Book LaunchFriday February 2nd 2018

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The reference book: “English for Social Work: A bilingual terminology handbook” has been developed collaboratively by the University of Vechta, Germany and the German Jordanian University (GJU), Jordan. The project forms part of the partnership activities between the two Universities and aims to meet the specific learning needs of an Arabic-speaking target group.

The development of this reference book was made possible through the project ‘New Perspectives through Academic Educa-tion and Training for young Syrians and Jordanians (JOSY)’. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing this project, which was commiss- ioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The book project is part of the wider JOSY project and supports the master degree programme, ‘Social Work for Migration and Refugees’ at the German Jordanian University (GJU). This English for specific purposes language-learning resource will be a key part of the teaching materials for this course. It aims to meet the demand for such resources from Jordanian and Syrian students wishing to improve their social work English language skills.

Free access to this teaching and learning resource as an open ac-cess publication has been part of this project concept since its inception. As such it will be available to interested universities, specialist institutes, NGOs, GIZ projects and students. In this way, the content of the work can be disseminated in the whole of the Arabic-speaking world.

Welcome & buffet lunch 12.30 pm

Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Burghart Schmidt,

President of the University of VechtaWelcome address:

Prof. Dr. Dorit Schumann,Vice President for International Affairs,

German Jordanian University

Introduction to the project: Dr. Jochen Pleines,

former Dean, School of Applied Humanities and Languages at the German Jordanian

University

Presentation: Magnus Frampton,

author of the book and lecturer in social work, University of Vechta

P r o g r a m m eThe book launch takes place at the small auditorium and the gallery (kleine Aula)

Short coffee break

Presentation: Dr. Rawan W. Ibrahim,

Lina Al-Samaraee, and Dr. Sahar Al Makhamreh

Translators and coauthors of the book

Concluding discussion and future prospects

Informal closing with drinks and cakes 4.00 pm

Musical interlude

Musical interlude