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Hanging Out Methodology: The Challenge of Conducting Ethnographic Research and Publishing it in the Field of Second Language How do you research and investigate ‘identity,’ especially when it comes to the field of second language, which is dominated by psychometric, surveys and interviews? This interactive workshop is a response to this question and it is...
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...
Join us for this CLER Conversation, led by Asier Calzada, CLER visiting doctoral researcher, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU. With discussants Prof María del Pilar García Mayo, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU & Dr Mohammad Javad Ahmadian, University of Leeds. Collaborative writing tasks for developing young learners’ L2 grammar and writing: evidence from...
Join us for this CLER Conversation, led by Dr. Richard Badger, which considers the value of multilingual competence in additional language development. With discussants Dr. Dung Cao, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University and Dr. Dogus Oksuz, University of Leeds Cross-linguistic influence on the use of L2 collocations: the case of Vietnamese...
Presenter : Dr. Yen Dang Lecturer in Language Education Understanding academic spoken English such as lectures, seminars, lab sessions, and tutorials is an important but challenging task for many second language (L2) learners. Vocabulary knowledge plays a significant role in enhancing comprehension. However, little is known about the nature of vocabulary in academic spoken English....