The Municipal Secretary of Education and Universidad Autónoma de Occidente with the desire of strengthen the citizens competencies of English as a foreign language towards the transformation to a bilingual city, will hold the First Conference ‘Building the path towards a bilingual city’ focused on engaging English Languages Educators from public and private schools and universities to build this path as members of a glocal community.
We will be glad to count on you as an attendee to this event that has been planned for you at no cost.
Some additional details related to this conference are:
At a glance:
Conference theme: To address the Bilingualism Public Policy from its 3 lines oriented towards the construction of a bilingual city.
Conference objective: To reflect on the importance of consolidating bilingualism as a 21st Century skill, which will allow citizens to position our city as a competitive territory from the academic and productive field.
Specific objectives:
Besides being the objectives, the following are also the lines in which presenters can based their proposals.
- Education: To strengthen and improve pedagogical and methodological practices through didactics and innovation.
- Culture: To promote the recognition of interculturality through spaces that promote exposure to the foreign language.
- City: To promote the integration of bilingualism in the different aspects of citizenship.
Date: September 27th, 28th y 29th
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Place: Universidad Autónoma de Occidente , auditorio Yquinde
Hope you can take advantage of this remarkable event!