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Expert Team of Languages and Communication at Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs)

Expert Team of Languages and Communication at Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs). http://extra.seamk.fi/arenektr (in Finnish). Expert Team Mission. Develops languages and communication teaching in UASs Promotes collegiate collaboration for mutual, national benefit

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Expert Team of Languages and Communication at Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs)

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  1. Expert Team of Languages and Communication at Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) • http://extra.seamk.fi/arenektr (in Finnish)

  2. Expert Team Mission • Develops languages and communication teaching in UASs • Promotes collegiate collaboration for mutual, national benefit • Collects good practices amongst UASs • Contributes to creation of national quality standards • Spreads knowledge of current requirements and trends • Issues statements to authorities

  3. Membership • Membersareco-ordinating lecturers, principal lecturers and heads of languagecentres • Expert team is elected by the convention of coordinating languageteachers. • Membership is biannual • Expert team convenes 4 times/year

  4. Activities • Recommendations to UASs based on bestpractices • Assessment criteria for maturity test • In-houselanguagetraining • Criteria for integrating languages and otherstudies • Assessment scales of Swedish and English skills levels • Improvingthe quality of Bachelor’s and Master’sTheses in English • Recognitionpractices of priorlearning • Developingteachingof Finnish as a secondlanguage

  5. Network of Teachers of Languages and Communication in Universities of Applied Sciences Teachers of Swedish (120) Teachers of Finnish and Communication (about 200) UAS Teachers of Languages and Communication (about 1 100) • Team Hoppet • Meetings 4–5/year • 8 members • Team Suvi • Meetings 3–4/year • 15 members Coordinating language teachers (all languages) • Expert team for • Languages and Communication • Meetings 4 times/year • 8-9 electedmembers Conventiononce/year Participants: 50-80 Convention once/ year Participants: 40–60 Convention twice/year Participants: 20/ 1-2/UAS Teachers of Finnish as a Second Language: collaborationnetworksbeingorganized Conference every second year Participants: about 200 Teachers of optionallanguages: collaboration networksbeing organized

  6. Contactinformation • Olli Ervaala (chair) olli.ervaala(at)kyamk.fi • Marjatta Huhta (communicationsofficer)marjatta.huhta(at)metropolia.fi • Heli Simon (secretary) heli.simon(at)seamk.fi

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