"Sign Language Interpreting"
Posted by: REFLESS Team - May 17, 2013
Jelena Gledić, REFLESS project associate, attended the presentation of the book “Sign Language Interpreting” by Jemina Napier, Rachel Locker McKee and Della Goswell held at the Media Centre in Belgrade on April 23rd 2013. This event attracted a huge number of visitors. A lot of topics regarding the role of sign language interpreters were discussed. It was pointed out that one of the problems in Serbia is the lack of sign language interpreters especially in smaller towns where there is only one interpreter who sometimes assists hundreds of hearing-impaired people. Moreover, these interpreters are usually about to retire and that makes the situation much more problematic. The importance of adapting various services (the services of state institutions, cultural and artistic programmes, TV programmes etc.) which make the everyday actions of the hearing-impaired possible was pointed out.
The book “Sign Language Interpreting” gives not only an excellent outline of theory related to the field of interpreting, but it is also a kind of a practical guide to translation and interpreting in general, which is useful for translators and interpreters of foreign languages. At the end of the book the authors give a code of ethics for sign language interpreters and some practical advice which could come in handy to everyone interested in this field, but also translation and interpreting in general. A film called “Quiet Signs of Love” was presented during this event and it can be found here .
Posted by: REFLESS Team - April 30, 2013
REFLESS training for Serbian as a Foreign Language for Serbian teachers was organized at the University of Versailles from April 8th to April 12th 2013. Professor Ivana Živančević Sekeruš, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad, Milivoj Alanović, assistant professor at the Department of Serbian Language and Linguistics, Jasmina Dražić, assistant professor at the Department of Serbian Language and Linguistics and Nebojša Marinković, senior lecturer at the Centre for Serbian as a Foreign Language, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade attended the training. On the first day of the training Mr Laurent Bazin, a former director of the Ins ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - April 23, 2013
The meeting was held at the University of Versailles on April 22nd 2013. Attendees: Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator, Jelena Kamarić, REFLESS project assistant, Jacques Pothier, a director of the Institute for Languages and International Studies (ILEI) at the University of Versailles, Laurent Bazin, REFLESS Key person from the University of Versailles St. Quentin-en-Yvelines, a partner institution on the project, and former director of ILEI and Ms Carmen Branescu, a manager for partnership and cooperation at the University of Versailles. Agenda: 1. Presenting project results to the new director, Mr Pothier. 2. Administrative and organizational changes at the University ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - April 21, 2013
REFLESS project team participated in the Education and Job Fair which was held in Kragujevac in Šumadija Hall on April 18th and 19th 2013. Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation and Serbian as a Foreign Language were presented to the potential students from the University of Kragujevac. These master programs will start in October at the University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad and University of Kragujevac. The students were especially interested to find out about the application and entrance exam which will soon be available on our website and Facebook page. The teachers and young philologists were interested to read our publications which can all be found on the foll ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - April 16, 2013
REFLESS project team participated in the 6th education fair "MOJA KARIJERA - MOJ IZBOR" which was organized in Niš on April 12th and 13th 2013. We presented the new master programmes - Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation and Serbian as a Foreign Language which will start this year at the University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad and University of Kragujevac and REFLESS project publications such as ELP for Philological Studies , Labour Market Survey and Language Education Policy Study . We are pleased to announce that students were interested in finding out about the details of the new master programs. REFLESS project team appreciated the opportunity to tak ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - March 11, 2013
Attendees: Jasmina Nikolić (BU), Ms Şirin Okyayuz Yener (Bilkent University), Ms Nike Кocijančič Pokorn (University of Ljubljana), Jelena Kamarić (BU) and Milena Kostić (BU). Jasmina Nikolić opened the meeting and welcomed the guests. She expressed gratitude for their acceptance of the invitation to come to Belgrade to assess the MCIT program and share their experiences in developing and implementing master programs in translation and interpreting. She announced that these two experts would be invited to participate in the following phases of the implementation of the master program. Jasmina Nikolić started with the presentation of the MCIT programme and how it all started. She explained t ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - March 08, 2013
Attendees: Jasmina Nikolić (BU), Ivana Trbojević-Milošević (BU), Ana Tomović (BU), Ana Vlaisavljević (BU), Jelena Kostić-Tomović (BU), Tamara Valčić-Bulić (UNS), Nikolina Zobenica (UNS), Aleksandar Kavgić (UNS), Milan Milanović (UNIKG), Jelena Gledić (BU), Jelena Kamarić (BU) and Milena Kostić (BU).Jasmina Nikolić opened the meeting.The first question that was raised was related to the topic of entrance exam which was discussed in the previous MCIT working group meeting. Tamara Valčić explained that Pavle Sekeruš, the local coordinator from Novi Sad, said that the University of Novi Sad would not be able to organize the entrance exam on July 17th 2013, as the student services w ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - March 04, 2013
