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For more information on the below events, please e-mail to abacsg@sbf.org.sg
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| Inaugural APEC-RELC International Seminar |
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19 – 21 April 2010 |
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SEAMO Regional Language Centre (Singapore) |
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"Language Education: An Essential for a Global Economy"
19 - 21 April 2010
SEAMEO Regional Language Centre
30 Orange Grove Road
Singapore 258352
It has become a cliché to talk of the global village but it is a fact that people today find it easier than ever to travel, communicate and trade all around the globe. Technology has made long distance travel and communication much cheaper and faster. Getting on a plane is now as common as getting on a train once was. Television, computers, the Internet and cell phones have made communication with distant lands as easy as talking to our immediate neighbour. Trade agreements and multinational corporations have redefined trading parameters.
As the links between people across the world grow, there is an increasing need for us to learn to communicate in multilingual and multicultural situations. Knowing one or more of the world languages, such as English, becomes an increasingly important skill for an individual who wants to do well in today’s global market. Moreover, there is evidence that corporations that encourage staff to have multiple language skills are more likely to compete successfully. This is a two-way process. The global market encourages the development and spread of global languages. At the same time, the spread of such languages facilitates the development of a global market.
In this 2010 Seminar, APEC and SEAMEO RELC have come together to organize an event that will look at how language and economy are closely intertwined. The Seminar will look at the learning of languages and its relationship with the global economy.
The Inaugural APEC-RELC International Seminar has the following aims:
To look at the relationship between language and the economy
To discuss how this relationship affects the use of languages in the general economy and in the workplace
To explore how the school should prepare learners for this new world
As a further option, participants are invited to sign up for the full three-day seminar that also includes the afternoon of Wednesday, 21 April 2010, which will be devoted to looking at the relationships between the possession of language skills and the economy at the individual, corporate and national levels.
About the RELC:
The Regional Language Centre (RELC), an educational project of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) is located in Singapore. Since its inception in July 1968 SEAMEO RELC has not ceased to strive towards higher goals in the service of language education of the countries of Southeast Asia. The members of SEAMEO are: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Spain are associate members.
The main task of SEAMEO RELC is to assist in the development of language teacher education in the SEAMEO region, a region of rapid economic development that is fast integrating politically and economically. SEAMEO RELC provides leadership in the development of expertise and excellence in the field of language education and promotes cooperation between and contact among language professionals in the region and beyond. As the language centre of Southeast Asia, it faces the challenge of staying relevant to the needs of the countries that are richly diverse in languages and cultures. SEAMEO RELC aims to help the region in communicating across cultures and languages to foster international understanding through cooperation in language education.
For more information please contact:
SEMINAR SECRETARIAT
SEAMEO Regional Language Centre
30 Orange Grove Road
Singapore 258352
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
Tel: (65) 6885 7844 • (65) 6885 7814
Fax: (65) 6734 2753
Email: admin@relc.org.sg
Website: www.relc.org.sg
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