2014 – Florence

2014 – Florence


The 12th Annual Conference of EFNIL
27 – 28 September 2014, Firenze, Accademia della Crusca

General theme:
Language use in university teaching and research past, present, future


Programme


8:30 Registration

9:30-10:30 Opening session

Claudio Marazzini (President of the Accademia della Crusca): Welcome Address

Addresses by:

Dario Nardella, Sindaco di Firenze / Mayor of Florence

DG Marco Benedetti, Director-General of DG SCIC

Pierre Mairesse, Director, DG EAC

Pinuccia Contino, Head of Unit, DGT

Susanna Slivensky, Director, ECML, Graz

Gerhard Stickel (President of EFNIL): Introduzione / Introduction / Einführung

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 2nd session

Rita Librandi (Univ. of Napoli): The languages of the Italian universities in the past (XIII-XIX centuries)

Ulrich Ammon (Univ. of Duisburg): German and English in university research and teaching in Germany: history, present situation, and future perspectives

Jan-Ola Östman (Univ. of Helsinki): Language use in academia in Finland and the other Nordic countries

Moderation: Pietro Beltrami (Italy)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 3rd session

Cecilia Robustelli (Italy): Present language use at Italian universities

Guðrun Kvaran (Iceland): The use of foreign languages in the Icelandic universities

Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen (Denmark): More languages for more students

Birute Klaas-Lang / Helle Metslang (Estonia): Language policies in higher education in Estonia

Moderation: Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen (Norway)

15:30-17:00 4th session

Francois Grin (Univ. of Geneva): Les langues dans l’enseignement et la recherche universitaires: quelques considérations pour dépasser les idées toutes faites

Jean-François Baldi (France): Le français dans l’enseignement supérieur: le débat en France

Natalie Marchal (Belgium): L’usage des langues dans les universités en Belgique francophone

Moderation: Guy Berg (Luxembourg)

9:30-11:00 5th session

Marilena Karyolemou (Cyprus): Compte rendu of language use in higher education in Cyprus

Simona Bergoč (Slovenia): The language of instruction at universities between internationalization and sustainable language policy: the case of Slovenia

Władisłav Miodunka (Poland): Language use at Polish universities

Johan Van Hoorde (Netherlands – Belgium): English or Dutch? Dutch and English?

Moderation: Xavier North (France)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Panel Discussion

Language use in university teaching and research: what future do we want?

Moderation: John Simpson (United Kingdom)

Panelists:

Ina Druviete (Latvia), Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen (Denmark), Xavier North (France), Francesco Sabatini (Italy), Gerhard Stickel (Germany)

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:00 Tour behind the scenes of the Accademia

15:00-17:00 General Assembly (for members of EFNIL only)