We are pleased to inform you that we received feedback from a monitoring visit that was organized at the Rectorate of the University of Kragujevac on November 15th 2012. Ms. Antonella Giorgio, the representative of the EACEA, and the representatives of the Serbian NTO discussed the results of the project with the REFLESS project team. The overall impression of the project is very positive and all partners have been complimented for successful communication and dissemination of the project goals and activities among various interest groups. Ms Giorgio made several recommendations which should be considered in the next phase of the implementation of the project. The recommendations can be fou ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - March 01, 2013
Attendees: Jasmina Nikolić (BU), Ivana Trbojević-Milošević (BU), Ana Tomović (BU), Ana Vlaisavljević (BU), Annette Djurović (BU), Biljana Đorić-Francuski (BU), Jelena Kostić-Tomović (BU), Maja Matić (BU), Tamara Valčić-Bulić (UNS), Mirna Radin-Sabadoš (UNS), Borislava Eraković (UNS), Aleksandar Kavgić (UNS), Milan Milanović (UNIKG), Jelena Kamarić (BU) and Milena Kostić (BU). Jasmina Nikolić opened the meeting. She started the presentation and listed the topics for discussion which were the following: equipment news, teacher trainings in Brussels, teacher trainings in Graz and Strasbourg, the visit of external experts from Slovenia and Turkey and advisory monitoring visi ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - February 28, 2013
REFLESS project team participated in the education fair “Putokazi’’ which was organized in Novi Sad from 28th February to 2nd March 2013 from 10a.m. to 7p.m. We presented the new master programmes - Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation and Serbian as a Foreign Language which will start this year at the University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad and University of Kragujevac and REFLESS project publications such as ELP for Philological Studies , Labour Market Survey and Language Education Policy Study . We are pleased to announce that students were interested in finding out about the details of the master programs and that language teachers showed speci ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - February 01, 2013
REFLESS Open Space Retreat for planning the activities of the third year of the Project was held in Hotel Merkur in Vrnjacka Banja from 1-3 February 2013. Here you can find the list of all participants and a draft agenda of the REFLESS Open Space Retreat.The aim of the Retreat was to make an action plan for the final year of the Project regarding the reform of courses and modules in the existing undergraduate and master studies. In addition to that, the participants used this opportunity to discuss some other topics related to the field of philologies and language education in Serbia. All the sessions were very productive and the participants were more than eager to participate and contribut ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - January 15, 2013
Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator, participated in a seminar "Training for Trainers" that DG Interpretation (SCIC) organized in Brussels from 7-11 January 2013. This seminar is intended for trainers in conference interpreting courses. Jasmina Nikolić was invited to participate in the seminar as she coordinates the implementation of the new MCIT programme which will start soon. Fortunately there will be more seminars like this one for our teachers and we will welcome every opportunity to participate in them.
The best DG SCIC trainers such as Elena Zubiaurre, Barbara Jawitz and Fernando Leitao participated in the seminar. There were participants from Czech Republic, Hungary ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - January 14, 2013
We would like to announce that an Open Space Forum "University Staff Development and Competences" organized by Higher Education Reform Experts (HERE team) at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development was held at Sava center on January 14th 2013. The programme of the forum can be found here. Jasmina Nikolić opened the event and welcomed guests. The opening speeches delivered by professor Radivoje Mitrović, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, professor Vera Dondur, the president of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and Mrs Marija Filipović-Ožegović, the head of the Tempus Office in S ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - December 30, 2012
REFLESS project team would like to announce that we have started using scoop.it which is a publishing platform that enables you to easily publish and edit different content and create a beautiful online magazine. It is very useful because you can quickly find all the topics that you are interested in. From now on we will share lots of useful stuff here. We invite you to follow and join us on scoop.it. Registration is free! ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - December 28, 2012
REFLESS meetings with computer programmers were held in Novi Sad on December 28th 2012. The meetings were attended by: Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator, Jelena Gledić, REFLESS project associate and Aleksandar Kavgić, REFLESS project member and the computer programmers. The attendees discussed the elements of the ELP and the Courses Specifications and their electronic forms. In addition to that, they considered the functionality, maintenance, users and their experience. The needs and possibilities of ELP becoming a network and its integration into the existing systems were also discussed. Based on the outlined requests and needs, the programmers have sent their offers which will b ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - December 20, 2012
REFLESS MCIT working group meeting was held at the Rectorate building of Belgrade University on December 20th 2012. The main topic of this meeting were courses’ specifications. The working group discussed courses’ descriptions and learning outcomes and it was decided that teams of teachers from different Serbian universities should be formed to work further on courses’ specifications. Then, the groups were formed and it was pointed out that teachers should define teaching methodologies, syllabus and suggest literature. It was established that courses should cover all three languages of instruction, namely, Serbian, English, German and French. When it comes to the English ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - December 13, 2012
REFLESS 5th Coordination Meeting was held in Versailles on December 10th and 11th 2012. The representatives of all academic and non-academic partner institutions in the project attended the meeting.
