ENLIVE - ENLIGHT Network Language and Intercultural Exchange

Content

ENLIVE is a virtual exchange project run by Bordeaux University. Guided by facilitators, participants engage in weekly synchronous discussions in English as a lingua franca context. Together, students collaborate actively during sessions, build relationships, discuss current social issues and work towards a micro social media campaign. Students may choose from a range of areas to explore, such as gender and education, science in society or disability and accessibility.

Students will select and research a topic from a set of broad areas in order to design and disseminate a social media campaign.

Potential areas:

• Climate change and activism 
• Disability and accessibility
• Diversity on screen 
• Gender and education 
• Health and social media 
• Sustainability and economy
• Science in society

Over 6 weeks, students meet in groups of 8-12 participants for 2 hours via Zoom to engage in intercultural dialogue and work towards their social media campaign. They alternate plenary phases where all members of the group are engaged in dialogues and project work in groups.

The social media campaigns prepared by students are shared on the social media platforms of participating institutions.

Student commitment:

• Facilitated dialogue sessions - 12 contact hours. 6 weekly synchronous sessions lasting 2h00 each.
• Reflective journaling - 6-24 self-study hours. Participants are expected to complete a weekly reflective journal (100-200 words per week) to demonstrate comprehension of their learning and reflect on their research.
• Social media campaign - 6-12 self-study hours. Participants are expected to create their social media campaign.
• Final Speaking Task - 6-12 self-study hours. Participants are expected to make a final reflective video on completion of the exchange.

English is the lingua franca of the exchange. Participants should be able to communicate on a B2 level or above to participate.

Learning outcomes

Students should be able to...

• discuss current social issues in an English as a lingua franca context
• develop their cultural sensitivity and global outlook
• collaborate in international groups to design and deliver a micro social media campaign

Programme

Students will take part in a weekly Zoom session on Tuesdays 18:30-20:30 CET for the duration of the exchange.

Participants will take part in a weekly Zoom session in small groups and in the presence of a facilitator.

Students are guided through their project in stages:

• Week 1 - 11 March: Getting Started
• Week 2 - 18 March: Discussing ENLIVE areas
• Week 3 - 25 March: Defining the project
• Week 4 - 1 April: Designing the project
• Week 5 - 8 April: Giving and getting feedback
• Week 6 - 15 April: Discovering the project gallery

Assessment

100% continuous assessment

• 20% engagement in weekly facilitated dialogue sessions
• 40% weekly reflective journal submissions 
• 20% social media campaign submission in week 6
• 20% final speaking task submission in week 6

Lecturers

Hannah Vallar and Alexandra Reynolds (UBx)

Teachers and teaching assistants from participating ENLIGHT institutions.

Course dates

11 March 2025 - 15 April 2025 (6 weeks)

Register here before 19 February 2025. Selected students will be informed of their group by 23 February 2025.
Students will be selected on a first-come first-served basis based on the amount of places we have available per institution.

English is the lingua franca of the exchange. Participants should be able to communicate on a B2 level or above to participate.

Find out more about the programme and how to register. Interested students are advised to write to the ENLIVE contact person of their home university:

• University of Bordeaux: Alexandra Reynolds & Hannah Vallar/ copy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Georg August University of Göttingen: contact: Ashley Chandler (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & ZEWIL contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• University of the Basque Country: Marta Barandiaran (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Amaya Sagarminaga (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) / copy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Comenius University Bratislava: Aneta Vilagi (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) / copy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• University of Galway: Pamela Devins (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) / copy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• University of Groningen: Nati Mansilla Ovejero (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) / copy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• University of Tartu (UT): Tiina Jaksman (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) / copy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Uppsala University (UU): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Ghent University (UGent): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Alexandra Reynolds (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Hannah Vallar (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
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