CLLEAR Seminars: calendar 2020-2021  Seminar

Autumn/Winter Semester

"Learning vocabulary in a second language: Insights from eye-tracking research"
Invited speaker: Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, UCL Institute of Education
Wednesday 21 October 2020 (16.00 – 17.30 on Teams)

"It’s just one of this things: dialect syntax and demonstratives in Scots"
Invited speaker: E Jamieson, University of Southampton
This is a joint presentation with the University of Essex
Thursday 29 October 2020 (12.00 –13.00 on Zoom)

"LLAMAs, ALPACAAs and testing aptitude"
Invited speaker: Vivienne Rogers, University of Swansea
Wednesday 11 November 2020 (17.00 – 18.30 on Teams)

"Continuity of native language development in adulthood: The case of phonetic drift"
Invited speaker: Charles B. Chang, Boston University
Wednesday 25 November 2020 (17.00 – 18.30 on Teams)

"Teachers into Researchers - a framework for action"
Invited speaker: Richard Kiely, University of Southampton
Wednesday 9 December 2020 (17.00 – 18.30 on Teams)

Spring/Summer Semester

"A critical look at English-medium education in context: Food for thought"
Invited speaker: David Block, ICREA and University Pompeu Fabra
Wednesday 10 February 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)

"Phonics in a foreign language: The key to success?"
Invited speaker: Alison Porter, University of Southampton
Wednesday 17 February 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)

"Critical Digital Literacy through Virtual Exchange" 
Invited speaker: Mirjam Hauck, The Open University
Wednesday 3 March 2021 (exceptional time: 12.30 to 14.00 UK time)

"Language MOOCs: A new topic in CALL research"
Invited speaker : Elena Maria Martin Monje, UNED
Wednesday 17 March 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)

" The views of lecturers, English language tutors, and students on the ethics of proofreading: preliminary results"
Invited speaker : Nigel Harwood, University of Sheffield 
Wednesday 31 March 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)

"Language as symbolic power"
Invited speaker : Claire Kramsch, UC Berkeley
Wednesday 14 April 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)

"Questions Arising: Teacher-researcher-designer reflections on opportunities to promote speaking in young learner EFL classrooms using voice technologies"
Invited speaker: Joshua Underwood, British Council and University of Deusto
Wednesday 28 April 2021  (Please note new time: 11.30 to 13.00 UK time, on Teams)

"Vulnerable native grammars: the effects of limited input in native language attrition"
Invited speakers:  Laura Dominguez and Glyn Hicks, University of Southampton
Wednesday 12 May 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)

"Language change in bilingual returnee children: mutual effects of bilingual experience and cognition"
Invited speaker:  Maki Kubota, UiT
Wednesday 26 May 2021 (17.00 to 18.30 UK time, on Teams)