The meeting was attended by: Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator, Aleksandra Vraneš, dean of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade, Jacques Pothier, director of the Institute for Languages and International Studies (ILEI) at the University of Versailles and Laurent Bazin, the former dean and now Project Manager International Development at the University of Versailles, Carmen Bernescu, Manager for partnership and cooperation and Roxana Bauduin, vice direc ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - December 08, 2012
REFLESS team would like to officially announce that REFLESS Open Space Retreat for planning the activities of the third year of the Project will be held sometime in the next two months. The precise location and date will be chosen once everyone has registered. This activity is open for all teachers and lecturers at all universities in the REFLESS Project, including university language teachers who teach outside language based area studies (philological) study programmes, as well as for administrative staff in universities’ student services, student representatives and representatives of all other institutions in the REFLESS Project Consortium.
The Open Space Retreat will ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - December 03, 2012
REFLESS meeting of the teachers who visited the University of Graz and University of Strasbourg was held on December 3rd 2012 at 12. The meeting was attended by: Jasmina Nikolić, Ivana Trbojević-Milošević, Biljana Đorić-Francuski, Nenad Tomović, Jelena Kostić-Tomović, Mirjana Daničić, Ana Jovanović, Sandra Josipović, Ana Tomović, Marija Panic, Jelena Kamarić and Milena Kostić. Both visits were discussed in detail. Overall impressions were absolutely positive and the teachers were very content with the achieved results.
Professor Ivana Trbojević-Milošević presented the working visit in Graz. She emphasized that the visit was very pleasant and informative. ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - November 30, 2012
Blic, Serbian daily newspaper, published an article called “U žiži” about languages, one of the topics of great public interest and currently in the focus of public attention as the very title of the article suggests. Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator and the member of HERE team, in her interview to this newspaper talked about the status of foreign languages in Serbia. She emphasized the importance of learning languages and the fact that this is recognized by the state as children learn two foreign languages in primary schools. What is even more satisfying is that the motivation for learning languages, besides being inspired by cultural, educational and professional ne ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - November 30, 2012
Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator, Vladimir Bumbaširević, Rector of the University of Belgrade and Milena Đukić, the representative of the European Integration Office in Serbia, participated in the Senior Officials’ Seminar called "Stocktaking and Preparing the Future" which was held in Brussels on November 29th and 30th 2012. This Seminar is organized every second year and this is the second time that we participated. It is organized by the Directorate for Interpretation of the European Commission on the role of conference interpreting in the workings of the European Union. This seminar was organized to gather senior officials of the candidate countries to th ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - November 26, 2012
REFLESS project team is pleased to announce that both master programmes, i.e. Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation (MCIT) and Master in Serbian as a Foreign Language (SEFRL), have been approved by the Scientific-Teaching Councils at the Serbian universities. MCIT has been approved by the Scientific-Teaching Councils at the University of Belgrade on October 31st 2012, at the University of Novi Sad on November 16th 2012 and at the University of Kragujevac on November 21st 2012. SEFRL has also been approved by the Teaching-Scientific Councils at the University of Belgrade and at the University of Novi Sad on the exact same dates as MCIT. ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - November 23, 2012
The REFLESS meeting of the coordinators from the Serbian universities was held in Novi Sad at the Rectorate building of the University of Novi Sad on November 23rd 2012 at 2 p.m. The coordinators discuss the next steps regarding the two master programmes (Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation and Master in Serbian as a Foreign Language) and the reports from the 2nd REFLESS conference held on 13 November 2012. The main discussion in this meeting was about the results of the MCIT working group. Th ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - November 15, 2012
Ms Antonella Giorgio from the EACEA, Ms Marija Filipović-Ozegović, director of the National tempus Office in Serbia and other representatives from the National Tempus Office in Serbia came to the advisory monitoring visit to the REFLESS project. The official meeting was held in the Rectorate Building of the University of Kragujevac on November 15th at 10 a.m. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the project partners.The topics discussed were various and included the project deliverables, results and achievements, current situation and future actions and plans and financial procedures and documentation.The first topic on the agenda was the Labour market survey which was do ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - November 14, 2012
