Date Speaker Title
Sept 11

Note: 11am talk

Rod Ellis (Curtin University) Measuring implicit and explicit L2 knowledge:  Implications for assessing pragmatic knowledge
October 10 Kata Csizér (Eötvös Loránd University) Developing an international research project: Self-regulation in study abroad contexts
October 26

Note: 9.30-11.00

Tess Fitzpatrick

(Swansea University)

The development of pedagogic wordlists in Welsh and implications for tests based on frequency paradigms (County South D72)
November 7 Gulsah Kutuk
(Edge Hill University)
Development and Validation of a New Multidimensional Language Class Anxiety Scale
November 21 Jenefer Philp (LAEL) Encouraging adolescent learners’ active interaction in the FL classroom
November 28 Zoe Broisson Comparative constructions in CLIL vs. Non-CLIL French-speaking Belgian learners of English: A case study (County South B59)
December 6

15:00-16:30

Frank Boers

(Western University, Canada)

Trial and error on trial: The case of phrasal verbs (County South D72)
January 16 Neil Walker
(LAEL)

The distributed practice effect under intentional and incidental learning conditions

February 20

Mary Jane Abrahams (Alberto Hurtado University)

Developing and updating of the Chilean English Teacher Training Standards: cultural and socio-political contexts and implications

(County South B59)

February 27 Oksana Afitska (LAEL)
March 13 Tanjun Liu (LAEL) Evaluating the effect of DDL on the acquisition of academic collocations by Chinese learners of English
March 27 Bottini, Raffaella (LAEL) Vocabulary learning opportunities: are coursebooks enough?

(County South D72)

April 30 Nour Toumi (LAEL) Towards an efficient meta-level processing: The effects of concept mapping and summarization on second language reading and metacognitive accuracy

(County South B59)

May 8 Andressa Rodrigues Gomide (LAEL)

Corpus linguistics software: enhancing learners and educators’ experience

May 22 no talk
June 5 no talk
June 19 Bottini, Raffaella (LAEL) The effect of age on lexical preferences of test-takers: Evidence from the Trinity Lancaster Corpus
July 5

(Friday)

Alison Mackey and Laura Bryfonski

(Georgetown University)

Task-Based Language Teaching: Implementation and L2 Outcomes