How to teach linguistics of Modern Foreign Languages
Date: 3 June, 2011
Location: Room G8, Main Building (marked no 1 on campus map), Aston University
Event type: Workshop
The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies of the Higher Education Academy is planning an event on the interface between the teaching of Linguistics and Modern Foreign Languages (MFL). This issue is important because many Linguistics departments in the UK are merging or have merged with English Departments, and this leads to Linguistics becoming more limited in scope, and less clearly linked with MFL. The workshop aims at sharing good practice in the teaching of French Linguistics, German Linguistics and Spanish Linguistics in the UK, but contributions about the teaching of linguistic aspects of other modern foreign languages that are taught in the UK are welcome too.
The event has been partly sponsored by the International Association for Study of Spanish in Society : SIS / The British Association for Applied Linguistics : BAAL / Forum for Germanic Language Studies : FGLS / Association for French Language Studies : AFLS
Fees
- There is no charge to attend this event for employees and postgraduate students of publicly funded UK higher educational institutions and other institutions with a subscription to the Higher Education Academy.
- Please note that we reserve the right to charge a £50 cancellation fee if you do not notify us at least 48 hours beforehand that you are unable to attend.
- Full details of our charging policy are available.
- Lunch will be provided.
Travel bursary
Travel bursaries are not available for this event.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09.45 - 10.20 | Coffee and registration |
| 10.20 - 10.30 | Opening and Welcome |
| 10.30 - 11.15 | Students as researchers Patrick Stevenson, University of Southampton  Slides (PowerPoint, 64.39 KB) |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Students as field workers Gertrud Reershemius, Aston University |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Welsh-medium linguistics: approaches and challenges Peredur Davies, Bangor University Slides (PowerPoint, 122.85 KB |
| 12.45 - 13.30 | LUNCH |
| 13.30 - 14.15 | A ´big language´ - dimensions of variation in modern Spanish? Chris Pountain, Queen Mary University London  pdf (pdf, 104.6 KB) |
| 14.15 - 15.00 | Teaching French linguistics to students of French: aims, methods and outcomes Glyn Hicks, University of Southampton Slides (PowerPoint, 873 KB) |
| 15.00 - 15.45 | DIY Linguistics : an experiment in bridging the gap between grammar and linguistics Emmanuelle Labeau, Aston University Slides (PowerPoint, 3.09 MB) |
| 15.45 - 16.00 | Tea / coffee break |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | General discussion and conclusion |
