European Day of Languages with the Transform4Europe Alliance
The Transform4Europe Alliance invites you to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European Day of Languages on the 24th of September together. With this initiative we wish to promote multilingualism and language learning as an inevitable component of HE in Europe, raise awareness among the communities of all partner universities about the languages of the Transform4Europe alliance and engage the communities of all partner universities and their stakeholders in a discussion of the benefits and challenges that linguistic diversity brings into the European corporate, public and academic discourses.
During the event short introductory language tasters of 8 Alliance languages: Bulgarian, Catalan, Estonian, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish and Spanish, including survival phrases, interesting facts, cross-linguistic comparisons, etc. will be presented. Representatives of international companies and organizations will deliver presentations on intercultural and plurilingual (mis)communication in corporate and public discourse. Presentations will be given in English, German, Italian and Spanish and will focus on language needs in the contemporary corporate and public life, cases of miscommunication, challenges encountered, solutions found and examples of good practices.
The preliminary programme of the online event taking place on 24 September:
- 8.30 a.m. – 8.45 a.m. CET Opening of the event;
- 8.45 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. CET “Language Tasters”: short introductory presentations about the languages of the alliance including survival phrases, interesting facts, crosslinguistic comparisons, etc.;
- 9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. CET “WorkTalk”: intercultural and plurilingual (mis)communication in corporate / public discourse – presentations by the representatives of international companies and organisations.
By participating, you will:
- “taste” one of the 8 Transform4Europe languages: Bulgarian, Catalan, Estonian, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish or Spanish;
- meet the representatives of international companies and learn more about intercultural and plurilingual (mis)communication, language needs, challenges encountered, solutions found and examples of good practices in the contemporary corporate and public life;
- listen to the presentations of the international companies in different languages: English, German, Italian, and Spanish;
- engage in a multilingual surprise activity;
- contribute to promoting multilingualism across Europe and raising awareness about the im-portance of learning languages in the contemporary world;
- have fun and receive positive emotions.
Registration
Participation is free and requires registration by 22 September. Join us! REGISTRATION FORM.
The event will be held online via Zoom.
The working language of the introduction and “Language Tasters” is English.
The programme is provided in Central European Time. You can convert the times for your location here.
You will be participating in an event where photo, video, and audio recordings may be made.
The detailed programme will be sent to all registered participants before the event.
For any additional questions feel free to email Transform4Europe team: Transform4Europe@vdu.lt.
