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Call for Papers: Student Education Conference and Digital Festival 2018

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WE ARE inviting contributions for the next Student Education Conference/DigiFest 2018 which will explore ‘The Co-Creation of Education’ as its main theme.

The event will focus on the changing structure and delivery of student education and examine evolving models of educational provision, focusing on concepts and practices of co-creation and collaboration – and we would like you to be part of it.

Cynthia White: Agency, Emotion, Conflict and Answerability

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Agency, Emotion, Conflict and Answerability: Inside the Lifeworlds of Language Teachers 3.30 – 5pm, Blenheim Terrace SR (1.16) House No. 11-14 Cynthia is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of Research at Massey University. She has published two books and over 60 articles on distance and online language learning, language and migration, and language, emotion...

Language Teaching Forum: 'Ethnography'

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3.15pm - 4.15pm Parkinson Building, Room 3.04 Presenter: Haynes Collins For those of you already engaging with language scholarship or considering undertaking a language scholarship project we will be running a few short workshops over the coming months to explore a variety of methods and methodologies. These sessions cover some of the theoretical as well...

Language Teaching Forum: 'Interviews'

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3.15pm - 4.15pm Parkinson Building, Room 3.04 Presenter: Simon Webster For those of you already engaging with language scholarship or considering undertaking a language scholarship project we will be running a few short workshops over the coming months to explore a variety of methods and methodologies. These sessions cover some of the theoretical as well...

LITE Work in Progress (WiP) seminar: How do we know it’s any good? Evaluating Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning on a Blended Learning Module

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Polly Wilding, the School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS), and, Cathy Coombs, School of History The aim of this seminar is to: discuss the data collection process, and the role of the teaching team, Discovery ambassadors, and students in the co-production of knowledge. We will also discuss preliminary findings on the extent to which...

LITE Work in Progress (WiP) seminar: Don’t let markers put a cross unless they’re going to explain why’ – Undergraduate attitudes to assessment and feedback

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Stevie McBurney, Sue Whittle, Faculty of Biological Sciences The aim of this seminar is: to stimulate discussion with colleagues around our understanding of student expectations, their engagement with and the perceived value of, different types and approaches to assessment and feedback. We will also set out the recommendations – quick wins and mid to long...

Call for Contributions: Issue 2

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You are warmly invited to submit scholarship contributions to The Language Scholar, the new Journal of the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at The University of Leeds. We accept working papers in the form of articles, videos and book reviews amongst others from all members of staff. The deadline for submissions for issue 2 is 31st of July 2017. Please consult the Guidelines and Calls for Submissions on the website for further information.

Language Scholar Journal Launch: LCS Scholarship Showcase

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Programme 14.00 Introduction by the Editors, Bettina Hermoso-Gómez, Antonio Martínez-Arboleda, Sofia Martinho and Carolin Schneider 14.15 Dr Raphael Hallett: Supporting Teaching Scholarship at LITE (Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence) 14.30 Bee Bond: Being Scholarly: identity shifts through an investigation into language and discipline knowledge 15.00 Prof Melinda Whong and Dr Alex Ding: What is a...

Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in UK Higher Education Conference

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The purpose of the conference is to bring together academics and language teachers working in UK Universities to discuss the nature and challenges presently faced in the field.  This is in the context of a recent rapid growth of demand for Arabic language learning, in particular across University Wide Language Programmes.  There are now (2016)...

Linguistic prescriptivism and other pointless past-times

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All are welcome at this English Language Public Lecture by Prof. Peter Trudgill (University of Agder, Norway). Venue: Conference Auditorium 1, with wine reception in the School of English after the talk. The talk is organized by Dr. Julia Snell. (J.Snell@leeds.ac.uk)