Previous Programmes
2011 - 2012
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2011 | Sharon McCulloch |
Japanese undergraduates’ use of logical connectors in their written work |
| 26 Oct 2011 | Shi Yunzhang |
A Study of Chinese English Learners’ Willingness to Communicate Inside the Classroom. |
| 9 Nov 2011 | Andrea Révész |
Task-based experimental research in the laboratory: methodological innovations and challenges |
| 23 Nov 2011 | Masoud Shaghaghi |
Exploring speech acts produced by Iranian EFL learners: an investigation of instructional materials and EFL learners' output |
| 30 Nov 2011 | Alan Waters |
Best Practice in ELT INSET: Quantitative findings |
| 18 Jan 2012 | Marije Michel (University of Mannheim) |
Interactional alignment in task-based L2 performance: Evidence from Dutch |
| 1 Feb 2012 | Diane Potts |
Multilingual students, academic texts, and the semiotic demands of recontextualizing knowledge |
| 15 Feb 2012 | Geraldine LudBrook |
Investigating the English language needs of CLIL teachers in Italian secondary school science classrooms (Mock viva) |
| 27 Feb 2012 | Alison Mackey (Georgetown University) |
Second language interaction research: cognitive, social, and methodological considerations (or issues/constraints?) |
| 29 Feb 2012 | Patrick Rebuschat (Bangor University) |
Implicit and explicit knowledge in second language acquisition |
| 7 March 2012 | Lou Harvey (Manchester University) |
‘I have all my stories’: A narrative approach to language learning motivation |
| 14 March 2012 | Monira Al-Mohizea |
An investigation into the comprehension of idioms by EFL learners' |
2 May 2012 |
Costas Gabrielatos and Judit Kormos |
Corpus-based analysis of the use of the present continuous construction in oral language proficiency exams |
23 May 2012 |
Kenneth Fordyce (University of Edinburgh) |
The differential effects of explicit and implicit instruction on the learning of epistemic stance forms by Japanese EFL learners |
30 May 2012 |
Nomi Olsthoorn |
TBA |
6 June 2012 |
Sonja Altmuller |
Formulaic language in the second language acquisition of Turkish-speaking children in a German kindergarten:Methods of data collection and analysis |
13 June 2012 |
Alan Waters |
Theory and practice in ELT methodology: Retrospect and prospect |
20 June2012 |
Yvonne Prefontaine |
Psycholinguistic processes involved in French as a second language speech production and perception |
27 June 2012 |
Parvaneh Tavakoli (London Metropolitan University) |
TESOL Research and Practice: Teachers’ and Teacher Educators’ Perspectives |
21 March 2012 |
Ramin Sheikhol-Eslami |
The interaction between, students' learning approaches, their L2 reading strategies, and task demands |
2010 - 2011
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2010 | Sharon McCulloch | The Academic Reading-to-write Behaviours of L2 Postgraduate Students |
| 10 Nov 2010 | Costas Gabrielatos | Corpus-based evaluation of pedagogical materials: If-conditionals in ELT coursebooks and the BNC |
| 17 Nov 2010 | Anne Nebel | A complex systems approach to understanding L2 writing task complexity |
| 24 Nov 2010 | Ramin Sheikholeslami | The construct of 'learning approaches' in Iranian secondary pupils of English |
| 1 Dec 2010 | Judit Kormos | The relationship of motivation and self-regulation/learner autonomy: Results of a questionnaire survey |
| 8 Dec 2010 | Alan Waters | A 'Best Practices in ELT INSET' Study - Interview and Focus Group Findings |
| 02 Feb 2011 | Scott Miles | Grammar instruction for long-term retention |
| 16 Feb 2011 | Robert Taferner | Feedback on EFL writing |
| 23 Feb 2011 | Simon Kinzley | The impact of a university pre-sessional course on the academic writing behaviours of a group of Chinese undergraduate students studying for a degree in media and cultural studies |
| 02 March 2011 | Ramin Sheikhol-Eslami | Conceptualizing learning approaches for EFL students: The case of Iranian learners at secondary schools |
| 09 March 2011 | Martin Bygate | TBA |
| 16 March 2011 | George Yuncan Dai | Working Memory as a Component of Foreign Language Aptitude |
| 22 March 2011 | Tineke Brunfaut & Andrea Révész | Tasks, proficiency, working memory, and L2 listening comprehension |
2009 - 2010
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 18th Jan 2010 | Kenneth Fordyce | Instructional effects on the acquisition of epistemic stance by Japanese EFL learners: Grouped data vs. individual data |
| 25th Jan 2010 | Neil Millar | The processing demands of learner collocations on native speakers: Evidence from an eye-tracking experiment |
| 8th Feb 2010 | Craig Lambert | Personal investment in L2 task design and performance |
| 22nd Feb 2010 | Ramanujam Meganathan | TB |
| 1st March 2010 | Chihiro Inoue | Investigating task parallelness: Results |
| 8th March 2010 | Judit Kormos | Discussion of an article |
| 16th March 2010 | Andrea Révész and Tineke Brunfaut | What makes listening difficult? Joint session with LTRG |
2008 - 2009
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2008 | Judit Kormos | A draft research project design |
| 23 Oct 2008 | Chihiro Inoue | Elicitation tasks |
| 30 Oct 2008 | Virginia Samuda & Martin Bygate | Field, purpose and involvement as dimensions in task performance |
| 6 Nov 2008 | Andrea Révész | Task complexity, focus on L2 constructions, and individual differences: A classroom-based study |
