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lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au>LANGUAGE EXPO '94 AUSTRALIA Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia 21-23 July 1994 An Initiative of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia Ltd. PROGRAM OF EVENTS THURSDAY 21 JULY 7.30 am Business Breakfast and Awards Presentation 9.30-12.30 SEMINAR: Language and Literacy for Life: family and community perspectives 9.30-5.00 pm NLLIA National Database System, demonstrations and discussions at intervals through the day 10.00 - 5.00 pm Hourly showings of language/education videos from a range of presenters. 10.00 - 1.00 Asian Languages in Business. Keynote address: Ivan Deveson, Chairman, Channel 7. 10.30 - 12.00 Noon Play in French; Work in French. Presented by the French Embassy. For secondary school students 12.00 Noon - 12.45 pm Media & PR: for secondary school students. 2.00 - 2.45 pm International Trade. For secondary school students. 2.00 - 3.00 pm One of Australia's Best Kept Secrets: The Export Market Development Grant Scheme. 2.00 - 4.00 pm NSW Adult Migrant English Service: Learner Conference. Presented by the Bankstown Adult Migrant English Service for secondary school students. 2.30 - 5.00 pm Interpreting and Translation: A wise business decision. 3.30 - 5.30 pm Productive Diversity - using Australia's diverse cultural and linguistic resources to economic advantage. 4.30 - 6.30 pm The NCELTR Event: The National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research discussion and demonstrations. 6.30 - 7.30 Open Forum: Business & Industry Languages Advisory Committee: a dialogue Between business leaders and language specialists. FRIDAY 22 JULY ALL DAY: NLLIA National Database System (same as Thursday) 9.30 am - 1.30 pm Current Developments in LOTE: presentations from South Australia, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. 9.30 am - 12.30 pm Multimedia Communications in language learning. 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Language and Cultural Diversity at work: The changins shape of competency standards and competency assessment. 10.00 am - 5.00 pm Video Theatre (same as Thursday) 10.30 am - 12.30 pm tourism and Hospitality: presentation for secondary school students. 1.30 - 2.15 pm Engineering: presentation for secondary school students. 2.30 - 5.00 pm Multicultural Marketing, by SBS Corporation and Multicultural Marketing Management. 3.00 - 5.30 pm The Value and Use of Textbooks and Resources in the Modern Language Classroom. 3.30 - 5.30 pm Challenges of Cultural Pluralism in Asia and the Pacific. 5.00 - 6.30 pm James Cook University, Department of Modern Languages: presentation on current projects. SATURDAY 23 JULY ALL DAY: NLLIA National Database System (same as Friday). 9.00 am - 4.30 pm NLLIA Adult and Child Literacy & ESL Networks Research Fair 9.00 am - 12.00 Noon Getting a Fair Go: Is a Commonwealth government decision causing you problems? An information session on appeal rights with a focus on non-English speaking background communities. 9.30 am - 12.00 noon English Language Teacher Training - to overseas students - to students overseas. 9.30 - 11.00 am The Role of Language in a Changing European Union. Presentations from member countries of the European Union. 10.00 am - 5.00 pm Video Theatre (same as Friday). 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Languages - perspectives on revival and maintenance. 1.00 - 3.30 pm Language Proficiency: An assessment of Progress. LANGUAGE TASTERS... open to all. No prior language knowledge required. Gain an insight into learning a language and the culture it represents. Come away with the ability to speak a few useful phrases and with an enthusiasm for more! German: The Goethe Institut, Sydney French: Alliance Francaise, Sydney Italian: Italian Institute of Culture, NSW AUSLAN: Australian Sign Language, NLLIA Centre for Deafness and Communication studies Arabic: Muhammad Gamal Japanese: The Japan Foundation Korean: Department of Education, New South Wales CULTURAL EVENTS The Spanish School of Dance Australian Sign Language: Theatre of the Deaf Aboriginal Languages: DIRABANG: "two black brothers" High school choirs performing in Balinese, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, German and French. Helena Hendel, Israeli folksinger Mr P. Nut, wandering minstrel Broccoli Education: theatre in Italian, German, French, and Indonesian And more to come. For further information on Language Expo 94, fax Clare MacAdam, Manager Language Expo 94, 15 Cooper St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, on +61 2 211 6608. Email: peterwMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue