LAEL PG Conference 2006
Saturday 15 July 2006, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Speakers and Abstracts
Plenary Presentations
Paper Presentations
Ian Cheffy (Lancaster University):
Local Literacies in a Cameroonian Village
Szu-Yu, Ruby Chen (Lancaster University) :
Code-switching between English and Mandarin Chinese on postings in College
Affiliated Bulletin Board System in Taiwan : A Functional Approach
Mu-Hsuan Chou (University of York):
Why was it ifficult to assess English listening ability in a foreign language
classroom: a case study in a university in Taiwan?
Cathy Cohen (University of Salford):
Relating language experiences and oral proficiency in the bilingual child's
two languages
Margherita Dore (Lancaster University):
Interpretation and Translation of FEI-Based Puns
William Green (Lancaster University):
Abstract to follow
Yu-fang Ho (Lancaster University):
A quantitative comparison of the two editions of John Fowles’s The
Magus
Ahmad Idris (University of Warwick):
Abstract to follow
Surinderpal Kaur (Lancaster University):
Harnessing CDA and Performativity Theory in the textual analysis of online
discussion forums featuring prejudiced gendered debates
Cédric Krummes (University of Sheffield):
Modal Particles and Emoticons: Just Some Mitigators in Luxembourgish E-mails!
;-)
Chia-Yen Lin (Lancaster University):
The multiple functions of pragmatic force modifiers in academic lectures:
A systemic functional approach
Sofia Lampropoulou (Lancaster University):
Identity construction via speech representation within storytelling
Michele Milner (Columbia University, Japan & Dankook
University, Seoul):
The Politics of Social Justice: Visual and Verbal Representations of Poverty
in the news media
Sean Murphy (Lancaster University):
Now I am alone: a corpus linguistic study of Shakespearian soliloquies
Zoe Nikolaidou (Lancaster University):
Literacy and Power among Immigrants in Central Athens
Kim Ohly (The Open University, Milton Keynes):
Language Learning Strategies: A study of older learners of German at the
University of the Third Age
Nattama Pongpairoj (University of York):
Asymmetric Patterns of English Article Omissions in L2A
Julia Sallabank (Lancaster University):
Language attitudes and identity: taking majority views into account
Alan Scott (University of Manchester):
The role played by polysemous derived nouns in the lexicon
J W Unger (Lancaster University):
Less is more or less is less? A critical discourse analysis of Scots language
in the Scottish educational guidelines
Katerina Vassilopoulou (LancasterUniversity):
The theatre of the absurd from the perspective of a possible-world approach
Dimitra Vladimirou (Lancaster University):
Abstract to follow
Jinghui Wang (University of Reading):
Autonomous Learning with an e-English Writing Platform for Chinese Postgraduates
Poster Presentations
Ozge Caglar (Lancaster University):
Address Term Choices and their Implications in a Triadic Medical Encounter
Setting
Li-chin Chen (Lancaster University):
An Investigation of the nature of virtual classroom interaction in higher
education – what are the question functions and forms employed by
participants in virtual classroom interaction?
K W Lee (Lancaster University):
English Language Teachers’ Concerns and Perceptions of Professional
Development in the context of the Malaysian Smart School Implementation
Liang-hsuan Lee (University of Leeds):
Near-synonym Verbs of Cognition in English and Chinese: The Corpus-based
Approach
Ting Li (University of Warwick):
A Study of Connectives in Different Quality Argumentative Essays Written
by Chinese Writers and Native English Writers
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