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#InnoConf21 - Shaping Futures for Modern Languages in Higher Education - Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University.

 Reading, England
Joined December 2015
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The adventure has begun! We have welcomed our fantastic students in our programme inductions!
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When they say...schools around the world and in UK are talking about 'Contifying' the Curriculum! This is powerful! @gianfrancocont9 @enzadipotenza @DanielaLaPenna1 #innoconf21 #MFLTwitterati #langchat
Dr Gianfranco Conti (@gianfrancocont9) profile pictureDr Gianfranco Conti@gianfrancocont917 Sep 2021
Looking forward to interviewed by Enza Siciliano Verruccio @enzadipotenza at 12:50 pm and to the end-of-conference panel discussion with Professor Daniela Lapenna @DanielaLaPenna1 at 16:05 today at #InnoConf21. Theme: SHAPING FUTURES FOR MODERN LANGUAGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
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I'm keen to start a WP languages network with the unis my research identified... Look out for an email from me!
InnoConf (@InnoConf) profile pictureInnoConf@InnoConf17 Sep 2021
Still from @DrBeckyMT -> but there are universities with tariff point under 120 and Polar quintile 1 over 12% where languages recruits well: how?
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Love this. Tending our vines to produce the linguists of the future 🍷
InnoConf (@InnoConf) profile pictureInnoConf@InnoConf15 Sep 2021
What has a garden to do with the future shape of Modern Languages in HE? @WarwickLanguage,our keynote speaker and final discussion panellist, shares her vision in this video⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=s06lzylF…… Join us this Friday to continue the conversation! bit.ly/Innoconf21
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Our own Ugo Marsili & Dar Sherwood discuss their exploration of students’ perceptions of disability in the online learning environment #InnoConf21
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Are language degrees in ‘crisis’? Becky Mudaras-Taylor from York St John University explains #InnoConf21
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So good to be back to this wonderful conference after having organised it in Leeds too! @SMLCLeeds #innoconf21
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Looking forward to a busy week of CPD: 14/09 - Becoming an EPI teacher (part 1) (Network for learning) 15/09 - Commonly made mistakes in MFL instruction (Star Academies) 16/09 - Listening As Modelling (Network for Learning) 17/09 - Interview at @InnoConf See you there
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Which unis are widening access to language degrees? I'm counting acceptances, tariff points and POLAR quintiles in preparation for my workshop "Language degrees in ‘crisis’: Can we future-proof through curriculum development?" 87 unis done, 12 to do by Friday... wish me luck!
InnoConf (@InnoConf) profile pictureInnoConf@InnoConf8 Sep 2021
InnoConf21 is getting closer! Looking forward to shaping the futures of our discipline with long talks, workshops and short talks for dissemination of research ideas. Check the programme here: bit.ly/InnoConf21_programme and register here:bit.ly/InnoConf21_registrati…
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Wonderful to have ⁦@HelenMyers⁩ representing ALL this afternoon in the ⁦@languagenut⁩ MFL Question Time. #ALL4Language #mfltwitterati
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Language skills are essential to the economic development of the UK: #ThisIsSHAPE tinyurl.com/cd34sxaf
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“…I have woken somewhere else”: Personal Brexit narratives from Language Teachers in a UK University sussexfestivalofideas.co.uk/… Looking forward to presenting at this tomorrow
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12 @ALL4language webinars listed on this page - all free! Thanks so much to presenters who generously give their time and expertise. Please register and RT! #mfltwitterati all-london.org.uk/site/index…
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Thank you so much for colleagues from @CLASUoN @CentreUon for some really great discussions during today’s workshop on gender-inclusive language teaching! My slides are available at tiny.cc/genderlang. #InclusiveMFL #Gender #Languages #MFLTwitterati (1/3) – at Lancaster, England
Two PPT slides. Lancaster University logo. Text: Gender-inclusive language in language teaching: some ideas Sascha Stollhans (he/er/il) Senior Teaching Associate in German Studies s.stollhans@lancaster.ac.uk, @SaschaStollhans #InclusiveMFL My own experience/attempts Be open and frank about the fact that we don’t always have perfect solutions (yet) Listen to students and learn from them, involve students in the research process Raise awareness of current target-culture debates Model inclusive language (in English and TL) and use materials that represent and normalise diversity Permit (or even encourage?) creative language use and ‘deviations‘ from grammatical standards

ALT Two PPT slides. Lancaster University logo. Text: Gender-inclusive language in language teaching: some ideas Sascha Stollhans (he/er/il) Senior Teaching Associate in German Studies [email protected], @SaschaStollhans #InclusiveMFL My own experience/attempts Be open and frank about the fact that we don’t always have perfect solutions (yet) Listen to students and learn from them, involve students in the research process Raise awareness of current target-culture debates Model inclusive language (in English and TL) and use materials that represent and normalise diversity Permit (or even encourage?) creative language use and ‘deviations‘ from grammatical standards

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An excellent, well-argued article by @jenoconnell in the @IrishTimes this morning on why 13-year olds don't need smart phones: irishtimes.com/life-and-styl…
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Our new publication now released "New educational landscapes: innovative perspectives in language learning and technology" edited by @APlutino @KBorthwick @eriCorradini #learning and #technology #innovation #openaccess #research #publication doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2019.…
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Quick shout out to all of our staff and students working this weekend. You are the heart and soul of this community, and it wouldn't be a #UoSOpenDay without you 😊
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We are delighted to announce that @SML_Newcastle will host the next @InnoConf (#Innovative #Language Teaching & #Learning at University Conference) next June. This event was initiated by Andrea Wilczynski & Franck Michel in 2011 so it is a real pleasure to bring it back home.
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I have to admit it: @InnoConf #INNOCONF19 has been a #BeautifulTrauma thanks to all. Now releasing adrenaline and going to #BeautifulTraumaWorldTour #pinkwembley #pink @Pink what a wonderful ending of a wonderful journey with colleagues in #academia @KBorthwick @eriCorradini
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.It has been a pleasure to host @InnoConf here at @ModernLangs @unisouthampton. Thank you again to sponsors @uTalk @hueberverlag @euroschoolbooks @r_publishing and Confucius Inst. Now passing the baton to Newcastle for 10th innoconf going back to where it started! See you there!
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