In the last decade, university classrooms have received a growing number of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In this way, they have become multilingual and multicultural spaces in which teaching is often given in a foreign language. When promoting internationalization strategies, universities appeal to the benefits of this transformation. However, it is necessary to know what consequences this transformation entails from a linguistic, identity, attitudinal and educational point of view.

In this session, aimed not only at researchers but, above all, at academic managers and university professors, we will present the results of the TRANSLINGUAM-UNI research project (Ref. AEI/FEDER PGC2018-098815-B-I00, IP: Mireai Trenchs)Transcultural competence in university classrooms with full teaching in English: Languages, attitudes, intercultural sensitivity and identity. We will discuss the consequences of this transformation and draw conclusions that serve to make informed decisions regarding the internationalization of the 21st century university.

• November 24, 2022, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (session in Catalan)

• Room Nau 51.100, Poblenou campus, or online participation

Program:

• 11.00: Presentation by the Vice-rector for Educational Transformation, Culture and Communication, Manel Jiménez, the Commissioner for Research in Educational Innovation, Davinia Hernández-Leo

• 11.15-12.15 h: Results and lessons of the TRANSLINGUAM-UNI project, delivered by:
  • Mireia Trenchs Parera (Department of Humanities; PI of the TRANSLINGUAM-UNI project and the GREILI group; ALLENCAM group)
  • Carmen Pérez Vidal (Department of Translation and Language Sciences; PI of SALA and COLE projects; ALLENCAM group)
  • Andreana Pastena (Department of Humanities, GREILI)
  • Socorro Ibáñez (Department of Humanities, GREILI)
• 12.15-12.50 h: Open debate on the results of the project, led by Josep Maria Castellà, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
• 12.50-13.00 h: Closing, by Davinia Hernández-Leo, Commissioner for Research in Educational Innovation