European Day of Languages with the Transform4Europe Alliance
Online event
24th of September
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