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Dear friends, dear colleagues,
We would like to share some information regarding the Focus Groups, and we also want to invite you to our webinar on the use of AI in the classroom. We remind you of the CercleS conference in Durham in September and the Teacher Training week in Nancy in June. And we want to encourage members to make use of the CercleS scholarships for national association conferences and workshops, as well as for travel subsidies for the conference in Durham. And as always, we share the details of upcoming meetups and highlights from the news page.
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Focus Groups
We would like to remind members of our focus groups (FGs). These smaller groups are centered around various topics such as Internationalisation and Language Policy, Autonomy, CLIL, Language Asessment, and more. The smaller forum allows those interested in a specific topic to discuss the relevant issues with colleagues.
Please visit the FG page to see an overview current groups and the contact details of the coordinators. In the member area, there is a page with more current specific information, such as reports of their current activities. We invite members to get in touch with the FG that corresponds to their interests. by contacting the coordinator.
Please be aware that several FGs will be having in-person meetings in Durham in September. More information will be published on the Conference website closer to the conference.
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RANACLES/CercleS teacher training (11-14 June)
We remind members of the Teacher Training week from 11-14 June. CercleS will have the pleasure of co-hosting with RANACLES (the French national association) an exciting event in the beautiful city of Nancy, in eastern France. Thirty language teachers from across Europe will gather to learn more about Artificial Intelligence and its place in language learning. There are still a few places available.
The CercleS Executive Committee will review the applications and confirm them only after checking an adequate representation of member institutions of various national associations.
To see the programme, please visit this link.
To register for the training week, please complete this form.
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Conference matters
Registration, abstract submission, and travel subsidies available
We are excited to offer the XVIII CercleS Conference in Durham from 12-14 September and invite you to visit the Conference website for further details. The following information needs to be highlighted at this stage:
• Conference registration opens: 18 March 2024
• Outline conference programme confirmed: 30 March 2024
• Early-bird registration deadline: 30 June 2024
In the past, CercleS has offered limited scholarships for attending the Conference. However, it was agreed that CercleS is in a position to extend the support to more members. At the Coordinating Committee meeting of 13 October 2023, it was agreed that CercleS would subsidise the registration fees of the XVIII CercleS Conference for all participants by €100 (£80) per person. In doing so, CercleS hopes to encourage members to attend and participate in the conference by making the registration fee more affordable to all members.
CercleS will also offer travel subsidies of up to €100 each. Those interested in the travel subsidy should please complete the following form andemail us the relevant information required. Travel subsidies will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
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CercleS webinar: AI in the classroom
We are excited to announce our upcoming webinar focused on the use of AI in the classroom. During the session, two speakers (Marta Demchyshyn - Ukrainian Catholic University Center of Modern Foreign Languages, Cesare Zanca - Università di Siena) will share some of the ways in which they are currently using such tools, and then we will give ample time for questions and discussion around this very relevant topic.
Date and time: 25 April 2024 from 16:00-17:30 CET.
Zoom link
(the link is the same for all webinars and online talks, but the link is different than for meetups - online talks are recorded)
Meeting ID: 201 550 4512 | Passcode: 907877
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Scholarships to attend NA conferences & workshops
In order to promote internationalisation and collaboration among NAs, we want to encourage national associations’ (NAs’) presidents to open the NAs’ events for colleagues and/or to invite speakers or workshop coordinators from other NAs.
Therefore, as we have done in the past, CercleS is again offering scholarships. The scholarships of up to 500 euro can be used for travel, accommodation, or registration. Please see this link (in the members' area - Documents and agreements - Scholarships) to download the forms.
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Meetups
Next Leadership Meetup: Tuesday 26 March 17:00-18:00 CET
Topic: Research in Language Centres
Discussions aimed specifically at Language Centre managers or staff in management positions.
Please note the dates and topics of the rest of the Leadership meetups until the summer:
Tuesday 14 May: Languages, politics and social justice: the role of Language Centres
Tuesday 25 June: Income generation
Next Teachers' Meetup: Tuesday 12 March 17:00-18:00 CET
Breakout rooms for teachers of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Ukrainian (and more if possible) - so that they can discuss issues related to teaching in their language.
Please note the dates of the rest of the Teachers' meetups until the summer:
Tuesday 16 April
Tuesday 28 May
Zoom link
(the link for all meetups is the same - meetups are not recorded)
Meeting ID: 913 9364 1300 | Passcode: 979586
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Website NEWS posts
Please visit our NEWS page on the website regularly for frequently updated information.
Registration for the French Association for Research in English Learning and Teaching conference on Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language in educational settings: Issues and specificities (Paris, France, 26-28 June 2024)
Call for papers: Teaching foreign languages focusing on the development of soft skills and communication in academic and professional contexts (Zvolen, Slovakia, 17-18 Oct 2024)
Call for papers: CEL/ELC conference: multilingualism in higher education - current perspectives and emergent issues (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 28-29 Nov 2024) |
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