Join us for this CLER & Language@Leeds Conversation with Dr Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania and Dr Giovanna Fassetta, University of Glasgow, with contributions from University of Leeds colleagues: Dr Daniel Fobi, Dr Kate Spowage and Rumana Hossain. The speakers’ presentations in diverse areas of language education inquiry will lead to a more general reflection....
Join us for this first seminar organised by the ETHER (Ethics and Aesthetics of Encountering the Other) international research network, funded by the AHRC.
What Exactly is Race Got to do With a Nice Place Like Leeds? Intersecting Race, Identity and the Pleasure of Second Language Learning Prof Awad Ibrahim, University of Ottawa The main question I am asking in this presentation is: How and why race plays a role in learning a second language, namely English as a...
Join us for this CLER Conversation, led by Dr. Lucy Taylor, University of Leeds. With discussants Parinita Shetty, Doctoral Researcher, University of Leeds, and Dr. Harry Kuchah, University of Leeds. We read, we write: Reconsidering reading-writing relationships in primary school children The extent to which children’s reading experiences influence their writing production is not...
Join us for this CLER Conversation, led by Achmad Farid, Postgraduate Researcher & Dr Martin Lamb, University of Leeds. With discussants Dr. Adam Gargani and Dr. Milada (Millie) Walkova, University of Leeds. Exploring the links between religious identity and language learning motivation The links between identity and motivation to learn are now well-established: we learn at...
Join us for this CLER Conversation, led by Prof Cecile De Cat with discussants Dr. Gill Main, and Rumana Hossain, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Leeds Socio-economic status as a proxy for input quality in bilingual children? This study investigates the effect of socio-economic status (SES) as a proxy for input quality, in predicting language proficiency. Different operationalizations...