Limited experience in initiating & managing collaboration• Senior level commitment/vision not explicit• Accreditation
Engineering & Built Environment
Further work
• Strategic – getting decision makers on board
• Operational – providing toolkit & case studies
Translation & Interpreting
Aims
• Development and dissemination of materials for outreach activity in schools, colleges and universities
• Development and dissemination of materials for use with potential mature recruits into the language professions
• Development of a model for structured work placements in translation companies for postgraduate students of translation
• Facilitate partnership development between HEIs, UK translation agencies and the professional bodies
Translation & Interpreting
Outputs
• Case studies aimed at recruiting in schools, colleges, HEIs and mature recruits for widening participation
• Guidelines for use with case studies
• Graduate Apprenticeship Handbook
European Award for Languages
•The European Award for Languages recognizes creative ways to improve the quality of language teaching, motivate students and make the best of available resources.
•The Award is part of a Europe-wide scheme supported by the European Commission, with CILT, the National Centre for Languages as the UK co-ordinator.
•Applications are invited from primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, businesses and all other institutions engaged in foreign language teaching.
•For more information and to make a nominations, visit: www.cilt.org.uk.eal
•Nominations deadline for the 2008 Awards is:
01 February 2008.
Higher Education Conference
Languages in Higher Education Conference: Transitions and Connections
University of York on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th July 2008
This two-day conference is jointly organised by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies and CILT in partnership with key subject associations in languages and related studies in
HE: UCML, SCHML, AULC, and Routes into Languages.
Call for papersDeadline for submission: Thursday 31st January 2008
http://www.cilt.org.uk/he/callforpapers2008.rtf
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