Italian Studies Events
Enhancing the Italian Studies Curriculum: Innovation and Development Conference
17 September 2010, 9am-5pm
CITY INN HOTEL, One Piccadilly Place, 1 Auburn Street, Manchester, M1 3DG, +44 (0)161 242 2005
Enhancing the student learning experience and promoting effectiveness and innovation in teaching remain key priorities among language educators.
Italian Studies at the University of Manchester would like to invite colleagues in Higher Education and Secondary Education to come together and discuss the latest innovative and creative approaches in Teaching & Learning across the Italian Studies curriculum. The event, the first of its kind in the UK, is addressed to staff involved in the delivery of language and content courses and aims at sharing and disseminating good practice with a strong focus on language, curriculum development and e-Learning.
The working languages of the conference will be English and Italian.
The conference will feature the following key-note speakers:
Marina Orsini-Jones (Dott. Lett. Bologna; MA Warwick; MA Coventry; Fellow HEA)
Associate Head; Programme Manager MA in English Language Teaching; Department of English and Languages; Faculty of Business, Environment and Society, University of Coventry.
Dr. Marina Mozzon-McPherson (Dott.ssa in Lingue Straniere Moderne Milan, PGCE Huddersfield, PhD OU)
Director, Routes into Languages Regional Consortium & Links into Languages Regional Centre (Yorkshire and The Humber); Associate Dean (Reach Out), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; Director of Postgraduate Studies & Senior Open Learning Adviser; National Teaching Fellow - Higher Education Academy; Department of Modern Languages, University of Hull
Programme:
- Programme (, 50 KB)
- Registration form (, 43 KB)
- Credit card form (, 36 KB)
Information on accommodation
- Accommodation in Manchester (, 31 KB)
Directions to the CITY INN HOTEL (including location map)
Should you require more detailed information, please, contact the conference organizer.
Event support:
This event is supported by Routes into Languages and the Society for Italian Studies.
For any enquiries, please contact Dr Elena Polisca
Email: elena.polisca@manchester.ac.uk
The organising committee:
- Salvatore Campisi
- Monica Facchinello
- Liliana Foligno-Smith
- Elena Polisca.