Professionnels sourds : des ateliers pour rompre l'isolement et développer les compétences
World's Largest E-Learning Programme set to Benefit English Schools
World's Largest E-Learning Programme set to Benefit English Schools
Will English students soon begin talking with a Scottish burr? One wonders following this announcement that the Heriot-Watt SCHOLAR programme, currently used in all 432 Scottish secondary schools, will be deployed south of Hadrian's wall as well. SCHOLAR, according to this press release, "includes an extensive range of learning services such as staff development, tutor support and the creation of learning communities." It is also reported to have strong acceptance by both students and teachers. More...
Quel avenir pour l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie ?
La langue française et la culture francophone bénéficient d’un véritable capital de sympathie dans le pays. Entre la France et l’Arménie s’est développée au fil des siècles une véritable proximité culturelle et empathique, symbolisée entre autres par la figure de Charles Aznavour, dont la disparition a profondément ému en France et en Arménie. Les liens culturels avec la France demeurent aujourd’hui très forts : 600 000 personnes issues de la diaspora arménienne y vivent. Plus...
Sprechen Sie ein bisschen Deutsch? Mettez-vous à l’allemand professionnel
France terre d'asile propose un kit pour évaluer le niveau en français
Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network (CLLRNet) has launched a new website. The purpose of CLLRNet "is to generate, integrate and disseminate bias-free scientific research and knowledge that is focused on improving and sustaining children's language and literacy development in Canada." Founded with a 4-year, $14.2-million grant from the Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program, the network involves more than a hundred researchers across Canada. More...
Australian students now lead their English-speaking peers in study abroad visits
In our World Blog, Jane Knight and Hans de Wit look back and forward at the contribution internationalisation has made and will make to higher education and conclude that internationalisation has come of age.
In our series on Pacific Rim higher education and research, Yojana Sharma unpacks a report from the Association of Pacific Rim Universities that says universities are bucking the trend of declining multilateralism in geopolitics by forming research networks that foster multilateral cooperation.
In Features, Yojana Sharma reports on South Korea’s investment of US$2 billion to build up talent in artificial intelligence and use its universities’ strong links with industry to become a global AI powerhouse by 2022. And Wagdy Sawahel reports on calls for African universities to offer more courses to harness the power of blockchain-based innovation.
In a Special Report on the EnlightED conference in Spain on higher education in the digital age, Paul Rigg highlights keynote speaker Michael Horn’s warning that “universities are declining” due to digital disruption taking hold. Another speaker, Joseph Aoun, suggests that universities respond by making people ‘robot proof’ through teaching ‘humanics’ and providing experiential and lifelong learning, writes Paul Rigg. More...
Qu’est-ce qu’une langue pure ? Exercice pédagogique
Dans les mots de chaque langue on peut retracer les principales influences. Sans surprise, on trouve plus de mots d’origine arabe (500 mots courants) dans la langue française que de mots d’origine gauloise (une centaine, comme «dru») ! L’influence arabe dure depuis beaucoup plus longtemps et l’influence romaine a été culturellement plus soutenue que la gauloise. Plus...
Allons voir chez les grecs - Le grec ancien, langue vivante !
Jacqueline de Romilly, Monique Trédé et plus récemment Andrea Marcolongo ont tenté de faire découvrir le grec à ceux qui ne l'ont pas appris, à travers la vision du monde qu'il véhicule et les auteurs qui en révêlent la beauté. Plus...