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Modern Languages Outreach and Engagement (MLOE) Project
Languages Unlocked: Wednesday 10th February 2021, 4:30pm-6:30pm (Microsoft Live)

Languages are essential for building international understanding and for supporting communities at home.  Given the recent decrease in the uptake of languages at both secondary and tertiary levels, it is all the more important for schools and universities to work together to highlight the exciting directions in which languages can take young people. University researchers have both the desire and responsibility to support languages at school level and such school-university collaboration has been shown to pay dividends. Examples of this include the work of NCELP (the National Centre of Excellence for Language Pedagogy) in England, a range of initiatives under the ‘1+2’ Strategy in Scotland, and the roll-out of various mentoring schemes in different regions, including Northern Ireland and Wales.

The MLOE project, funded by a British Academy Rising Stars Engagement Award, builds upon and expands this excellent work by adding a new dimension to the current support available for language learning in schools. The project brings together eight early career researchers from different regions of the UK, along with teachers, national providers and policy bodies, to discuss current provision and future needs, and to share best practice for research-based engagement.

As part of the second phase of the project, the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen’s University Belfast is pleased to present “Languages Unlocked” - an outreach and engagement event for Year 13 students of Modern Languages. This event will be held virtually, via Microsoft Live Events, on Wednesday 10th February 2021, 4:30pm-6:30pm.

Languages Unlocked

This event will bring together four language areas (French, Irish, Portuguese and Spanish) with the aim of encouraging Year 13 (Year 12 in England) pupils to “rethink languages”. Challenging the idea that the benefits of language learning are limited solely to communication skills in the target language, these diverse sessions – covering topics from Parisian interiors, to Internet memes, to investigative linguistics – will highlight the vast array of doors that language learning can open, particularly in areas that are not often associated with school-level language study.

The event will open with a plenary session, giving an overview of the need for language learners in the current climate and offering personal testimonials on the variety of skills and personal attributes developed through the study of other languages and cultures. It will continue with two sets of parallel, language-specific sessions and close with a final plenary, which will allow pupils to draw together key ideas and concepts from the sessions they have attended. Some of the parallel sessions will require post-GCSE standard language skills, while others (marked *) will have no specific language requirement. 

TIMINGS 
16:30-16:55 Rethinking Languages: Why Does It Matter?
Prof. Janice Carruthers & Dr Ashley Harris 
  5 mins transition time  
17:00-17:35
FRENCH*
Paris and the Modern Interior
Dr Claire Moran
IRISH
Linguistic Archaeology
Dr Frances Kane 
SPANISH
Unexpected Journeys
Dr Ricki O’Rawe
  5 mins transition time   
17:40-18:15
FRENCH
The Languages of Healthcare
Jordan McCullough
IRISH
Linguistic Archaeology
Dr Frances Kane
PORTUGUESE*
Internet Memes in Brazilian Digital Culture
Dr Tori Holmes
  5 mins transition time   
18:20-18:30
Languages Unlocked: A Fresh Perspective
Jordan McCullough
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