Research in and for Languages
Date: 27 April, 2012
Location: GH510, Graham Hills Building, John Anderson Campus, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Event type: Workshop
This workshop is being jointly organised by the LLAS Centre for languages, linguistics and area studies and SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages.
Its aims are to share and discuss research projects in progress and to provide a platform for networking. We welcome contributions from staff and students. The event will be of particular interest to PhD, EdD and MA students.
Keynote speaker: Professor Emeritus Richard Johnstone OBE
We invited proposals for papers and posters reporting on research in progress on the following themes:
· - Teaching and learning of modern and community languages in schools, universities and the wider community
- Language policy
- Applied linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Use of languages for humanities research (e.g. history, politics, sociology etc.)
- Use of languages in the professions and in the workplace
Further instructions to find the meeting room once you have arrived at the Graham Hills Building:
Using the entrance via Richmond Street (i.e. the back of the building), rather than from George Street. From the back entrance you only need to walk up one flight of stairs (or take the lift) and upon getting to the corridor on Level 5 the room is straight on the right (i.e. facing Richmond Street).
Fees
- This event is free of charge
- Please note that there is a cancellation fee of £50 if you do not notify us by Monday 16 April 2012 that you are unable to attend.
- Lunch will be provided
- Maximum of 30 participants only
Programme
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09.45 - 10.15 | Refreshments and registration |
| 10.15 - 10.40 |
Welcome and Keynote |
| 10.40 - 11.10 |
An innovative approach to teaching Chinese to beginner teachers |
| 11.10 - 11.35 |
Is English enough? Language Management in the UK financial sector |
| Comfort Break | |
| 11.45 - 12.10 |
A study of young learner motivation: adding an affective dimension to the 'younger = better' debate |
| 12.10 - 12.35 |
Translation in intercultural health settings Teresa Piacentini, University of Glasgow Presentation available to view here |
| 12.35 - 13.45 |
Lunch and posters Posters available to view :
|
| 13.45 - 14.10 |
'One of us' - a case study of language and identity in two mixed-race (white and South Asian) Britons Sheenz Kalayil, Manchester Metropolitan University Presentation available to view here |
| 14.10 - 14.35 |
Teaching successful spoken requests in an EAP context Christian Jones & Nicola Halenko, University of Central Lancashire Presentation available to view here |
| Comfort Break | |
| 14.45 - 15.10 |
Crowdsourcing research and corpus planning for lesser-resourced languages Mark McConville, University of Glasgow Presentation available to view here |
| 15.10 - 15.35 |
Assessing the work placement abroad Laurence Giraud-Johnstone, University of the West of Scotland Presentation available here |
| 15.35 - 15.50 | Closing remarks LLAS & SCILT |
