Elettra Casellato and Nathalie Czeke will participate in the Inclusive Assessment on Multi-Modal Multilinguals (IAM3) Summer Institute in Stockholm (SE). They are two of eight European and eight North American PhD researchers who will receive advanced training in the assessment of multiple languages in multiple modalities (signed, spoken, written) within a theoretical framework of "translanguaging"...
For further information about this event, please visit: CLER Conversation: A Re-conceptualisation of ‘Culture Shock’ through the Lens of Cognitive Dissonance Theory – Giorgia Faroni – 17th June 2022 : Centre for Language Education Research (leeds.ac.uk)
Due to unforeseen circumstances - this Conversation has been postponed until the Autumn - new date to be confirmed. For further information, and to register, please visit: CLER Conversation: Promoting social justice in language classrooms through dramatizing children’s literature – Dr Deniz Ortactepe Hart – 24th June 2022 : Centre for Language Education Research (leeds.ac.uk)
For further information, and to register for this CLER Conversation, please visit: CLER Conversation: Culture and identity in the learning of L2 pragmatics during study abroad. A longitudinal narrative study – Xiaowen (Sherry) Liu : Centre for Language Education Research (leeds.ac.uk)
Congratulations to Sherry Liu (Xiaowen), Dr Martin Lamb, and Professor Gary Chambers on their recent journal publication in System, Vol. 107, July 2022 In recent years, the connection between learner identity and learning of L2 pragmatics has received more attention in applied linguistic research. Nevertheless, investigations on this topic have mainly focused on the role...
The Corpus Linguistics satellite of Language@Leeds, in collaboration with BAAL Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group, organised a one-day conference exploring the Past, Present and Potential of corpus linguistics from interdisciplinary perspectives on 13th of May 2022. Richard Badger ‘Transparency and Trustworthiness: A Study of the UK Government’s Press Conferences on Covid-19’ Yen Dang ‘How Can...
On Tuesday, 5th April 2022, Dr Martin Lamb took part in the launch of an OUP Position Paper ‘Using Technology to Motivate Learners’, which was broadcast live on both Facebook and Youtube. Please click here to view this event. The OUP Position Paper was the result of an 18-month collaboration with Hayo Reinders, Professor of...
Join us for the first online CLER Conversation in 2022! 4th February 2022, 2pm to 3pm; Zoom Click here for Zoom registration link - After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Diana Mazgutova and Kamola Muradkasimova: Evaluating co-production as a guiding philosophy for EAP teacher training course development This...
Professor Maggie Kubanyiova delivered a keynote lecture at the 9th National Conference on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, organised by Central China Normal University in Wuhan, attracting over 3,800 online participants. Her lecture entitled ‘Language teacher motivation as a desire to make a difference: Lessons for teacher education in the post-pandemic world’ discussed her...
Dr Diana Mazgutova has collaborated with English language teaching professionals from The Uzbek State World Languages University, The University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, and Bukhara State University to develop a set of teacher training materials focused on academic writing as part of her involvement in the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF/ESRC) project...