Five Years of ReCLes.ptBuilding a national network in higher education

Poster prepared by the ReCLes.pt Executive Board 2013-2015 María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, CETAPS/TEALS, Portugal

Manuel Moreira da Silva, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, IPP-CICE, Portugal

Ana Gonçalves, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo de Estoril, Portugal

mdc1792@gmail.com / maricarmen@ipg.pt mdasilva@iscap.ipp.pt ana.goncalves@eshte.pt

* present and future *

• Collaborating in Portugal to strengthen the ReCLes.pt network with a growing number of

Portuguese higher education institutes (HEI)

• Fostering both lifelong and sustainable learning as well as inclusiveness through language

and culture education in Portuguese HE

• Promoting individual plurilingualism and institutional multilingualism

• Building bridges for Portuguese HEI with diverse agents

• primary and secondary schools

• government agencies and foundations

• industries and professionals

• Tracing the impact and contextual differences of European language policy in Portuguese

higher education.

• Guaranteeing broader representation of ReCLes.pt in the European association CercleS –

la Confédération Européenne des Centres de Langues de l’Enseignement Supérieur –

with 321 member HEIs across Europe

• Auditing of the CercleS accounts 2014-2016

• Advancing (inter)national cooperation via ReCLes.pt projects

• Contributing toward the growing understanding of the relevance of language and culture

learning in the projection of a national/European identity.

• Participating in the design and implementation of language policy in Portugal and in

Europe.

• Respecting the professional profiles involved in the process –

teachers/lecturers/professors, teacher trainers, translators/technical translators,

interpreters, terminologists...

• Publishing of volumes in the series Selected Papers in...

• Investing in research and internationalization

Fiscal CouncilPresident of the Fiscal Council –

Orquídea Ribeiro (UTAD 2011-present)

Margarida Coelho (IPPortalegre 2009-2011)

1st Vocal –

Maria João Cordeiro (IPBeja 2011-present)

Carlos Ceia (ILNova 2009-2011)

2nd Vocal –

Sofia Mota (IPT 2011-present)

Cláudia Fischer (FLUL 2009-2011)

General AssemblyPresident of the General Assembly –

Margarida Morgado (IPCB 2009-2013)

Vocal –

Luís Guerra (UE 2012-present)

Ana Clara Birrento (UE 2009-2012)

Secretary –

Margarida Coelho (IPPortalegre 2011-

present)

Joana Vieira/Rute Soares (FLUC 2009-2011)

Executive BoardPresident of the Executive Board –

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG 2009-present)

Orquídea Ribeiro (UTAD 2009-2011)

Treasurer –

Manuel Moreira da Silva (ISCAP 2013-present)

Dulce Sarroeira (ESHTE 2011-2012)

Ana Gonçalves (ESHTE 2012-2013)

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG 2009-2011)

Secretary –

Ana Gonçalves (ESHTE 2013-2015)

Manuel Moreira da Silva (ISCAP 2009- 2013)

CLIL Training Project CLIL Training Manual as a result of

collaborative writing amongst 7 HEIs

FCT-financed pilot study of theimplementation of the CLIL Training Course

ReCLes.pt 2014, ESHTEInternational Conference on Languages and the Market

LALT 2012, Universidadede ÉvoraInternational Meeting on Language, Applied Linguistics and Translation

V CercleS Seminar, Babelium – UMInternational Conference on Five Years of Bologna: Upgrading or Downsizing Multilingualism?

Línguas 2011, ESEBInternational Conference on Communication without Borders

EAP in the Bologna Context of HE, Babelium –UM

Línguas 2010, IPGInternational Conference on Bridges, Doors, Windows, Mirrors & Networks

ReCLes.pt protocol with Aprolínguas(Portuguese Association of Language Teachers in Higher Education)

Promoting Best Practices

TEFL-TEALS, ILNova

Translation – Preserving the dignity of the professionRoundtable and petition promoted by ReCLes.pt for HEIs delivered to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic

Language Rich EuropeNetwork (British Council)

Publications Communication without Barriers

Language, Applied Linguistics, and Translation

Languages and the Market

CercleS activities within ReCLes.pt Designated auditor of the CercleS accounts

2010-2012

Assessment of the online language learning project promoted by the ECML

CercleS Focus Groups.... Translation

Language Policy

Events and Conference Management

ReCLes.pt Launch and Signing Ceremony

Main Projects 2009-2014

ReCLes.pt Officers (2009-2014)

Other ReCLes.pt Activities

Current Members (alphabetical order)

Escola Superior de Educação de Bragança (ESEB)

Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril (ESHTE)

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (FLUC)

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (FLUL)

Instituto de Línguas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

(ILNova)

Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (IPG)

Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja)

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB)

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre (IPPortalegre)

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT)

Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ISCAP-IPP)

Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

Universidade de Évora (UE)

Universidade de Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD

Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

Universidade do Minho (UM)

ReCLes.pt Representation Abroad

in Conferences, Meetings, and Seminars

2014 CercleS International Conference, Fribourg Manuel Célio Conceição (UAlg)

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG)

2013 CercleS Focus Group Meeting, Barcelona Manuel Moreira da Silva (ISCAP)

Fernando Ferreira Alves (UM)

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG)

2011 CercleS Focus Group Meeting, Madrid Manuel Moreira da Silva (ISCAP)

Fernando Ferreira Alves (UM)

Olga Gonçalves/Ana Clara Birrento (UE)

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG)

2010 CercleS International Conference, Helsinki Isabel Chumbo (IPCB)

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG)

2009 CercleS Seminar, Pádua Manuel Moreira da Silva (ISCAP)

Dulce Sarroeira (ESHTE)

María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro (IPG)

ECML – European Centre of Modern Languages,

Graz Margarida Morgado (IPCB)

Wulkow Meeting of Directors of Language Centres

in Higher Education, Wulkow Orlando Grossegesse (UM 2011)

Carlos Ceia (ILNova 2013)