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)