Assoc' Prof' Delia Felicia MARGA, PhD

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LANGUAGE STUDYAT THE BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY

• Assoc. Prof. Delia Felicia MARGA, PhD
• Lect. Alexandra Viorica DULAU, PhD
• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania

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A new challenge for the BBU

• creating the global expert of tomorrow, endowed
  with the necessary language instruments

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Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca means

• 21 faculties
• over 150 fields of study for undergraduates
• more than 50,000 students

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The Babes-Bolyai University is a multicultural
institution, structured along

• three study lines
• Romanian
• Hungarian
• German and
• the Judaic Studies Programme
• positive discrimination for the Rroma minority.

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Consolidating the multicultural profile through
intercultural development
Of the 21 faculties, 2 offer studies only in
Hungarian.
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Number of students
1,887 Hungarian students decided to study in
other languages.
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Teaching and learningthrough a second language

• study lines in international languages
• English
• French
• German
• Italian

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Modern language teaching

• Two departments have been more recently created
  for the students of the non-philological
  faculties
• The Department of Modern Languages and Business
  Communication (1993) 4 faculties
• The Department of Specialised Foreign Languages
  (1998) 17 faculties.

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Lingual Programmes

• Judaic studies
• American studies
• British studies
• Irish studies
• Francophone studies
• French studies
• Belgian studies
• Canadian studies
• Swiss studies
• Slavic studies
• Russian studies
• Polish studies
• Slovak studies
• Czech studies
• Ukrainian studies
• Bulgarian studies

• Italian studies
• Hispanic studies
• Lusitan studies
• Nordic studies
• Norwegian studies
• Swedish studies
• Finnish studies
• Danish studies
• Asian studies
• Japanese studies
• Korean studies
• Chinese studies
• Turkish studies
• Rroma studies
• Romanian studies for foreigners

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The language policy of the Babes-Bolyai
University takes into account

• the Resolution of the EU Council of Ministers
  regarding the improvement of quality and
  diversification of language teaching and learning
  within the educational systems of the EU (1995),
• the White Paper Teaching, Learning Towards a
  Society of Knowledge, the European Commission
  (1995),
• the Sorbonne Declaration (1998),
• the Bologna Declaration (1999),
• Recommendation R(98)6 of Council of Ministers
  from the Member States regarding modern
  languages, Council of Europe (2000),
• the European Language Portfolio, Council of
  Europe (2000),
• The Common Reference Framework for Languages,
  Council of Europe (2000),
• the Salamanca Message (2001),
• the Prague Communiqué (2001),
• Multilingualism and the New Educational Contexts
  University and Language Council (2001).

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• There are Lingua and Alpha, two modern language
  centres, within the university that provide
• extra language courses, and
• transparent assessment services for students and
  the community.

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Recognised equivalent certificates
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The LINGUA Centre       FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPROVEMENTOF COMMUNICATION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Director Assoc. Prof. Felicia-Delia Marga, PhD

• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail lingua_at_personal.ro
• Web page http//lingua.econ.ubbcluj.ro

58-60, Teodor Mihali Street, Campus, 1st floor,
B4/115, 400591 CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania
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The LINGUA Centre

• established within the Babes-Bolyai University,
  the Faculty of Economics and Business
  Administration, in 1999
• mission to respond to the student and community
  needs related to extracurricular training and
  testing
• affiliated to the European Confederation of
  Language Centres in Higher Education CercleS.

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• The centre is mainly oriented towards
  undergraduates and graduates in the following
  fields
• ? Economic Sciences ? Business ?
• ? European Studies ?
• ? Political and Administrative Sciences ?
•   Certificate of Language Ability (general/
  business), a precondition for the BA, MA and PhD
  examinations, as well as for employment,
  promotion, scholarships, etc.

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I. The LINGUA Centre offers

• 1. Courses
• Courses of  modern languages, at three levels
  (general/ business) Romanian, English, French,
  Italian, Spanish and German
• International examination courses (Cambridge,
  TOEFL, DALF, DELE, CELI, etc.)
• Preparation courses for the LINGUA Test
• Courses of Romanian for foreigners, at three
  levels
• Courses preparing students for the language
  requirements at the university entrance
  examination
• Summer courses of Romanian language and
  South-Eastern culture and civilisation
• Courses upon request/tailor-made courses.
•  2. Tests of language ability general/ business
  
• Tests of language ability for university
  entrance, BA, MA and PhD examinations
• Tests of language ability for employment,
  promotions, scholarships
• Placement tests.
• 3. Translations
• Translation services.

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• II. Journals
• Starting with 2002 the LINGUA Journal in two
  volumes per year
• A. Linguistics
• B. Culture and Civilisation.
• III. Programmes
• The Lorenzo Renzi Lexicography Centre
• The Cultural Project Veneto-North-Western
  Europe, in collaboration with the University of
  Padua (Italy)
• The LINGUA International Summer School of
  Romanian Language and South-Eastern Culture and
  Civilisation, the 9th edition in 2007, in
  collaboration with the Arizona State University
  (USA)
• The LINGUA Literature Circle of the
  Babes-Bolyai University Students.

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The ALPHA Centre
Director Assoc. Prof. Victoria Moldovan, PhD 
Address 31, Horea Street, 400 202 CLUJ-NAPOCA,
Romania

• Telephone/Fax [phone]
• E-mail alpha_at_lett.ubbcluj.ro
• Web page www.alpha.ubbcluj.ro

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The ALPHA Centre for Modern Languages

• has been functioning within the Faculty of
  Letters at the Babes-Bolyai University of
  Cluj-Napoca since 2002
• offers varied language programmes
• offers services related to language learning and
  testing to
• students and university staff,
• a broader public from outside the academic medium.

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Programmes offered by the ALPHA Centre

• 1. Language courses
• Three-level courses in the following languages
  English, French, German, Russian, Italian,
  Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Finnish, Norwegian,
  Irish, Japanese, Polish, and Dutch
• Preparation courses for the ALPHA language test
• Preparation courses for international tests
  Cambridge, TOEFL, DALF, Sprachdiplom
• Three-level courses in Romanian as a foreign
  language.
• 2. Language tests successful candidates are
  granted certificates.
• 3. Translation and conference-translation
  services.

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The two centres of the Babes-Bolyai University
respond to the key points providedby the CercleS
ELP Project

• all levels of language proficiency from beginner
  (A1) to advanced (C1 and C2)
• used by students who are learning one or more
  foreign languages
• (i) as their main focus of study,
• (ii) as a subsidiary part of their study, or
• (iii) in order to give added valued to their
  study,
• used by students who are not currently learning a
  language but who wish to gather evidence of their
  language proficiency.

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The quality enhancement at the Babes-Bolyai
University

• highly qualified university language teachers and
  learning advisors
• development of the LINGUA Centre a Resource
  Centre for students independent work
• needed in order to obtain learners motivation
  and to provide meaningful information for
  non-academic bodies such as potential employers.

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PROJECTS

• Creation of a national association the LINGUA
  Association to which shall adhere other
  language centres interested into
• learning what happens at the European level, and
• benefitting of everything that CercleS offers in
  its aims, that means its help
• to support language centres in European
  establishments of higher education, for the
  provision of language training backed up by
  appropriate technological and pedagogical
  resources
• to promote research in foreign language learning
  at international level
• to encourage international and interdisciplinary
  cooperation between language centres in order to
  enable them to co-ordinate the pursuit of their
  objectives.

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To conclude

• The strategy of applying the Linguistic Policy of
  BBU is balanced and flexible.
• It is meant to motivate and stimulate the
  students to perfect their knowledge of foreign
  language.

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