Speak to the future – all languages symposium

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

09.30 – 10.30 Registration, Welcome Tea & Coffee

10.30 – 13.00 LEEP: Languages for Employability, Entrepreneurship and the Professions
Leading figures from the business world will be joined by young entrepreneurs, professional linguists, careers advisers and HR specialists in a live debate about the value of languages at work. The forum will provide fresh evidence that languages matter to all young people and will illustrate the added value of languages in business by showing how languages can inspire entrepreneurship.

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch & Networking
Please take this opportunity to explore Language Show Live’s main show floor where you’ll be able to discover the latest language products, technologies and resources from over 160 exhibitors, watch cultural performances, attend live talks, demos and network with 10,000 other language enthusiasts.

14.00 – 16.00 Communicating for Britain 2020 and Beyond
This session will span policy and practice in Community Languages, with opportunities to update professional knowledge on languages policy and assessment/accreditation and debate the issues, such as public perceptions of bilingualism and multilingual identity. Together with the NRCSE (National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education), and with teachers of lesser taught languages in supplementary and mainstream schools, speakers will be looking at ways to build capacity from primary through to secondary by developing language learning networks of schools where a lesser taught language can be developed as part of the school curriculum.

Full programme available at www.languageshowlive.co.uk/s2fsymposium