The Role of Metalinguistic Awareness in Multilingual Learning and Teaching

Refreshments available from 4.30pm

Professor Ulrike Jessner-Schmid, University of Innsbruck.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 17 February 2020, 17:00-18:30

Linguistic Justice in Policy and Practice

ALL WELCOME, Drinks reception from 6.30pm

Emeritus Professor Robert Phillipson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark..

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, room 1S3.

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Masterclass in Multilingualism, Education and Language Policy 2020 Micro-level Language Policy and Planning: Levels, Agency and Structure

Open to staff and students of Cambridge University. Booking is required and please contact Yongcan Liu ( yl258@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Anthony J. Liddicoat, University of Warwick.

Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, room GS5.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 14:00-16:00

Developing a Text Editor to Help Writers with Academic English Collocations

Refreshments available from 4.30pm

Dr. Ana Frankenberg-Garcia, Centre of Translation Studies, University of Surrey.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 27 January 2020, 17:00-18:30

Plurilingualism and Assessment (with reference to the new Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Companion Volume)

Dr. Nick Saville, Cambridge English Assessment.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Annual Lecture on Second Language Learning and Teaching 2019 Specificity, Academic Writing and EAP

Professor Ken Hyland, University of East Anglia.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 11 November 2019, 17:00-18:30

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Multilingual Classrooms: From Conceptualisation to Implementation to Professional Development

Professor Rick de Graaff, University of Utrecht, Dr.Dieuwerke Rutgers, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 04 November 2019, 17:00-18:30

Promoting multilingual literacy and reader identity:Global Storybooks and open technology

Bonny Norton , FRSC, Professor and University Scholar , Department of Language & Literacy Education, UBC, Canada.

Murray Edwards College, Lecture Theatre.

Friday 13 September 2019, 14:00-15:00

Paradoxes of multilingualism in public policy in conjunction with the launching of Cambridge Masterclass Series on Multilingualism, Education and Language Policy

Please book with Ann Waterman on aw244@cam.ac.uk if you would like to attend

Professor Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, Washington, USA.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 10:00-12:00

How can usage-based SLA invigorate language education?

in conjunction of the launching Cambridge Annual Lecture on Second Language Learning and Teaching

Professor Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, Washington, USA .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 13 May 2019, 17:00-18:30

The Listening Zones of NGOs: Languages and cultural knowledge in development programmes

There will be a drinks reception after the seminar

Professor Hilary Footitt, University of Reading.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 11 February 2019, 17:00-18:30

Creativity in the languages classroom: Learners' responses to literary text

Dr.Linda Fisher, University of Cambridge , Professor Suzanne Graham, Reading University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 28 January 2019, 17:00-18:30

EMI in Francophone Cameroon: What can we learn from victims of English?

There will be a drinks reception after the seminar

Dr. Harry Kuchah Kuchah, University of Leeds.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 19 November 2018, 17:00-18:30

Pardon my French! Exploring the myths and realities of Second Language Education in Canada

Dr Shawn Bullock, University of Cambridge, Dr Cecile Sabatier, Simon Fraser University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 05 November 2018, 17:30-19:00

The role of medium of instruction for multilingual children: a study of primary school children in India".

Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 22 October 2018, 17:00-18:30

Multilingual Identities and Heterogeneous Language Ideologies in the New Latino Diaspora

Professor Stanton Wortham, Boston College.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 17:00-18:30

Changing languages in European Higher Education: from official policies to unofficial classroom practices

Dr. Emma Dafouz, Complutense University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Tuesday 06 February 2018, 17:00-18:30

Multilingual practices and attitudes among university students in Europe and the US: implications for the teaching of languages

Professor Anne Pauwels, School of Asian and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 29 January 2018, 17:00-18:30

Multilingualism in foreign language learning: students' and teachers' perspectives in the Norwegian context

Dr. Åsta Haukås, University of Bergen.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, room GS1.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 17:00-18:30

Vocabulary: Principles and Practice

Professor Norbert Schmitt, University of Nottingham.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 30 October 2017, 17:00-18:30

The Influence of Multilingual Identity on Foreign Language Learning

AHRC MEITS Project Team, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Thursday 12 October 2017, 17:00-18:30

Cross-linguistic Transfer of Learning Strategies between First and Foreign Language Classroom Contexts: Making a Case for a Multilingual Approach to Writing Pedagogy

Dr Karen Forbes, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 27 February 2017, 17:00-18:30

On the Margins: Slovak Roma Children Negotiating Language and Education in Sheffield

Dr Mark Payne, University of Sheffield.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 30 January 2017, 17:00-18:30

Cognitive Discourse Functions as joint concern in language and content pedagogy

Professor Christiane Dalton-Puffer, University of Vienna.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 17:00-18:30

Language Development and School Achievement of EAL Students: EALead Project II

EALead Project Team, University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 21 November 2016, 17:00-18:30

Lexical Patterns of Austerity in UK Broadsheet Text 2007-15

Dr Mike Scott, Aston University and Lexical Analysis Software Ltd..

