DYLAN 5th Consortium Meeting - Barcelona
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The meeting was hosted by the DYLAN teams of Barcelona and Bolzano/Bozen and mainly focussed on the discussion and further development of the DYLAN Working papers 3 to be completed in early Summer 2009 as well as on transversal interactions between the work packages.
A public session took place on Monday afternoon, 26 January 2009. An EC representative, invited experts and DYLAN representatives discussed "Multilingual communication in
Europe - current challenges and research responses".
A public session took place on Monday afternoon, 26 January 2009. An EC representative, invited experts and DYLAN representatives discussed "Multilingual communication in
Europe - current challenges and research responses".
Meeting venue was the Casa Convalescencia, which is part of the famous Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, one of the great works of Catalan Modernism.
The complex was designed in the late 19th century to alleviate the shortage of hospital space in Barcelona. The hospital of Santa Creu, dating from 1401 and situated in the old city centre (Casc Antic) had become obsolete due the city’s growth and breakthroughs in medicine. Casa Convalescència is currently the headquarters of the Foundation of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (FUAB).
The complex was designed in the late 19th century to alleviate the shortage of hospital space in Barcelona. The hospital of Santa Creu, dating from 1401 and situated in the old city centre (Casc Antic) had become obsolete due the city’s growth and breakthroughs in medicine. Casa Convalescència is currently the headquarters of the Foundation of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (FUAB).
26-27 January 2009
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She also claims that although a very clear distinction was presented by one of the invited experts, Carme Muñoz from the Universitat de Barcelona, between CLIL and English-medium courses, further debate is needed as to whether these actually contribute to the promotion of multilingualism and whether the same results are obtainable in higher education as in primary and secondary education. In her opinion, the introduction of English into university teaching in the context of Catalonia has taken place without the needed reflexion about the concrete aims and means.
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DEBRIEFING
The meeting has been a good time for all involved.
Moreover, the public session provoked prompt reactions, reported below. For each of the three reactions, you will find an abstract in English, followed by a link to the whole article in Catalan.
Moreover, the public session provoked prompt reactions, reported below. For each of the three reactions, you will find an abstract in English, followed by a link to the whole article in Catalan.
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