BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2023/newsitem/14109/23 -June-2023-LLRC-conference-curriculum-and-course-d esign-for-language-teaching-Leiden-the-Netherlands DTSTAMP:20230206T143011 SUMMARY:LLRC conference: curriculum and course des ign for language teaching, Leiden, the Netherlands DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230623T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230623T180000 LOCATION:Leiden, the Netherlands DESCRIPTION:In higher education, curricula and cou rses are often not cast in stone. They need adapta tions regularly, for instance because another cour se in the curriculum changes. In secondary educati on, changes are less common. However, in the Nethe rlands, a curriculum reform is planned to be imple mented in the next years, also concerning foreign languages. A question that arises in this context is how reforms are best effectuated, and how cours es in existing curricula can be changed? On June 23rd, 2023, LLRC will organize a one-day conferenc e on precisely this topic. We are very happy to an nounce that Dr. Marjon Tammenga-Helmantel (SLO) ha s agreed to give the keynote lecture. She is a spe cialist in foreign language teaching and currently involved in facilitating the process of curriculu m reform in secondary education. Her keynote will start the day with a brief overview about curricul um development at national, school and classroom l evels. Concrete tools to facilitate curriculum cha nges or adaptations in foreign language education will be discussed. We invite foreign language tea chers and researchers to send in an abstract for t he conference. The following topics would fit the theme: Research on language teaching course design Research on curriculum design including foreign la nguage teachingResearch on changes in language tea chingGood practice in language teaching course des ignGood practice in curriculum design including fo reign language teachingGood practice in changes in language teaching We welcome abstracts for a vari ety of presentation types: research presentations, good practice presentations, or workshops. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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In higher education, curricula and courses are often not cast in stone. They need adaptations regularly , for instance because another course in the curri culum changes. In secondary education, changes are less common. However, in the Netherlands, a curri culum reform is planned to be implemented in the n ext years, also concerning foreign languages. A qu estion that arises in this context is how reforms are best effectuated, and how courses in existing curricula can be changed?

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O n June 23rd, 2023, LLRC will organize a one-day conference on precisely this topic. We ar e very happy to announce that Dr. Marjon Tammen ga-Helmantel (SLO) has agreed to give the keyn ote lecture. She is a specialist in foreign langua ge teaching and currently involved in facilitating the process of curriculum reform in secondary edu cation. Her keynote will start the day with a brie f overview about curriculum development at nationa l, school and classroom levels. Concrete tools to facilitate curriculum changes or adaptations in fo reign language education will be discussed.

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We invite foreign la nguage teachers and researchers to send in an abst ract for the conference. The following topics woul d fit the theme:

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We welcome abs tracts for a variety of presentation types: resear ch presentations, good practice presentations, or workshops.

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