MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2009 - INNOVATION |
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| 11:00-1:30 | Registration and lunch |
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| 1:30-1:50 | Welcome and Colloquium overview - Professor Joseph Lo Bianco |
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| 1:50-1:55 | Introductory Remarks - Professor Ian Donaldson, President Australian Academy of the Humanities |
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| 1:55-2:00 | Introduction to Opening Speaker - Professor Joseph Lo Bianco |
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| 2:00-2:20 | Opening Address - Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP, Federal Member for Calwell representing the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education |
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| 2:30-4:30 | Panel and Discussion - Innovative initiatives (Chair: Professor Joseph Lo Bianco) | |
| 2:30-3:00 | session 1: Indonesian - Languages Teaching Collaboration through online audio-conferencing - Dr Philip Mahnken (University of Sunshine Coast); Dr Richard Curtis (Charles Darwin University); Prof Pam Dyer (University of the Sunshine Coast) | |
| 3:00-3:30 | session 2: Italian – Combining Languages with Business and International Studies - Dr Simone Battiston and Dr Bruno Mascitelli (Swinburne University) | |
| 3:30-4:00 | session 3: Chinese – The blended model: getting the recipe right – Dr Christopher Mann (James Cook University) – Ms Isabel Tasker (University of New England) | |
| 4:00-4:30 | session 4: Japanese - Moot arbitration and negotiation competition in Japanese - Prof Kent Anderson (Australian National University) | |
| 4:30-5:00 | Afternoon tea | |
| 5:00-6:00 | Plenary: What's on the menu? Options and issues for TELL in introductory language teaching Speakers: Prof Kerry Dunne (University of New England); Prof Mike Levy (Griffith University); Prof Martina Möllering (Macquarie University) |
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| 6:30-7:30 | Public Lecture Australian Academy of the Humanities 2009 Triebel Lecture – Professor Peter Høj (Vice-Chancellor and President, University of South Australia) - Can we afford to be without multilingualism? A scientist’s lay perspective |
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TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2009 - ISSUES |
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| 9:00-10:30 | Panel and Discussion - Some current research projects (Chair: Professor Colin Nettelbeck) | |
| 9:00-9:30 | LASP II - Speaker: Dr Mary Stevens (University of Melbourne) | |
| 9:30-10:00 | The ANU Retention Project - speakers: Dr Louise Jansen and Dr Roald Maliangkay (Australian National University) | |
| 10:00-10:30 | The UWA Student satisfaction project - Speaker: Dr Alexandra Ludewig (University of Western Australia) | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | |
| 11:00-1:00 | Workshops - Each workshop will have an academic leader (Facilitator) and an academic Rapporteur. All participants will be given a series of questions to address in the workshop, however, the intention is not to foreclose discussion but to focus energy towards a productive agenda for the Network which the Colloquium aims to support. | |
Workshop 1a and 1b- Program Design |
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| Workshop 2a and 2b – Student Pathways
(e.g. strategies of recruitment and retention, Monash study of uses of LOTE in universities, LOTE bonus, the place of Honours and Postgraduate work) 2a Facilitator: Assoc Prof Helen Marriott - Rapporteur: Ms Diane de Saint-Léger 2b Facilitator: Dr Michele Ford - Rapporteur: Dr Robyn Spence-Brown |
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| Workshop 3 – Staff Career Pathways (e.g. balance of research and teaching, workloads) Facilitator: Dr Louise Jansen - Rapporteur: Dr Michael Ewing |
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| Workshop 4a and 4b – Literature, Culture, Research
(e.g. the place of literature in language studies, opportunities for research, culture and society studies) 4a Facilitator: Prof Anne Freadman - Rapporteur: Dr Trevor Hay 4b Facilitator: Dr Piera Carroli (Australian National University) Rapporteur: Mr Raphaël Trantoul |
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| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch | |
| 2:00-4:00 | Panel National convergence for proficiency levels (Will involve strategies for benchmarking) - Mapping learning in first year ab initio courses | |
| 2:00-2:15 | Facilitator: Prof Tony Liddicoat (University of South Australia) | |
| 2:15-2:35 | Assoc Prof Angela Scarino (University of South Australia) | |
| 2:35-2:55 | Prof Martina Möllering (Macquarie University) | |
| 2:55-3:15 | Assoc Prof Cathie Elder (Melbourne University) | |
| 3:20-4:00 | Questions and Answers | |
| 4:00-4:30 | Afternoon tea | |
| 7:30 | Conference Dinner - Il Vicolo, 50 Grattan Street, Carlton (optional) | |
WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2009 - ACTION |
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| 9:00-11:00 | Reports on Tuesday's workshops and discussion - Chair: Professor Colin Nettelbeck | |
| workshop 1 | Program Design - 10 minute Q & A | |
| workshop 2 | Student Pathways - 10 minute Q & A | |
| workshop 3 | Staff Career - 10 minute Q & A | |
| workshop 4 | Literature, Culture, Research - Q & A | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | |
| 11:30-1:00 | Final session - Creating a National Association This session is chaired by Dr Ian Maclean who will guide discussion of the creation of a National Association of Tertiary Language Teachers, Researchers and Planners. Consideration will be given to existing tertiary associations, articles of association and pro-tem office bearers. Introduction: Dr Ian Maclean session 1 - ASFS: A monolingual model? - Speaker: Assoc Prof Greg Hainge (University of Queensland) session 2 - ASAA: A multilanguage model? - Speaker: Assoc Prof Anne McLaren (The University of Melbourne) General discussion (aims, operating mechanism, pro-tem office bearers, next colloquium, venue, timing, themes) |
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| 1:00 | Close and Lunch (provided) | |
presented by the School of Languages and Linguistics and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
sponsored by the Australian Academy of the Humanities