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
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Day 1 (Monday 8th April, 2019)
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9.00-9.30 |
Registration |
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9.30-10.00 |
Welcome |
Ruth Swanwick – Director of Research, School of Education, University of Leeds Sal Consoli – BAAL Executive Committee |
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10.15-11.00 |
Plenary Speaker 1 |
Teachers doing research: Reclaiming teaching, understanding learning. (Paula Rebolledo) |
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11.00-11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30-12.00 |
Oral Presentation |
Teachers know their students and researchers don’t: who has the right to do research? (Sal Consoli) |
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12.00-12.30 |
Oral Presentation |
Assessing learner reflections: a stern test for the principles of Exploratory Practice? (Chris Banister) |
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12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30-14.00 |
Oral Presentation |
Teaching English in low resourced contexts: evidence from Cameroon. (Eric Ekembe) |
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14.00-14.30 |
Oral Presentation |
Action Research for teacher autonomy: the case of academic reading. (Carol Griffiths & Kenan Dikilitas) |
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14.30-15.00 |
Oral Presentation |
Developing new scholarly practices in an EAP environment. (Sara Montgomery & Angela Hulme) |
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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 |
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16.00-16.30 |
Rapporteurs’ reportage |
Lou Harvey & Martin Wedell |
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17.00 - |
Conference dinner |
** Separate cost - Booking essential ** |
Day 2 (Tuesday 9th April, 2019)
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9.30-10.00 |
Registration |
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10.00-10.45 |
Plenary Speaker 2 |
Strengthening the ecological nature of practitioner research: An Argentinian experience. (Dario Banegas) |
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10.45-11.15 |
Coffee break |
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11.15-11.45 |
Oral Presentation |
Empowering Teachers: Implications of Creating a 3D Vignette as a Reflective Practice for CPD (Samiah Ghounaim) |
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11.45-12.15 |
Oral Presentation |
Teacher research: misgivings and reservations. (Angi Malderez) |
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12.15-12.45 |
Oral Presentation |
Exploratory Practice: seeking and practising inclusivity in an MFL language classroom. (Anna Costantino) |
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12.45-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00-15.30 |
Round Table |
Loreto Aliaga, Laura Grassick, Judith Hanks, Harry Kuchah Kuchah |
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15.30-16.00 |
Tea |
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16.00-16.30 |
Final words |
Martin Wedell & Lou Harvey |
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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