REFLESS project top-level conference “Towards a Strategy for Developing and Implementing Language Education Policies in Serbia - STRALED” was held in Palace “Serbia” in Belgrade on November 13th 2012. REFLESS project team, headed by the coordinator Jasmina Nikolić, gathered representatives of relevant academic and government institutions from Serbia and the EU for the second time to support the positive reforms of foreign language studies in Serbia. The conference was opened by the project coordinator Jasmina Nikolic and Vesna Fila, Assistant to the Minister of Education of Serbia, Antje Rothemund, Head of Council of Europe Office in Serbia, Srdjan Stankovic, Presiden ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 30, 2012
Jasmina Nikolić, REFLESS project coordinator and the member of HERE team, took part and presented REFLESS project in the Second Conference of European Students (KONFEST) “Education and Economy - Today and Tomorrow” which was held in Zlatibor on October 25th-29th 2012. The aim of this conference was to provide students with additional knowledges and skills and to make them realise the possibilities for cooperation with the colleagues from other academic communities in the region. One of the students’ goals in this conference was to assess the existing programmes and curricula at Serbian universities and raise awareness of the importance of the cooperation between higher educ ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 30, 2012
The meetings of the MCIT, ELP and Serbian as a Foreign Language working groups were held at the Rectorate building of the University of Belgrade on October 30th at 10 a.m. All three meetings were very productive and the members were efficient in making decisions. The goals were the analysis of the aims, learning outcomes and course contents of the modules, semesters and the whole master programmes (MCIT and Serbian as a Foreign Language) that have been written so far. Working groups have analyzed all learning outcomes and rearranged them. Here you can find the complete list of the learning outcomes for Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation. Then the working groups har ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 30, 2012
The third meeting of the Commission for tender of the REFLESS project was held at the Rectorate building of the University of Belgrade on October 30th 2012 at 12. The meeting was attended by:Jasmina Nikolić (University of Belgrade)Pavle Sekeruš (University of Novi Sad)Aleksandar Kavgić (University of Novi Sad)Milan Milanović (University of Kragujevac)Radoslav Erić (University of Kragujevac)Edin Doličanin (State University of Novi Pazar)The attendees discussed the process of preparation for the tender opening, the telephone minutes about the invitation to tender and equipment purchasing and the next steps in equipment purchasingConclusions:The procedure concerning the tender opening wa ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 25, 2012
Milena Kostić from the REFLESS project team attended the Third Coordination Meeting of the Tempus Project which was held at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on October 22nd 2012.The aim of this meeting, which was organized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and Tempus Office in Serbia, was giving the instructions for the successful implementation of the Tempus project and giving recommendations for the successful financial management. The two workshops about the writing of the intermediate and the final report were held in the afternoon parallel sessions. REFLESS project team attended the workshop “Writing the Final Report”.Ms Sofija Dukić opened ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 16, 2012
Mr Marco Benedetti, the Director General of the DG Interpretation of the European Commission, visited the University of Belgrade and had a meeting with its representatives. The meeting was held on October 15th 2012 and it was attended by:Vladimir Bumbaširević, Rector of the University of BelgradeDalibor Soldatić, Vice-Rector of the University of BelgradeAleksandra Vraneš, Dean of the Faculty of PhilologyJasmina Nikolić, REFLESS Project Co-ordinator and a member of the Higher Education Reform Experts (HERE) Team of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological DevelopmentSofija Dukić, Deputy Director of the Foundation Tempus - National Tempus Office, SerbiaBrian Fox ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 04, 2012
REFLESS team, headed by the coordinator Jasmina Nikolić, presented REFLESS project and the new programme Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation at the international scientific conference dealing with librarianship, culture and education which was held at the Faculty of Philology of Belgrade University on the 29th September 2012. Jasmina Nikolić, Ivana Trbojević and the REFLESS team delivered an illuminating presentation called Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation in the plenary lecture called Intercultural Study Programs Faculty of Philology University of Belgrade with the aim of introducing the academic public with the newly tailored study programmes which will ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 03, 2012
