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** Apologies for cross posting ** *** Last few days for registration! ** * *** * *Registration** is open until April 3rd here <https://store.leeds.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/essl/conferences/blowing-away-the-dust-illuminating-the-value-of-practitioner-research-in-applied-linguistics> ** * We are happy to share the programme of the BAAL - Cambridge University Press seminar: *Blowing away the dust: Illuminating the value of Practitioner Research in Applied Linguistics* *Centre for Language Education Research* *Coach House, School of Education* *University of Leeds * *April 8th – 9th 2019* *BAAL-Cambridge University Press Seminar* More information at: [log in to unmask] and here <https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/education/events/event/862/b-a-a-l-cambridge-university-press-seminar-blowing-away-the-dust-illuminating-the-value-of-practitioner-research-in-applied-linguistics> . *Day 1 (Monday 8th April, 2019)* *Time* 9.00-9.30 Registration 9.30-10.00 Welcome Ruth Swanwick – Director of Research, School of Education, University of Leeds Sal Consoli – BAAL Executive Committee 10.15-11.00 Plenary Speaker 1 *Teachers doing research: Reclaiming teaching, understanding learning.* (Paula Rebolledo) 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30-12.00 Oral Presentation *Teachers know their students and researchers don’t: who has the right to do research?* (Sal Consoli) 12.00-12.30 Oral Presentation *Assessing learner reflections: a stern test for the principles of Exploratory Practice?* (Chris Banister) 12.30-13.30 Lunch 13.30-14.00 Oral Presentation *Teaching English in low resourced contexts: evidence from Cameroon.* (Eric Ekembe) 14.00-14.30 Oral Presentation *Action Research for teacher autonomy: the case of academic reading.* (Carol Griffiths & Kenan Dikilitas) 14.30-15.00 Oral Presentation *Developing new scholarly practices in an EAP environment. *(Sara Montgomery & Angela Hulme) 15.00-16.00 Poster Presentations + tea Hamdan Alzahrani; Yasmin Dar; Michael Hepworth; Yoshitaka Kato; Sophie Liggins; Marwa Massood; Elena Ončevska Ager; Assia Slimani-Rolls 16.00-16.30 Rapporteurs’ reportage Lou Harvey & Martin Wedell 17.00 - Conference dinner ** Separate cost - Booking essential ** *Day 2 (Tuesday 9th April, 2019)* *Time* 9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.45 Plenary Speaker 2 *Strengthening the ecological nature of practitioner research: An Argentinian experience.* (Dario Banegas) 10.45-11.15 Coffee break 11.15-11.45 Oral Presentation *Empowering Teachers: Implications of Creating a 3D Vignette as a Reflective Practice for CPD *(Samiah Ghounaim) 11.45-12.15 Oral Presentation *Teacher research: misgivings and reservations. *(Angi Malderez) 12.15-12.45 Oral Presentation *Exploratory Practice: seeking and practising inclusivity in an MFL language classroom.* (Anna Costantino) 12.45-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.30 Round Table Loreto Aliaga, Laura Grassick, Judith Hanks, Harry Kuchah Kuchah 15.30-16.00 Tea 16.00-16.30 Final words Martin Wedell & Lou Harvey 16.30-17.00 Closing ceremony What next? Poster presentations · Hamdan Alzahrani: A contextually appropriate version of teacher research: What could it offer from teacher perspective? · Yasmin Dar: The value of fully inclusive Exploratory Practice research in a pre sessional language classroom. · Michael Hepworth: Professional Identity Development in TESOL: Dialogic, Multimodal Participation in Online Spaces · Yoshitaka Kato: Learner-Initiated Exploratory Practice: Is It Feasible in Japan? · Sophie Liggins: Heritage language development and maintenance in secondary school aged students in England · Marwa Massood: Analyzing the Learning Outcomes of Mixed-Ability Grouping in Comparison with Other Grouping Strategies · Elena Ončevska Ager: Judgementoring: The elephant in the teacher education room · Assia Slimani-Rolls: Negotiating professional identity through teacher engagement with Exploratory Practice *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]