UCL LANGUAGE CENTRE
Tuesday   11   September   2007
11:00 ‐ 12:45
Rockefeller
Building,
Staff   present:
Yoko   Aldous
room   339
Sara   Bragadina
Anja   Boeing
Madeleine   du   Vivier
Juan   Fernandez
Diego   Flores ‐ Jaime
Apologies :
Petra   Garcia ‐ Rodriguez
Fernando   Gracia ‐ Garcia
Dr.
Christine   Hoffmann
Fabrice   Lamotte
Mireille   Michel
Marc ‐ Georges   Nowicki
Jenny   Rodgers
Karine   Roumetz
Adam   Salisbury
Chizuko   Seki ‐ Zdralka
Cristina   Testi
Marie ‐ Laure   Aris,   Sylvie   Batlle,   Roberto   D’Onofrio,   Maria ‐ Teresa   Forteza ‐ Rey,   Claudia   Geithner,   Dr   So
Hiranuma,   Catherine   Plant,   Carmen   Requena   and   Antonella   Veccia.
1.
WELCOME   AND   APOLOGIES
1.1
CH   welcomed   all   back   from   summer   break   and   went   through   any   staff   changes;   new   Mandarin   tutor   post   will   be   confirmed   tomorrow;   we   now   have   a   new   assistant   Receptionist,   Pauline   Fernandez.
2.
LANGUAGE   CENTRE   DEVELOPMENTS
2.1
We   have   restructured   some   parts   of   the   Language   Centre:
All   English   for   Academic   Purposes   Coordinators   now   report   directly   to   Language   Centre   Director;
We   now   have   a   new   post,   Academic   Service   Coordinator   who   will   be   responsible   for   Quality   Assurance,
Staff   Development,   L.C
policies   and   reports   and   will   be   involved   with   staff   mini   observations;
2.2
We   have   installed   a   plasma   screen   on   reception   which   will   display   key   information   about   all   Foreign
Language   and   English   courses.
2.3
Self   Access   Centre:   We   now   have   new   films   on   Channel   4+   available   –   there   are   still   copyright   issues   with   some   TV   channels;   the   SAC   database   has   been   updated   and   there   has   been   a   lot   of   tidying  ‐  we   now
also   have   post ‐ graduate   students   working   part ‐ time   in   there   to   assist.
3.
2007 ‐ 2008   ACADEMIC   YEAR
3.1
New   premises:   we   will   now   have   3   new   classrooms   at   Bedford   Way,   all   with   interactive   whiteboards.
These   are   UCL   bookable   rooms,   however   we   have   priority   booking,   so   we   have   a   total   of   6   Language   Centre   classrooms;   the   new   rooms   will   hopefully   be   ready   for   Registration   week;
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4.
MEETING   PROGRAME
4.1
The   meeting   schedule   for   the   next   two   weeks   was   explained,   which   includes   Staff   Development   sessions.
5.
FEEDBACK   FROM   TEAM   MEETINGS
5.1
6.
FCO   BID
6.1
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The
teams
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were
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to to
meet have
yesterday a
to
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prepare
Centre
for but
the this   is
new now
term
and closing;
discuss they
syllabi, may
booklists potentially
etc.
want   to use   our   facilities/resources   instead   and   we   have   been   invited,   along   with   SOAS/SSEES   to   tender   for   this  ‐  CH
has   been   approached   by   UCL   to   take   the   lead   on   this.
We   have   had   to   justify   and   demonstrate   what   facilities   we   have   as   they   would   potentially   be   taught   on   our   premises.
We   may   also   be   required   to   teach
(clients   at   a   Diplomatic   level,   those   involved   in   Governments)   and   we   would   be   measured   on   whether   they   pass   exam.
We   need   now   to   put   together   and   give   evidence   that   we   have   the   correct   qualifications;   we   will   need   to   submit   C.V’s,   examples   of   lesson   plans   and   schemes   of   work   –   one   plan   per   level,   per   language   and   schemes   of   work   according   to   the   European   Credit   Transfer   Scheme   levels   (e.g.
A1/A2/B1…)   Adam   will   provide   all   tutors   with   a   template   for   completing   a   lesson   plan   and   a   scheme   of   work.
7.
ANY   OTHER   BUSINESS
7.1
Madeleine   has   many   journals   at   home   which   would   be   useful   in   assisting   with   Teacher   Training   e.g.
“Are   you   ICT   savvy,   how   Moodle   can   assist   in   teaching”   –   we   could   scan   them   and   put   them   on   our
intranet,   otherwise   the   hard   copies   can   be   put   in   the   Staff   resources   room;
7.2
Antonella   Veccia
Meeting   closed   at   12.45.
will   focus   this   year   on   how   to   integrate   ICT   into   teaching   and   learning.
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