Public Speech

 

Topic:  Multilingualism and Language Teaching

            The speech will deal with the current features of multilingualism and its latest             development in  the west. In addition, the speaker will talk about the situation of             language provision in the UK and its new trends in this field. 

Time:   2014年4月21日（周一）下午4:00-5:20

Venue: 外文系 文南楼116 室

Speaker: Mr Nick Byrne from London School of Economics and Political Science

 

Mr. Nick Byrne is the UK director of Confucius Institute for Business London, and the director of the Language Centre at London School of Economics and Political Science since 1999.

He is a member of the Higher Education Academy and a National Teaching Fellow; and  is also on the Executive Boards of the following language associations - AULC, SCHML  and UCML; and is Deputy Secretary of CERCLES - the European Confederation of Language Centres.

His publications have appeared in the THES, Linguist, CILT Higher and he has given papers at a range of language conferences. He is currently leading a three-year project for the DfES on language learning, testing and employability.