Dear colleagues,

The UK Language World conference and exhibition 2006 will take place from 7-9 April at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. The theme of the 2006 conference is ‘working together’. We would welcome contributions which are appropriate to the overall theme. Contributions which include examples from current innovative practice in all sectors, and the principles that underpin them, are especially welcome. Within the theme of ‘working together’ will be the following strands:

-Collaboration between subjects (cross-curricular approaches), between educational sectors or with and between different agencies
-Community languages
-Teaching content through the medium of a foreign language
-Vocational – language learning integrated into vocational contexts
-Primary (in a range of languages), in particular, links between languages and the wider primary curriculum
-Secondary, including transition from primary
-Inclusion: getting every learner switched on to languages – practical solutions that engage learners of all abilities, from those with special needs to the very gifted
-International dimension
-Further education – vocational and business languages
-Creativity
-Motivation
-Adult learning
-Higher Education
-E-learning
-Promoting languages
-Assessment for learning
-School-based research

We would particularly welcome contributions which encompass learners working together on creative projects; teachers, departments, schools and other sectors working together; languages working with other areas of the curriculum; and working with wider partners such as businesses, parents, artists, other countries and other groups within the community.

Contributions are also welcome from initial teacher trainers and their students, overseas speakers (expenses will be covered from the UK port of entry), group presentations from practising teachers and examples of collaborative work between teachers.

To contribute a session at Language World, please provide a title and 100-word description, which makes clear the objectives for the session and the learning outcomes for delegates, along with a 100-word biographical description, by Friday 2 September. Please email your contribution to SharonC@ALL-languages.org.uk or fax to Sharon Curry on 01788 544149. If you’ve already sent a suggestion to us, we will contact you in October if your contribution has been accepted into the conference programme.

Please note that contributions to the conference programme should not promote a commercial product or service; promotional presentations are available for individuals and companies wishing to promote a particular product.

Linda Parker
Director
Association for Language Learning (ALL)
150 Railway Terrace
Rugby
CV21 3HN
United Kingdom
+44 1788 546443
lindap @ all-languages.org.uk
http://www.ALL-languages.org.uk
ALL is the national subject association for teachers of all languages in all sectors.