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The aim of this study is to analyze the public calls of the Lectureship Program of the Brazilian government sponsored by CAPES. In order to do that, the documents covering the period from 2008 to 2018 are analyzed with respect to the countries and foreign higher education institutions, academic training and experience with the Celpe-Bras language Proficiency Exam required from candidates for the position of Lecturer. By undertaking such an analysis, we intend to contribute to studies about internationalization programs of the Portuguese Language and to discuss the way in which language education policies are implemented (SHOHAMY, 2006; BOWE; BALL; GOLD, 1992; BALL, 1994a), especially with regards to the professional's performance at the forefront of political actions related to the teaching of Portuguese as an additional language abroad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is dedicated to the fourth edition of the 'Days of Bulgarian Language and Culture' Forum at the Forli campus of the University of Bologna. The program has two components -- academic and cultural. All participating students were also introduced, as the tendency of increasing the number of students was emphasized. Another emphasis is placed on the round table entitled "Lectureship -- Between 'The State of Spirit and Geopolitical Restrictions". The ideas of the round table, the discussion as well as the two thematic presentations of the round table make the reader aware of the significance of the event. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The initial part of the paper introduces activities of the Center for Slovenian as the second and foreign language affiliated with the Department of Slovenian studies at Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. The central part of the paper discusses the state programme entitled “Slovenian at foreign universities” that organizes and coordinates activities of lectors of Slovenian language abroad. It describes respective aspects of the Slovenian model of foreign lectureships, mentioning requirements for education and experience of lectors, evaluation of their work, system of training and further education, as well as financing lectureships, providing specialized and research literature to lectureships, organizing joint international projects dedicated to presenting Slovenian culture abroad, and other activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is an overview of State Eligibility Test (SET), Tamil Nadu which determines the eligibility of candidates for recruitment of assistant professors in colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and analyses its results of 2011. The paper briefly discusses about NET and SET, its structure, selection criteria and discusses elaborately about the results of the 2011 session using five point scaling analysis ie. very good, good, medium, poor and very poor on the pass percentage. At the end, major findings of the study and some suggestions to increase the number of awardees of NET/SET are also given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teaching Romanian abroad is a noble mission and at the same time, a big challenge. There are 44 teachers of Romanian as a foreign language around the world (Europe, USA, Canada and Asia), all of them coordinated by the Institute of Romanian Language in Bucharest. The former part of this presentation will focus on the history of teaching Romanian at the University of Lisbon and its important role in promoting the Romanian language and values abroad, with a special focus on Portugal. In this context, Professor Buescu's personality will be outlined. Victor Buescu was the first lecturer of Romanian at the University of Lisbon, who gave the course for quite a long period of time. The latter part of the article will focus on the present-day Romanian course at the University of Lisbon: the challenges it has been confronting with and the activities that have been carried out with a view to motivating as many students as possible to study Romanian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Founded in 1348, Charles University in Prague is among the oldest academic institutions in the world. Teaching the Romanian language has a longstanding tradition as well: it was established by the Check philologist Jan Urban Jarník (1848-1923) within the Romance Department in 1882. Thus Charles University in Prague became the fifth university outside Romania that began teaching Romanian language (following those in Torino, Petrograd, Vienne and Budapest). A key moment for learning the Romanian language in Prague, as well as for the Romanian-Check relations altogether was the foundation of the Romanian Language and Literature Section in 1950, within the Faculty of Arts. A year later, on the basis of a Romanian-Check Inter-Ministry Agreement the activity of the Romanian language lectureship was inaugurated. This implied the ongoing presence of a Romanian language lecturer detached from a university in Romania in order to teach mainly practical courses to the Check students. Starting with 2009 the Romanian Language and Literature Section is part of the South-Slavonic and Balkan Department next to the Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian, Bulgarian and Albanian language, literature and history. In the academic year 2012-2013 the Romanian lecturer is the only full-time employee and within the section have a part-time Mr. Mircea Dan Duţă (the director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Prague) and Mr. Jiri Nasinec (translator) for the Romanian language subjects and Mrs. Libuse Valentova and Mrs. Jarmila Horakova (PhD student) for Romanian literature subjects. The lectureship itself provides practical courses for the first and second year students that have Romanian as their major language (A); also a creative writing seminar for the master students and optional courses in Romanian language for the students from all specializations of Charles University. There are 18 students who are currently learning Romanian language officially at Charles University and 8 more PhD students or other who are attending the courses unofficially, for their own interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When given the honor to deliver the Nyhus-Wantz Lecture at the 5th Annual AHS/EHS International Hernia Congress, the word that came to mind immediately was collegiality. The dictionary tells us collegiality is the cooperative interaction among colleagues. I believe that both Doctors Nyhus and Wantz epitomized this cooperation. Both surgeons were critical in the exchange of ideas between Europe and The Americas regarding herniology that were critical to our past and laid the foundation for our future. In addition, both Doctors Nyhus and Wantz and their work have been extremely important in my development as a hernia surgeon. During the lecture, I will try to touch on these concepts to honor those that have made us what we are today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]