| 13 Nov 2008 | Judit Kormos | Discussion of Larsen-Freeman, D. (2005). The emergence of complexity, fluency, and accuracy in the oral and written production of five Chinese learners of English” in Applied Linguistics, 27, 590–619. |
| 20 Nov 2008 | Andrea Révész | Data analysis workshop: Analysing task-based interactions |
| 11 Dec 2008 | Hyeon Oak | Exploring EFL reading instruction in high school classrooms in Korea: The pedagogic life of the grammar translation method |
| 15 Jan 2009 | Neil Millar | The processing demands of learner collocations on native speakers: Evidence from self-paced reading |
| 22 Jan 2009 | Scott Miles | The impact of different degrees of massing/ spacing of practice activities on L2 learning |
| 29 Jan 2009 | Judit Kormos | Language learning experiences of dyslexic learners |
| 05 Feb 2009 | Xing Chao Hu; Martin Bygate | The effects of levels of grounding criterion on L2 interaction and learning |
| 12 Feb 2009 | Abdulaziz Youssef Alturki | Comparing knowledge of English nominal and verbal inflectional morphology in L2 speakers |
| 26 Feb 2009 | Andrea Révész | Recasts, working memory, and L2 development |
| 05 March 2009 | Al Al-Ghamdi | Language learning strategies in using information technology in language learning |
| 12 March 2009 | Sarah Mercer | TBA |
| 19 March 2009 | Marjorie Desveaux | Classroom data |
| 30 April 2009 | Rosa María Jiménez Catalán | The development of lexical competence in the acquisition of English as a foreign language |
| 7 May 2009 | Karen Baird | Workshop on constructs of vocabulary knowledge and associated measures. |
| 12 May 2009 | Jim Lantolf: Departmental lecture | |
| 21 May 2009 | Abdulaziz Alturki | L2 morphological variability |
| 28 May 2009 | Andrea Révész | Task complexity, uptake of recasts, and second language development |
| 4 June 2009 | Anne Margaret Smith | Including dyslexic language learners |
| 11 June 2009 | Martin Bygate | Exploring teacher-class interaction: how can we avoid ‘recasting in the dark’ |
| 18 June 2009 | CRILE talk: Paul Meara | |
| 25 June 2009 | Alan Waters | Trends and issues in ELT teacher training |
2007-2008
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2007 | Dr Alan Waters, LAEL & Dr Marlu Vilches, Ateneo de Manila, Philippines | Problems in Implementing ELT Reforms: the Case of the Philippines Basic Education Curriculum |
| 31 Oct 2007 | Dr Alan Waters, LAEL | Discussion of Kumaravadivelu, B. "TESOL Methods: Changing Tracks, Challenging Trends" in TESOL Quarterly, Volume 40, Number 1, March 2006 , pp. 59-81(23) |
| 21 Nov 2007 | Tom Hutchinson, Freelance Author | Back to the future |
| 28 Nov 2007 | Dr Judit Kormos, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary | Cognitive factors in intensive foreign language learning |
| 5 Dec 2007 | Dr Gila Schauer, LAEL | Study abroad sojourns - do they help improve L2 learners' productive pragmatic competence and cultural awareness? |
| 17 Jan 2008 | Prof. Martin Bygate, LAEL | Understanding task demands: the whole as a sum of its parts |
| 31 Jan 2008 | Dr Alan Waters, LAEL | Discussion of Hyland, K. & P. Tse (2007) "Is There an "Academic Vocabulary"?", TESOL Quarterly Vol. 41, No. 2: 235 - 253 |
| 7 Feb 2008 | Ali Al-Bulushi, LAEL | Task-Based Computer-Mediated Communication and Negotiated Interaction in an EFL Context |
| 14 Feb 2008 | Dr Alan Waters, LAEL | Politics and Pedagogy in ELT |
| 6 March 2008 | Prof. Martin Bygate, LAEL | Discussion of Nivja H. de Jong, Margarita P. Steinel, Arjen Florijn, Rob Schoonen, & Jan H. Hulstijn, "The effect of task complexity on fluency and functional adequacy of speaking performance", Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication, University of Amsterdam |
| 13 March 2008 | Prof. Charles Alderson, LAEL | The use and abuse of The Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching and assessment (CEFR) |
| 20 March 2008 | Virginia Samuda, LAEL | Pedagogic task design: another look at capturing differences among tasks |
| 6 May 2008 | Dr. Eddie Williams, School of Linguistics & English Language, Bangor University | Crypto-colonialism in African education? [combined LAEL Departmental Lecture] |
| 15 May 2008 | Simon Kinzley, LAEL | Chinese undergraduates studying academic writing on a university pre-sessional course: finding out if they do what we tell them to and if it really helps them. |
| 22 May 2008 | Dr Martin Wedell, School of Education, University of Leeds | 'Teachers should adjust their views' : the basis for successful curriculum change? |
| 29 May 2008 | Nahed Ghazzoul, LAEL | The impact of culturally-bound rhetorical choices on coherence in the English writing of Arab-speaking students. |
| 4 June 2008 | Dr Emma Marsden, Centre for Language Learning Research, University of York | What teachers and learners do with second language input: looking at Input Processing in the classroom and the laboratory |
| 12 June 2008 | Mike Beaumont, LAEL | Is there a third way? Finding solutions to the dichotomisation of language teaching |
| 17 June 2008 | Dr Simon Borg, School of Education, University of Leeds | Integrating grammar in TESOL classrooms |
| 24 June 2008 | Dr Andrea Revesz, LAEL | Task complexity, focus on form, and second language learning outcomes |