REFLESS TEMPUS PROJECT REFORMING FOREIGN LANGUAGE

STUDIES IN SERBIA

Prof. Julijana Vučo, PhD

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●REFLESS TEMPUS project is a part of TEMPUS IV family of EU projects in Serbia.●The kick-off meeting held at the University of Belgrade on December 2-3, 2010.

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REFLESS TEMPUS PROJECT MISSION

●We are dedicated to implementation of positive reforms in foreign language studies in Serbia and their harmonization with the language study standards in EU.

The main goal of the project is to put Serbia into a position to have formally educated and highly skilled linguistic mediators and professionals (translators and interpreters).

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IMPORTANT STEPS

●We work on:●harmonization of foreign language studies with European standards, European language policies and implementation of the CRFR and other relevant documents, as well as on the ●reforms of the language study programs in terms of structure, content, teaching methods and assessment.

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IMPORTANT MILESTONES TO BE REACHED

●Developing and implementation of two Master programs - in ●Translation and Interpretation (T&I) and● Serbian as a foreign language

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REFLESS PROJECT MAJOR DELIVERABLES

●Project deliverables include tangible and intangible results, which are a product of a series of activities thoroughly planned and organized into five workpackages (WP) with clearly defined timings and in accordance with our goals.

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●First phase of project realization (WP.1) is related to analysis, design and development of existing and new new study programs at Bachelor and Master’s levels. ●Outcome of the exploitation phase of the project (WP.2) is a successful implementation of both new and redesigned study programs, which is facilitated by prior teachers training, equipment installation and establishing of teaching environment.

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●The project achievements are disseminated in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education and also over our own Web site, press conferences, participation in scientific-educational programm on the state television, education fairs in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Nis, as described in WP.3.● All of this would not be possible without implementation of the management methods and quality control procedures, described in work packages WP.5 and WP.4, respectively.

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BUDGET

●The REFLESS Project budget is a planned projection of

funds necessary for its realization - 925 592,80 €, out of which

●830 592,80 € is TEMPUS program grant financed by

EACEA and the rest, 95 000,00 €, is co-financed by the members of a Consortium.

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PROJECT COSTS SUMMARY

●TOTAL ELIGIBLE COST 925 592,80 €● Direct cost 865 040,00 €

●Staff costs 279 640,00 €

●Travel costs and costs of stay 416 400,00 € Equipment

125 300,00 €

●Printing & Publishing8 700,00 €● Other costs 35 000,00 €

●Indirect costs 60 552,80 €

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REFLESS PROJECT ORGANIZATION

●We are a consortium that consists of more than 150 professionals from 18 Serbian and European Institutions organized in teams and coordinated by the University of Belgrade. ●It is a modern interaction between national and EU academic institutions, regional Chambers of Commerce and Serbian government bodies who all work as partners.

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PARTNER UNIVERSITIES

●UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG / ITIRI●UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES●UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ●UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

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REFLESS PROJECT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

●REFLESS TEMPUS project has gained support of all national policy and decision makers in the in the area of higher education, language education policy and European integrations. National Council for Science,

Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance of the Republic of Serbia, National Higher Education Council

participates in all the meetings of the REFLESS project consortium and contributes actively to the quality of project’s work.

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SUPPORT

●Council of Europe Office to the Republic of Serbia,● European Commission Office to the Republic of Serbia, ●European Center for Modern Languages in Graz, ●Subject Center for Langauges, Linguistics and Area Studies in the UK, ●National Center for Languages (CILT),● Directorate General for Interpretation of the European Commission

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RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS

●The principal risk is the fact that the university’s management structures are insufficient to secure the cooperation of faculty members, and that, at policy and managerial levels, the institutions involved may fail to deliver the necessary political and practical support. ●Also, the outcomes of the project depend on the stability of political situation, governmental support, strong commitment of all partners involved and the motivation of all target groups.

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REFLESS OBJECTIVES

●REFLESS BROAD OBJECTIVE●ESTABLISHING SERBIA’S POSITION to have formally educated and highly skilled linguistic mediators and professionals necessary for the integration of Serbia in

Europe and for its regional and internal development.

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REFLESS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

●IMPROVING AND HARMONIZING the current Bologna-tailored modern language study programs in all Serbian universities with foreign language curricula, namely, Universities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, Kragujevac and Novi Pazar, at bachelor and master levels, in terms of structure (including the degree structure), content, teaching and assessment methods, materials●ESTABLISHING CLEAR AND COMPLEMENTARY STRATEGIES for the development of foreign language studies at each university in accordance with European, regional and internal developmental priorities.

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●DESIGNING TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION STUDY MODULES (T&I) at bachelor and master levels at all participating Serbian universities and 3 master programs in T&I at the Universities of Belgrade, Novi Sad and Kragujevac. DESIGNING TWO MASTER PROGRAMS in Serbian as a Foreign Language at the Universities of Belgrade and Novi Sad. ●IMPLEMENTATION of improved and newly developed study programs.

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ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES

●Defining benchmark statements for philological profession, which would give opportunity to develop strategy for languages. ●Cooperation with DG Interpreting and DG Translation●Legislative changes ●Initiative for joint Master's

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●Elaboration of terminology glossary related to organizing foreign language studies in higher education ●Serbia becoming a member of ECML ●Pilot reform of English language studies at the Faculty of Agriculture as well as the analysis of the situation on other non-native faculties according to the accredited study program.

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ACTIVITIES DONE

●Labor market survey●Review and analysis of the current curricula state and accreditation standards at PC and EU universities●Analysis of the T&I modules and master programs at PC and EU universities●Analysis of the Serbian as a Foreign Language programs at PC and EU universities

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PERMANENT ACTIVITIES

●Project Web Page●Brochures●Participation in the Scientific-educational programme on the state TV●Education Fairs in Novi Sad, Nis, Belgrade●Press conferences●Meetings for coordination and evaluation●External evaluation●Daily management and coordination activities●Marketing activities regarding reformed and new study programmes

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IN PROGRESS●Development of the toolkit for re-describing subjects and modules in a harmonized fashion●Determine internships and assign ECTS●Determining which accreditation standards need to be modified●Working sessions to define structure and contents of the master in T&I and curricula development and the master in Serbian as a Foreign Language●Buying and installing the equipment●The redesigned study programs approved by the HE institutions●Implementation of the reformed and new study programs

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STEPS TO BE DONE

●Re-description of the subjects and modules●Key members language teachers trainings in the use of the toolkit.●Language teachers training in planning, monitoring and assessing L2 teaching●3 x 2 weeks Serbian as a L2 trainings in Versailles, Bratislava and Graz●3 x 2 weeks I&T teacher trainings in Strasbourg ad Graz ●3 x 2 weeks Serbian as a L2 trainings in Serbia

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