| Pronoun Interpretation in the Second Language |
A talk from the Department of Education Public Seminar series given by Prof. Roumyana Slabakova (Universities of Southampton and Iowa) and Prof. Lydia White (McGill University). |
Roumyana Slabakova, Lydia White |
15 May, 2014 |
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| Multi-Word Vocabulary and literacy development in children with English as an Additional Language |
Dr Vicky Murphy talks on research examining figurative vocabulary knowledge in primary school children with EAL, examining collocations (multiword phrases) and idioms and the relative contribution this type of word knowledge makes to literacy development. |
Vicki Murphy |
24 March, 2014 |
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| Can Psychological Research Improve Selection of Teachers? |
In this talk, Prof. Klassen, University of York, considers how psychological research can inform how teachers are selected for training and practice, leading to new selection approaches that can strengthen the quality of schools in the UK and elsewhere. |
Robert Klassen |
14 March, 2014 |
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| Heritage Speaker Bilingualism: Input Issues in Grammatical Outcomes |
Professor Jason Rothman presents a survey of experimental research examining the grammatical knowledge and performances of heritage speaker bilinguals, most of which demonstrate that as a group they differ significantly from monolingual counterparts. |
Jason Rothman |
28 February, 2014 |
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| The Impact of the Social Sciences |
Patrick Dunleavy, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, explains how the impacts of university social science have been under-researched, and their effectiveness often decried. |
Patrick Dunleavy |
28 February, 2014 |
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| Educational Testing as an Accountability Measure |
A public seminar given by Dr Christian Ydesen who is a researcher at Aalborg University, Denmark |
Christian Ydesen |
7 February, 2014 |
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| Can a single model of task complexity differentiate between the difficulty of writing and speaking tasks? |
Dr Parvaneh Tavakoli is Lecturer in TESOL & Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading. In this presentation the existing models of task difficulty will be introduced and their applicability to L2 writing and speaking modes will be examined. |
Parvaneh Tavakoli |
7 February, 2014 |
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| A Sociocultural Imagination: Studying the Formative Effects of 'Everydayness' |
Harry Daniels is Professor of Education at the University of Oxford. He previously held Chairs at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham. He is co-convener and Research Director of the Oxford Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory Research (OSAT). |
Harry Daniels |
13 December, 2013 |
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| English as an Additional Language: Talking to Learn? |
Prof. Leung (King's College London) has worked for many years in the field of second/additional language education. His academic and research interests include classroom pedagogy, content and language-integrated curriculum development, language assessment |
Constant Leung |
3 December, 2013 |
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| The Attraction of Psychology and the Rhetoric of Neuroscience: on 'Knowing How to Go On' in the Educational Field |
Paul Smeyers is Research Professor for Philosophy of Education at Ghent University, Extraordinary Professor at K.U.Leuven, and Honorary Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University. |
Paul Smeyers |
20 November, 2013 |
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| Student Evaluations of University Teaching: Recommendations for Policy and Practice |
Professor Herb Marsh is a world-leading researcher in Educational Psychology. He is the author of internationally recognised psychological tests that measure self-concept, motivation and university students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness. |
Herb Marsh |
12 November, 2013 |
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| Doing practical work: rationality and heuristics in teaching |
A public seminar given by Professor Walter Doyle, University of Arizona, at the Oxford University Department of Education. |
Walter Doyle |
29 October, 2013 |
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| Does it matter what 'validity' means? |
In this seminar Paul E Newton, Professor of Education Assessment University of London, Institute of Education talks about how scholars have been trying to agree on a meaning of validity. |
Paul E Newton |
25 February, 2013 |
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| Exploring the meanings of standards in language testing |
Public Seminar delivered by Professor Barry O'Sullivan from the British Council on 11/02/2013. |
Barry O'Sullivan |
12 February, 2013 |
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| Task as Workspace for Language Learning and Teaching |
Public Seminar delivered by Prof. Martin Bygate, University of Lancaster on 28/01/2013. A focus for Task Based Language Teaching research which might help the development of TBLT. |
Martin Bygate |
7 February, 2013 |
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