Programme - Language in a global world - British Council

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	Language in a global world - Programme

9:30 – 10:00	Arrival, registration Welcome drinks

10:00 – 10:30	Welcome speeches

10:30 – 12:00	ENGLISH AS THE LANGUAGE OF A GLOBAL WORLD Mike Welch (IELTS Business Development Manager) Introduction. David Graddol (The English Company (UK) Ltd) English in a Global World. Discussion

12:00 – 13:15	Lunch

13:15 – 14:45	EDUCATING A GLOBAL GRADUATE: Internationalization of Work and Study Yvette Hutchinson (British Council Education and Society UK) The Internationalization of the UK Educational System. Lukáš Sedláček (President of the Oxford & Cambridge Alumni Society in the Czech Republic and director of ELAI – European Leadership & Academic Institute) A Look from the Inside: The Addvantages of Studying in an International Context. Discussion

14:45 – 15:15	Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:45	LANGUAGES, CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION Karel Oliva (The Institute of the Czech Language of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) Influence Should Not Be Considered a Threat: Thoughts on the Mutual Enrichment of Languages. Leoš Šatava (Charles University in Prague) The Revitalization of Minority Languages: Examples and Trends. Discussion

16:45 – 17:00	Closing speeches

17:00 – onwards	Evening programme Martin Hilský (Faculty of Arts, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice) Shakespeare and His Era.