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The Pedagogies of the Colloquial Register in Language Teaching in HE | Online event | 9th February | School of Languages, Cultures and Societies | University of Leeds
The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds invites you to a CELT event entitled ‘Pedagogies of the Colloquial Register in Language Teaching & Learning’ which will take place on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday the 9th of February from 14:05 to 15:55.
The event will have contributions from the community of PGRs and staff in Leeds Language Centre and the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (LCS). Student reps will also be invited to give their perspectives on how the everyday register is/can be integrated in HE language programmes.
The event will start with a welcome talk by Professor Emma Cayley (Head of LCS) and Dr Yolanda Cerdá (Director of Language Centre). Please see the event programme below. Appreciating that it may be difficult for some colleagues to be free for the whole duration of the event, please feel free to join in when you can.
Colleagues external to UoL can register through the event page.
Preliminary programme
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
14:05 – 14:15 | Welcome Emma Cayley – Head of School of Language, Cultures and Societies Yolanda Cerdá – Director of Leeds Language Centre |
14:15 – 14:35 | From soap operas to real life drama - Bringing everyday language to the writing class Carmem Mackle – Lecturer – SPLAS - LCS |
14:35 – 14:55 | A delicate balance: navigating register in informal yet professional contexts Lucy Ferguson – MA researcher - LCS |
14:55 – 15:05 | BREAK |
15:05 – 15:25 | Colloquial language as a component of EAP in-sessional mathematics provision Deak Kirkham – Lecturer in EAP |
15:25 – 15:45 | Benefits and challenges of integrating colloquial language in Modern Languages degrees: some reflections from Russian James Wilson - Lecturer in Russian and Language Studies |
15:45 – 15:55 | Closing remarks Rasha Soliman – Director of Leeds Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching |
For further details and abstracts, please click here.