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ICC Conference Programme Sofia

The document provides the program for the 20th Annual Conference held from March 8-10, 2013 at Sofia University in Bulgaria. The conference focused on the theme of "Language, Identity and Culture in Language Education". The program included keynote speeches, workshops, and discussions over the three day period. Topics of the keynote speeches and sessions included intercultural encounters, culture and aims in language teaching, intercultural learning within the Council of Europe, and acquiring plurilingual and intercultural skills for professional purposes. The conference concluded on the third day with a debate on the use of national stereotypes in language teaching and a guided walking tour of Sofia.

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ICC Conference Programme Sofia

The document provides the program for the 20th Annual Conference held from March 8-10, 2013 at Sofia University in Bulgaria. The conference focused on the theme of "Language, Identity and Culture in Language Education". The program included keynote speeches, workshops, and discussions over the three day period. Topics of the keynote speeches and sessions included intercultural encounters, culture and aims in language teaching, intercultural learning within the Council of Europe, and acquiring plurilingual and intercultural skills for professional purposes. The conference concluded on the third day with a debate on the use of national stereotypes in language teaching and a guided walking tour of Sofia.

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20th Annual Conference 2013

Language, Identity and Culture in Language Education


at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
8th 10th March 2013

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Friday, 8th March 2013
14:00 - 14:30 Registration for ICC member organisations
14:30 - 17:15 ICC AGM (ICC - Members only)
16:00 - 17:00

Registration for conference participants

17:30 - 18:00

Welcome by the outgoing ICC-Chairman, Robert Williams

18:00 - 18:30

An Intercultural Encounter
Debra Ali-Lawson (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business) &
Hassan Abouabdelkader (Ecole Nationale Suprieure dArts et Mtiers (ENSAM),
Universit Moulay Ismail, Mekns, Morocco)

18:30 - 19:30

Questions, questions about culture and aims in language teaching


Keynote Speech by Professor Michael Byram,
Emeritus Professor in the School of Education, Durham University

19:30 - 20:00

Reception: Aperitif

20:30
Conference Dinner
____________________________________________________________________________
Saturday, 9th March, 2013
09:00 - 10:00 Intercultural learning within the Pestalozzi Programme of the Council of Europe
Keynote Speech by Josef Huber, Head of the Pestalozzi Programme of the Council of
Europe
10:15 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:30
11:45 - 12:30

First round of workshops/talks (see also workshop timetable)


Second round of workshops/talks

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Acqurir et enrichir des comptences plurilingues et interculturelles but professionnel:


Un processus de prise de conscience et d'appropriation
Session particulaire par
Keynote
Speec
Jean-Claude
Lasnier, ancien directeur d AGERCEL Association de Gestion du Rseau des Centres
invitation/
Special session by
dEtudes des Langues des Chambres de Commerce et d Industrie Franaises (langue francaise)
invitation only

20th Annual Conference 2013


Language, Identity and Culture in Language Education
at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
8th 10th March 2013

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
14:00 - 14:45
15:00 - 15:45

Third round of workshops/talks


Fourth round of workshops/talks

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 17:00 Fifth round of workshops/talks


17:15 18:15 Acquiring and developing plurilingual and intercultural management skills for vocational
purposes: insights into an awareness-raising process
Jean-Claude Lasnier, Former Director of AGERCEL (Association de Gestion du Rseau des
Centres dEtudes des Langues) of the French Chambers of Commerce and Industry
____________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, 10th March, 2013
09:00 - 10:00 Debate: "This house believes that national stereotypes are useful for language
teaching" Maria Stoicheva, Associate Professor, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski"
& Barry Tomalin, Director of Cultural Training at International House
10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:15
11:30 - 13:00
13:15 - 13:30

Sixth round of workshops/talks


Seventh round of workshops/talks
Summary and Closing

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch

14:45 - 16:30
16:30

Guided Walking tour of Sofia


Delegates depart

_____________________________________________________________________________________
Conference Address:
SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI
15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.
1504 Sofia

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