23 April 2022 - 24 April 2022
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Chemistry Department, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
Please see details below:
UK Lingua 2022. This year's theme is Adapting to change.
Durham Cathedral
Change can be positive, a way of progressing towards something better; and adapting to change has echoes of the Theory of Evolution (only those that are able to adapt to new contexts will survive!).
However, adapting does not necessarily mean that we have to discard the old, the traditional or the well-tested ways. Now that we are moving towards a new normal way of life, it is a good time to reflect on how we can best make use of both - the traditional and the more innovative methods of teaching and learning languages.
The sixth UK Lingua Annual conference will take place on the 23 and 24 of April 2022 at Durham University. Aimed at MFL and ESL teachers and researchers at all educational levels (primary, secondary, university, languages for all) UK LINGUA is a forum for the exchange of ideas, theories and practices, enhancing scholarship and teaching excellence in this field.
23rd April, 7.00pm at the Turkish Kitchen
We have organised an optional dinner on Saturday 23rd April. It costs £20 for a starter and a main. The starter is Meze Sharing and it’s all vegetarian. As places are limited, please complete this form including your name, email address and choice of main course.
Professor Emeritus
A Ph.D. in theoretical physics, Sugata Mitra retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in England, after 13 years there including a year in 2012 as Visiting Professor at MIT MediaLab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is Professor Emeritus at NIIT University, Rajasthan, India. His interests include Children’s Education, Remote Presence, Self-organising systems, Cognitive Systems, Complex Dynamical Systems, Physics and Consciousness.
MFL Teacher and Consultant and Director of Ideas Education Ltd.
Clare Seccombe has taught languages in Sunderland primary schools for thirteen years, having previously spent 14 years as a secondary languages teacher, AST and primary languages adviser. Clare is probably best-known for setting up, maintaining and writing resources for Light Bulb Languages. She is also a member of the ALL Council, and writes the primary blog for Languages Today magazine.
Click here to register for the meeting and you will be taken to our booking system.
Enter 'UK Lingua' into the search bar in the top right-hand corner of the table and click the magnifying glass symbol to view the UK Lingua listings.
Please note that we are managing bookings through an internal system so ignore any references to courses/exams, as these are separate products and not applicable to UK Lingua.
Lunch and refreshments on both days are included in the cost.
These are Early Bird prices, applicable until Thursday 31 March. After that, the cost will go up by £5.00 each day.
23 April: Speakers £25 | Non-Speakers £35 | Online £10
24 April: Speakers £25 | Non-Speakers £35 | Online £10
Both days: Speakers £40 | Non-Speakers £50 | Online £15
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