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EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES – 2006

Programme

25 – 29 September

Series of stories “European Day of Languages” for programme “Culture Rondo” on Latvian Radio 1 from 1420 till 1430

Quiz devoted to European Day of Languages in “Latvijas Avīze”

26 September

Conference in the Grand Hall of the Latvian Society House (13 Merķeļa iela)

900 – 1000 Registration of the Participants

1000 – 1040 Opening of the Conference

1040 – 1100 Prof. G. Stickel (Germany). Multilingual Europe and Plurilingual Europeans

1100 –1120 Prof. U. Frauenfelder (Switzerland). Psycholinguistic Research Approaches to Language Acquisition and Processing

1120 – 1140 Coffee Break

1140 – 1200 J. Grigorjevs (Latvia). Psychoacoustic Aspect of Language Sounds

1200-1220 O. Arkle (Latvia). Multicultural Approach in Education System in Latvia

1220-1230 Greeting of W. Aitchison, Administrator of European Commission – Directorate General for Education and Culture

1230-1300 Awarding European Label for Innovative Initiatives in Language Teaching and Learning

1300-1330 Presentations of the Winners of Student Public Speaking Competition

1400-1700Language Carousel in Vērmaņdārzs

Concert in different languages on the Open-air Stage in Vērmaņdārzs

(Director J. Silins, the Latvian Academy of Culture)

27 September

1500-1700 Seminar of State Language Commission „Psycholinguistic Perspectives on Bilingualism” (Head, prof. U. Frauenfelder) at Konventa Sēta (Convent Court) in the Kampenhauzens Hall (9/11 Kalēju iela)