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 07 November 2016, 17:00-18:30

The Value of Languages: Towards a UK Strategy for Languages

Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 24 October 2016, 17:00-18:30

English as a Lingua Franca: Past, Present, and (Possible) Future

Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Southampton University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 22 February 2016, 16:30-18:00

Native speaker and learner language data in Applied Linguistics: what's next?

Dr Pascual Pérez-Paredes, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 08 February 2016, 17:00-18:30

Marking progression in second language production: EAL pupils’ use of spoken and written English

Dr Michael Evans, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 25 January 2016, 17:00-18:30

Born Global: Rethinking Language Policy for 21st Century Britain

Bernardette Holmes MBE, Director of Speak To The Future; Bye-Fellow of Downing College.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 23 November 2015, 17:00-18:30

The ‘Multilingual Turn’ in Languages Education - a future for EAL?

Dr Jean Conteh, School of Education, University of Leeds.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 16 November 2015, 17:00-18:30

Task-based Language Teaching with Technology: The EU-Funded CAMELOT Project

Dr Michael Thomas, University of Central Lancashire.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 17:00-18:30

Language development, social integration and achievement of recently-arrived EAL children in schools in the East of England

Educational Achievement, Language Education and Disadvantage (EALead) research team at the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 16 February 2015, 17:00-18:30

CANCELLED: Task-based language teaching with technology: the EU-Funded CAMELOT project

Dr Michael Thomas, University of Central Lancashire.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 02 February 2015, 17:00-18:30

Self-efficacy in foreign language learning

Dr Nicole Mills, Harvard University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 19 January 2015, 17:00-18:30

Shaping language policy and practice in South Africa : the next twenty years

Professor Robert Balfour, North-West University .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 01 December 2014, 17:00-18:30

Examining child language brokering in schools: Developing guidance for good practice

Dr Sarah Crafter, Institute of Education, University of London.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 24 November 2014, 17:00-18:30

Centre for Commonwealth Education (CCE)

MASTERCLASS: Case study research in applied linguistics: What can case studies of L2 learners tell us?

Places are limited. If you would like to attend, please email rmk33@cam.ac.uk.

Patricia A. Duff, University of British Columbia.

Room GS4 Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ.

Wednesday 12 November 2014, 15:00-17:30

Centre for Commonwealth Education (CCE)

Multilingual socialization: Negotiating multiple languages, identities, ideologies, and practices

All welcome. If you would like to attend, please email rmk33@cam.ac.uk

Patricia A. Duff, University of British Columbia.

Room GS4 Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ.

Monday 10 November 2014, 17:00-18:30

The 'social' in English language teaching: Situated accomplishments

Professor Constant Leung, King's College London.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 27 October 2014, 17:00-18:30

Constructing identities in multilingual classrooms: the experiences of immigrant-background children in primary schools in France and England

Dr. Oakleigh Welply, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 17 February 2014, 17:00-18:30

New times, researcher mobility and multilingual research practice: opportunities, innovation and constraints

Professor Marilyn Martin-Jones, University of Birmingham .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 27 January 2014, 17:00-18:30

‘Intercultural citizenship’ – a purpose for foreign language education?

Professor Mike Byram, University of Durham .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 25 November 2013, 17:00-18:30

Literacy Instruction and the Bilingual Learner

Professor Catherine Wallace, Institute of Education, University of London .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 18 November 2013, 17:00-18:30

How can you help your students become autonomous learners? One-on-one counselling-based teaching through an autonomous learning model

Professor Akiko Kochiyama, Meisei University .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Tuesday 05 November 2013, 17:00-18:30

Class in multilingualism research

Professor David Block, ICREA-Universitat de Lleida.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, room GS1.

Tuesday 05 March 2013, 17:30-19:00

How the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) works in different European contexts

Barry Jones, Head of Modern Languages, Homerton College, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 28 January 2013, 17:00-18:30

Styling in a Language Learned Later in Life

All Welcome!

Professor Ben Rampton, Professor of Applied and Socio-linguistics, King’s College London.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 17:30-18:30

Beyond multilingualism: Heteroglossia and social diversity

All welcome!

Professor Adrian Blackledge, MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, University of Birmingham.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 22 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

The European Survey on Language Competences: Aims, Outcomes and Conclusions

All welcome!

Dr Neil Jones, ESOL Cambridge Assessment .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 15 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

忌廉湯 [gei lim tong], 奶油浓汤 (nai you nong tang) and ‘cream soup’: the collection, representation and analysis of multidialectal data for a study of language attitudes in Guangzhou, China

All welcome!

Sihua Liang, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 20 February 2012, 17:00-18:30

Medium of instruction policy and multilingual pupils’ experience of learning to read and write in primary school in Cameroon

All welcome!

Dr Genevoix Nana, Open University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS5.

Monday 23 January 2012, 17:00-18:30

Second language listening comprehension in England: strategy instruction and teacher understanding.

Professor Suzanne Graham from Reading University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 14 November 2011, 17:00-18:30

‘Second language listening comprehension in England: strategy instruction and teacher understanding’

All Welcome!

Professor Suzanne Graham, Reading University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room 1S3.

