On January 25, 2017 Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania (LTAL) together with the Institute of Foreign Languages of Vilnius University (VU) invited language professionals to a workshop on the innovative educational technologies. The participants were introduced to wide possibilities of practical application of Google documents in the study process, learned how to create multimodal teaching and learning content and attractive motivating educational environment for students of the New Generation, and how to make learning activities more innovative and facilitate collaborative learning.

On January 20, 2017 Lithuanian State Language Commission together with the Institute of Foreign Languages of Vilnius University (VU) and Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania (LTAL) had a round-table discussion “Language Policy in Higher Schools: Objectives, Needs, Benefits.”

The aim of the event was to bring together representatives of Lithuanian institutions of higher education and the Ministry of Education and Science, managers of foreign language institutes, heads of the departments of Lithuanian and other languages, professionals, and anyone interested in issues of language policy in the area of Lithuanian higher education in order to discuss language policy in the area of higher education in Lithuania.

NBR 2016 conference, hosted by The Estonian Association of Foreign Language Teachers, took place in Tallinn from 9 June until 11 June. The conference brought together 130 foreign language teachers from 20 countries: Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia and Turkey.

Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania the 10^th International Conference

LANGUAGES ACROSS SCHOOLS, CULTURES, BORDERS:

CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

26-27 September, 2016
Vilnius

Organizers:

• Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania
• Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences
• Public Service Language Teaching Centre

Objectives:

1. To bring Lithuanian and foreign language teaching professionals, project managers, policy makers and businessmen together for a discussion about the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of different language teaching/learning in a changing world.
2. To boost synergy and cooperation among schools and the world of employment while sharing best practices and experiences, exchanging information and knowledge across national boundaries on the enhancement of creativity, entrepreneurship and social inclusion of university students and adults.
3. To disseminate best practices and experiences of Lithuanian teachers as well as of language teaching professionals from abroad in language teaching at all levels in all stages of life.

Assoc. Prof. dr. Roma Kriaučiūnienė is the Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages of Vilnius University.

She graduated in the English Language philology from the University of Vilnius in 1985 and she has been teaching at Vilnius University since 1989. In 2004-2008 she was a doctoral student at Klaipėda University (Lithuania) and in 2009 was awarded a doctor‘s degree in Social Sciences (Education) (07 S).