CLLEAR-CGE Seminars 2013-14 Seminar
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Professor Roumyana Slabakova at R.Slabakova@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Seminars take place on Wednesday evenings from 5.00-6.30 p.m. at Avenue Campus, Lecture Theatre C. All welcome!
Semester 1
9 October 2013
Prof. Roumyana Slabakova (University of Southampton)
"The Effect of Construction Frequency and Native Transfer on the L2 knowledge of the Syntax-Discourse Interface"
23 October 2013
Dr. Ying Zheng (University of Southampton)
"An Investigation into the Writing Construct(s) Measured in Pearson Test of English Academic"
20 November 2013
Dr. Martin Lamb (University of Leeds)
"Inspiring teachers: state school English teachers who generate long-term motivation"
4 December 2013
Dr. Alessia Cogo (University of Southampton)
"Multilingual practices in ELF professional contexts"
8 January 2014
Dr. Judit Kormos (Lancaster University)
"The foreign language learning processes of students with dyslexia"
Semester 2
5 February 2014
Dr. Victoria Murphy (University of Oxford)
"What's in a Word? The importance of semantic knowledge in developing literacy skills in children with EAL"
19 February 2014
Dr. Ute Smit (University of Vienna)
"English-medium education in multilingual university settings: interactive explaining in the classroom"
5 March 2014
Prof. David Deterding (University of Brunei)
"Oral language and literacy development in children with English as a second language"
19 March 2014
Dr. Cecile De Cat (University of Leeds)
"L1 effects in the processing of Noun-Noun Compounds by advanced learners of English"
30 April 2014
Dr. Andrea Revesz (Institute of Education, University of London)
"The role of working memory in second language performance and learning"
14 May 2014
Dr. Jennifer Smith (University of Glasgow)
"The loci of inherent variability: what young children reveal"
Speaker information
Professor Roumyana Slabakova, University of Southampton. Director of CLLEAR