On the 26th and 27th September 2012 REFLESS project team, headed by the project coordinator Jasmina Nikolić, attended the conference Language and Culture Interactions via Translation and Interpreting and presented REFLESS project and the new programme Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation. The conference was very successful and there were many presenters from the whole region who elaborated on a variety of topics on translation and interpreting and teaching translation and interpreting. The working languages of the conference were Macedonian, English, French and German and this was a great opportunity for the students from the Department of Translation and Interpreting to show th ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - October 01, 2012
REFLESS project team attended the final conference "Conversion Courses for Unemployed Graduates in Serbia - CONCUR" which was held in Belgrade at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences on Friday, September 28th 2012. This was a very beneficial experience in terms of finding out about the possible obstacles one might encounter on the project like this one. The representatives of all partner institutions delivered very informative presentations on the achieved results and fulfilled goals of the project and all of them received compliments from the representatives of foreign partners institutions for succeeding in implementing eight new conversion study programmes at master level designed for u ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - September 27, 2012
REFLESS project team attended the European Day of Languages which was celebrated at Galerija Progres in Belgrade on the 26th September 2012. We enjoyed the opportunity to contribute to promoting language diversity of Europe and had a valuable experience of sharing ideas with passionate language learners and experts in the field of foreign language teaching and learning. We were also very glad to see that one of the goals of REFLESS project which is the implementation of new Master programme in conference interpreting and translation was welcomed with enthusiasm and great interest of prospective students. You can see the photos here. ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - September 05, 2012
REFLESS project team, headed by the coordinator Jasmina Nikolić, recently attended two conferences “Patchwork. Learning diversities” and “Lean Technologies 2012” and presented REFLESS project. These two conferences were held from August 30th to September 1st 2012 at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and from September 13th -14th 2012 at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, respectively.The aim of the “Patchwork. Learning diversities” conference was to examine the dynamics by which learning practices and institutions evolve as learners and educators move through different social spheres, meet and interact, and in that ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - May 11, 2012
Intermediate Report on the implementation of the REFLESS Project (Reforming Foreign Language Studies in Serbia) and the Statement of the costs incurredThe original project proposal contains 29 project activities designed for 11 outcomes grouped in 6 work packages. Out of 29 activities, 15 are done or in permanent progress and 6 are currently being carried out. Two work packages refer to the development and the exploitation of the results. Development takes place during the first two years, and exploitation during the final year of the project. Four work packages relate to quality, management, dissemination and sustainability. The outcomes are of a sort that requires permanent activities. Rea ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - March 02, 2012
The European Council granted Serbia an official EU candidate status. Serbia is now one step closer to the EU. ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - February 01, 2012
On the recommendation of the EACEA the Inter-project coaching activity of the REFLESS and SEEPALS projects was organized at the Faculty of Arts in Maribor from January 25-29 2012. REFLESS team members Julijana Vuco, Annette Djurovic, Milan Milanovic, Mirna Radin Sabados and Tamara Valcic Bulic participated in the SEEPALS Conference - Meaningful Mastery: Translation Studies at the MA Level . The participants reported the following: Expectations Teachers expectations regarding this activity were as follows: -To get information about TEMPUS-programme in other countries in South-East-Europe -To meet people who are included in the reform process and translation and interpreting departments a ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - January 15, 2012
Results of the survey researching the relationship between the study of philology at university level and the labor market conducted in 2011 by the REFLESS Team are now available. Read the most interesting and significant results: http://bit.ly/LMSresults. ...
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Posted by: REFLESS Team - July 12, 2011
REFLESS PROJECT TOP-LEVEL CONFERENCE IN BELGRADE “Importance of languages, translation and interpretation for the future of Serbia in European Union”
REFLESS project team, headed by the coordinator Jasmina Nikolić, gathered representatives of relevant academic and government institutions from Serbia and EU for the first time in years to support the positive reforms of foreign language studies in Serbia.
The conference “The importance of languages, translation and interpretation for the future of Serbia in European Union”, took place on 11th July 2011, in Palace “Serbia”, Belgrade. The participation of Minister of Science and Technology of t ...
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