What is the possibility of encountering our neighbours in places that are historically, spatially, and morally configured to avoid them? And what, if anything, can language education research do to inhabit such a possibility? In this CLER Conversation, we share our experience and outcomes of collaborative working to explore this question. The project was supported...
Translanguaging for Transformative Learning: Teachers’ Stance in a Migration Context in Southern Brazil - Anamaria Welp, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Please click here to register for this CLER Conversation. Abstract: Translanguaging theory offers a fresh perspective on language education by prioritizing students and their language repertoires, aiming for social justice...
Bojana Petrić from Birkbeck, University of London presents CLER Conversation: Development of source use and citing in MA student writing: A longitudinal approach on 9th June at 4pm to 5.30pm in the Hillary Place Coach House Seminar Room. Please click here to register for this event Abstract: Students’ difficulties mastering source use and citation when...
Please click here to register Abstract This presentation analyses four cases, two in education and two in transport, that demonstrate everyday forms of profiling. This profiling is based on an overdetermination of personhood in relation to how Muslims are perceived in relation to security concerns. This also reflects how surveillance has permeated various aspects...
The transition from primary school to secondary school is known to be problematic for some students for a number of reasons: social, academic, and linguistic. We researched the third of these issues, the linguistic challenge, using data gathered in the north of England. We worked with five secondary schools and eight primary schools to build...
Registration is required - please click here to register for this event. Please email Louise Williams-Lewis at CLER.leeds.ac.uk to provide any dietary and access requirements. Developing ‘good’ practice in multilingual research ‘Researching multilingually’ refers to how researchers draw on their own, and others’ linguistic resources in the researching, reporting, and representation of all aspects...
Please click here to book your place at this forthcoming event via Eventbrite. Silence and Silencing in the classroom: Rwandan girls’ epistemic exclusion in English Medium basic education Abstract In the research literature on the use of an unfamiliar language of learning and teaching (LoLT), such as English, in basic education, there is persistent evidence...
Novice EFL teacher self-efficacy in the first year: an insight into the impact of task-, domain-, and context-specific factors upon perceptions of efficacy - Natalie Donohue, PhD Self-efficacy beliefs are a key indicator of teachers’ self-perceptions of success in the classroom, however, novice teacher self-efficacy is recognised as being more susceptible to fluctuations whilst these...
The Centre for Language Education Research is hosting a Welcome Event with a special guest presentation by Professor Kristina Hultgren (abstract below). This presentation will take place in LT06, Lower Ground, Liberty Building on 16th November at 4pm, followed by a drinks and snacks reception. All colleagues, students, and friends are welcome. Kristina is Professor...
Apologies, but this event has now been postponed until the Autumn (date to be confirmed) CLER Conversation: Promoting social justice in language classrooms through dramatizing children’s literature - Dr Deniz Ortactepe Hart Educators in all disciplines play an important role in the struggle for social justice, English language teachers being no exception (Hastings & Jacob, 2016; Hawkins,...