Monday 14 November 2011, 17:00-18:30

Creativity, criticality and multilingual practices: code- and mode-switching by British Chinese children in complementary schools

Professor Li Wei, Birkbeck Graduate Research School.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 31 October 2011, 17:00-18:30

Redefining the narrative in contemporary educational discourse

Martin Solly, University of Florence.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Monday 17 October 2011, 17:00-18:30

Research and practice in content and language integrated learning (CLIL)

Professor Rick de Graaff, Utrect University, Faculty of Humanities & Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, Room GS4.

Tuesday 07 June 2011, 17:00-18:30

Talking Classrooms -Interim findings from a classroom-based enquiry exploring the relationship between input, interaction and spontaneous talk in the primary classroom.

Bernardette Holmes, University of Cambridge Language Centre.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 24 May 2011, 17:00-18:30

Using metaphorical representations to discern young learners’ beliefs about foreign language learning

Linda Fisher, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Monday 07 March 2011, 16:30-18:00

Comparing language learning and proficiency across Europe

Karen Ashton, Project Manager, European Survey on Language Competences, Cambridge ESOL, Cambridge Assessment.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS4.

Monday 24 January 2011, 17:00-18:30

Gender Construction and its Negotiation in the Course of Second Language Learning

All welcome!

Huajing Zhao, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS4.

Monday 22 November 2010, 17:00-18:30

Learning French from ages 5, 7 and 11: an investigation into starting ages, rates and routes of learning amongst early foreign language learners

Florence Myles and Rosamond Mitchell.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS4.

Monday 01 November 2010, 17:00-18:30

Identity Problems

Professor David Block, Institute of Education, London.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS5.

Monday 14 June 2010, 17:00-18:30

Negotiating varied proficiency levels in Lingua Franca English

Dr Anne Ife, Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, Anglia Ruskin University.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS5.

Monday 22 February 2010, 17:00-18:30

The Great Wall of China is Moving away: the Social Construction of Ideas about English in China

Jin He , Faculty of Education, Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS5.

Monday 01 February 2010, 17:00-18:30

LANGUAGES IN THE CURRICULUM - REMOVING THE MONOCULTURAL STRAIT JACKET

Dr Lid King, National Director for Languages.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS5.

Monday 11 January 2010, 17:00-18:30

The English Profile (2): Identifying criterial features in learner languages

Henriëtte Hendriks, University of Cambridge, RCEAL.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge Room GS5.

Monday 23 November 2009, 17:00-18:30

The English Profile Programme (1): Delivering descriptions of reference levels for English as a second language

Nick Saville (Cambridge ESOL).

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, room GS5.

Monday 09 November 2009, 17:00-18:30

Innovation and Reform in Language Teaching: Legacies from the Past

Dr Richard Smith, University of Warwick.

Room GS5, New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 08 June 2009, 17:00-18:00

Equality before the law, irrespective of language and culture?

Ann Corsellis OBE.JP, Vice-President, Chartered Institute of Linguists.

Room GS5, New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Tuesday 26 May 2009, 17:00-18:00

Second Language Education Group (duplicate)

Francophone and Anglophone Primary school teachers’ representations of language and linguistic policies in Cameroon

Edith Esch , Senior Research Fellow in Language Education.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ in room GS1.

Tuesday 10 March 2009, 17:00-18:00

Conceptualising On-line Spaces as Communities: Analysis of an Online Italian-speaking community

Marina Mozzon-Mcpherson, University of Hull.

GS4, New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 03 March 2008, 17:00-18:00

Researching the impact of recent foreign language policy initiatives on provision and practice in schools in England

Michael Evans, Linda Fisher, Caroline Filmer-Sankey, Ruth Levine, Faculty of Education, Cambridge University.

GS4, New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 18 February 2008, 17:00-18:00

The other side of Bricklane? Second language proficiency, linguistic vitality and identity construction in the London Benglasdeshi Community

Sebastian Rasinger, Anglia-Ruskin University.

GS4, New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 28 January 2008, 17:00-18:00

Micro-teaching and self-evaluation

Dr Richard Pemberton, University of Nottingham.

2S4, Second Floor of the New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 19 November 2007, 17:00-18:00

Maturational constraints on L2 Acquisition : Do they exist and are they relevant to early L2 instruction

Professor David Singleton, CLCS, Trinity College, Dublin.

2S4, Second Floor of the New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 05 November 2007, 17:00-18:00

Japanese Language Education and the Impact of Testing

Dr Tomoko Fujita, Tokai University and Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall.

2S4, Second Floor of the New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Monday 22 October 2007, 17:00-18:00

Insights into optimal and natural language from deaf and hearing children of deaf parents

Dr Tyron Woolfe (Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University College London).

2S4, Second Floor of the New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Tuesday 06 March 2007, 17:00-18:00

Exploring language learning through communication: How far is task repetition repetition?

Dr Martin Bygate (University of Lancaster).

2S4, Second Floor of the New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Tuesday 13 February 2007, 17:00-18:00

"Can you read what I can read?: Case studies of German, Japanese and Urdu learners"

Karen Ashton (Faculty of Education).

2S4, Second Floor of the New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184, Hills Road.

Tuesday 30 January 2007, 17:00-18:00