Managing or Juggling Diane Schmitt Nottingham Language Centre Nottingham Trent University

English Language Teaching and Modern Languages in HE Cultural Divide Complementarity Marriage of Convenience

French Staff and their research interests French language and linguistics: structure and sociology of modern French, language teaching methodology France in the world, with particular reference to Africa and Europe; the idea of the republic in France; eighteenth century literature and philosophy, French revolution; culture and politics History of twentieth century France, particularly cultural history of the interwar period and the Second World War Nineteenth century literature, especially short fiction (Mérimée and Maupassant); narative analysis; fin-de- siècle culture

English Language Staff and their Research Interests Applied linguistics; second language writing; error analysis; discourse analysis Applied linguistics, self-directed language learning; self-assessment; English Language Teaching; English for specific purposes, especially English for academic purposes The communicative role of gesture in ELT; culture in language teaching; materials development and production; video in language teaching Mid-twentieth century drama, especially Christopher Fry, T.S. Eliot, Arnold Wesker and John Arden; Autobiography; Charlotte Bronte

A Traditional View of Difference EFLMFL Cash Cow Academic Subject Students with a deficitStudents with value-added Multi-lingual GroupsMonolingual Groups IntensiveFew contact hours Trained NSUntrained NS and NNS Expendable StaffContracted Staff In-sessional SupportUniversity Language Prog External ExamsInternal Assessment External AccreditationHEFCE validation Market-oriented Sector-led Research poor??Research rich??

Government Imperatives Blair Initiative Set a prime objective of increasing international student numbers by 50,000 in Higher Education over the base year of 1996/ Green Paper Introduction of MFL at primary school level Language at Key Stage 4 no longer compulsory Disappointing take-up at A-level

Shared Challenges Student Profiles International students are no longer an elite group The range of student proficiency has expanded for both EFL and MFL Are we all facing a deficit view of language or skill Staffing In both cases staff flexibility is paramount - goodwill must be maintained Staff development may be required Contractual issues – equality issues, employment legislation

Income Generation Understanding the state of the current market Developing new markets Selling what people want to buy, rather than what we want to offer Setting clear targets and assessing whether and why we have or haven’t met them Understanding how your university handles commercial business

Potential Areas of Synergy Methodology Teaching lower level learners Intensive teaching Content-based methodologies Fast-track acquisition

Language Teacher Education Undergraduate programmes New MFL staff MAs in MFL Assessment & Benchmarking Staff development Linking to the Common European Framework