SEMINARI ELINET

El 6 d’octubre, la Dra. Julie Waddington, Coordinadora de la XID-EME, va participar als seminaris EMI Research Series organised by ELINET (Education, Language and Internationalisation Network) with the support of the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He made it with the titled report “A Teaching Innovation Network As A Catalyst For Change And Professional Development: EME At The University Of Girona”. 

Recording of the seminar

Here is the summary of the seminar:

This seminar will present work carried out within an EME Teaching Innovation Network at the University of Girona, Catalonia. We will begin by describing the nature and objectives of the network before focusing on the key activities carried out during its first years. We will focus in particular on a professional development initiative carried out during the academic year 2021-2022 in which members of the network shared their experiences teaching subjects through the medium of English. An in-depth thematic analysis of these experiences yielded interesting findings concerning the challenges, difficulties and benefits of EME. A Handbook was created to share these findings with current and future EME teachers at the university. The Handbook provides an experience-based perspective which aims to guide teachers through some of the thorny issues related to EME while simultaneously introducing them to some key literature in the field. We conclude the seminar by considering the potential of such grassroots initiatives for stimulating professional development and acting as a catalyst for change within university settings.

English Medium Education Meeting

The meeting was held at the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023. About forty teachers from the UdG took part.

The goal of the meeting was to stimulate reflection and discussion about the use of English in university classes.

The programme included the lecture “EME as Aladdin's magic lamp” by Dr Nicola Galloway, of the University of Glasgow, practical workshops to discuss the practical experiences of participants and a round table moderated by Sílvia Aznar of the ICE Josep Pallach, with Andreu Pulido from the Modern Language Service, Glòria Mateu, Mònica Puntí and Marc Yeste from the XID EME and Julie Waddington, coordinator of the XID EME.

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Participation in the CIDUI 2023 (International Conference on University Teaching and Innovation)

The members of the XID-EME took part in the International Conference on University Teaching and Innovation 2023, where two communications were presented. One of the communications had the title “Shared experiences in a Teaching Innovation Network about teaching in English at the UdG”, by Mònica Puntí Brun, Glòria Mateu Figueras, Julie Waddington, Marc Yeste Oliveras and Glòria Ferrer Viader.

The second communication had the title “Reflecting upon challenges, opportunities and uncertainties of using English as a medium of Education and stepping stone to improve internationalisation”, by Marc Yeste, Glòria Ferrer, Glòria Mateu, Mònica Puntí and Julie Waddington.

ACLES CONFERENCE 2023

Glòria Ferrer, member and secretary of the XID-EME and coordinator of English with the Modern Language Service (SLM) at the UdG, presented a communication at the 13th ACLES Conference – University Language Centres and Internationalisation: New Challenges. She did so with the Head of the SLM, Andreu Pulido, at the University of Salamanca, on 30 June. The communication had the title: “Teaching innovation networks at the UdG and the example of the EMI network; a catalyst for change". More information and the programme for the conference can be found on the following links:

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