Event at Saarland University “Creating a collaborative European university environment”
On September 18-20, an event for language professionals working at Transform4Europe universities was held at Saarland University (Germany) in order to improve cross-border cooperation in language teaching. VMU was represented by the Vice-Rector of Communication, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vilma Bijeikienė, the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, the Director of the IFL, Dr. Teresė Ringailienė and the lecturer of the Spanish language, Vigilija Žiūraitė.
During the event, participants exchanged information on language teaching methods, resources and structures, shared best practices and opportunities for collaborative language teaching, and discussed language teaching methods, resources and structures.
In workshops, participants discussed the development of a digital repository of texts, images and audiovisual materials for language learning, the T4EU Alliance’s “language
passport” and the development of a catalogue of languages offered at different universities.
It was very interesting to share ideas with colleagues from different universities in the T4EU Alliance and discuss the challenges and perspectives for future work. It is also encouraging to see that VMU offers the widest choice of languages and provides language learning opportunities for all students.
