Kaleidoscope Conference

Call for Abstracts for Kaleidoscope 2019 is open now. Deadline for abstract submission is 1 April. We would highly recommend all individuals share their research,  receiving tangible feedback from both professionals and peers. The link to abstract submission can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfl5H8S_PTCXhhFWzl-nqhus7h_yoZzkdFDlqDD3W9nqbkCw/viewform The conference will be held on the 30th-31st of May in the … Continue reading Kaleidoscope Conference

The Development of Children’s Understanding of Death by Georgia Panagiotaki and Carys Seeley

Georgia Pangiotaki, a Senior Lecturer at Norwich Medical School and Carys Seeley from the School of Psychology at the University of East Anglia will speak about their work investigating children's understanding of death. The research explores the development a child's understanding of death between 7 to 12 years and how this is affected by background … Continue reading The Development of Children’s Understanding of Death by Georgia Panagiotaki and Carys Seeley

Cross-London Sociolinguistics Seminar at KCL

The Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication at King's College London will be holding a Cross-London Sociolinguistics seminar on Tuesday 27th November 2018, from 5-7pm. This sessions will explore issues around these areas: Are questions about political engagement becoming more salient for sociolinguists, and if so, why? What, if anything, can we learn from the … Continue reading Cross-London Sociolinguistics Seminar at KCL

Impact! Ways of Managing the Ouch Factor with Prof Celia Roberts

Celia Roberts will be joining us at ECS on Tuesday 27th November for a presentation and discussion on impact. More details below: Lessons learnt from two long-term applied research projects are used to illustrate how we can engage with and influence the values and practices of institutions, and some of the frustrations we may encounter … Continue reading Impact! Ways of Managing the Ouch Factor with Prof Celia Roberts

IATEFL Annual Web Conference 2018

This year's web conference is entitled: Finding yourself as a teacher and will focus on the needs and challenges of the beginner teacher. While remaining open to all language teaching professionals, the conference is focusing on the early career teacher area. Over three days it will provide different sessions on topics relevant to that area including a look at the different types of language teaching both contextually and thematically, … Continue reading IATEFL Annual Web Conference 2018

Classroom Interaction at the Internationalised University

The British Association for Applied Linguistics will be holding a symposium in December. More details from organisers, Marion Heron & Doris Dippold, below and a flyer here: We are delighted to announce an upcoming symposium entitled Classroom Interaction at the Internationalised University at the University of Surrey on Monday 10th December 2018 (10am-5pm). Confirmed plenary … Continue reading Classroom Interaction at the Internationalised University

Talk: Social identities of black females in English-language textbooks used in Brazil

Aparecida de Jesus Ferreira from the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil, will analyse how the social identities of black females are represented in English-language textbooks used in Brazil. The details and a brief description are provided below: UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL  Monday 23rd July, 2pm, Room 944 Social … Continue reading Talk: Social identities of black females in English-language textbooks used in Brazil

BAAL/CUP Seminar

There is still time to register for the 2018 BAAL/CUP seminar on “(In)Formal second language learning: Integrating informal practices into formal contexts”! It will be held at the University of Oxford Department of Education on August 23rd and 24th, 2018. In this digital age, there are more opportunities for informal second language learning to take place than ever before: Learners can engage with … Continue reading BAAL/CUP Seminar