European Day of Languages with the Transform4Europe Alliance


Online event

24th of September

PROGRAMME

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CET - Central European Time (check your local time here)

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. CET

Opening of the event

Prof. Dr. Claudia Polzin-Haumann, Saarland University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vilma Bijeikienė, Vytautas Magnus University

Chair: Dr. Paweł Zakrajewski, University of Silesia in Katowice

8:45 a.m.9:30 a.m. CET

Language Tasters – short introductory presentations about the languages of the alliance including survival phrases, interesting facts and cross-linguistic comparisons

9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. CET

Interactive multilingual activity

9:40 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. CET

WorkTalk - intercultural and plurilingual (mis)communication in corporate/ public discourse – presentations by representatives of international companies and organizations

10:35 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. CET

Closing of the event

Dr. Teresė Ringailienė, Vytautas Magnus University

Dr. Cyntia Sandes Oliveira, Saarland University