Timescale

January, 2008 - December, 2009

Key contact(s):

John Canning
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
jc9@soton.ac.uk

Funded by:

Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Students Study Days

• The Beats Write On. R.J.Ellis, University of Birmingham
• Moving Forward: Language and Literature Section. Lindsay Milligan, University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen Feedback (Word File, 28.0Kb)

Aberdeen Report (PDF File, 112Kb)

Workshops to go

• The Ning Thing: Using a social network to support the year abroad. Robert Blackwood. University of Liverpool
• Providing oral feedback on written work through .wmv files. Billy Brick, University of Coventry
• Integrating Global Learning through In-Country Study. Clare Newstead, Nottingham Trent University
• Enquiry-based learning for teaching languages. Catherine Franc and Theresa Federic, University of Durham/ University of Manchester

Pedagogic Research

• Curriculum as Prescription versus Curriculum as Experience: A case for EBL in Modern Languages. Yolande Martinez, University of Birmingham

Curriculum as Prescription (Word File, 452Kb)

• Enhancing student engagement in learning translation theories: a study on adapting reflective learning journals as an assessment method. Claire Shih, Middlesex University

The above paper is to be published in The Interpreter and Translator Trainer 5(2), 2011, pp 309-24.
https://www.stjerome.co.uk/tsa/journal/2/

• Developing pragmatic awareness in Chinese EAP learners studying in the UK. Christian Jones, University of Central Lancashire

Project aims:

Projects funded under this scheme cover a wide range of topics, methodologies and outcomes.