Venue: Vernon Square
The Languages of the Wider World CETL at SOAS-UCL and the CETL in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals at the Institute of Education are co-hosting a one-day event on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching. This event will bring together teaching professionals, researchers, learning technologists, language learners and others to engage in discussions through presentations and workshops. The focus will be on the following themes in language pedagogy: computer mediated communication; Web 2.0 technologies; mobile learning; and intercultural exchange. It is hoped that the discussions will widen to cover areas outside of the main themes.
Keynote Speakers
- Professor Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London): The future of languages
- Dr Jean Conacher (University of Limerick, Ireland): ICT and Language Learning (provisional title)
- Professor Graham Davies (Emeritus Professor, Thames Valley University): Language teaching and learning in virtual worlds
- Dr Norbert Pachler (CETL in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals, Institute of Education, London): Some theoretical considerations about technology-enhanced language teaching and learning
Workshops
1. Language learning and the mobile learner - Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (The Open University, UK)
2. Designing online intercultural collaborative projects for higher education - Professor Robert O’Dowd (University of León, Spain)
3. Web 2.0 Tools for Language Teachers - Nick Peachey (freelance educational consultant)
4. Virtual Learning Environments for distance language courses - Dr Ursula Stickler (The Open University, UK)
5. Cutting the mustard: ‘free on-line machine translation’ and FL teaching and learning: double-edged sword or the sword of Damocles? - Anna Niño (The University of Manchester, UK)
6. Blogging and Podcasting in Language Learning and Teaching - Sibylle Nalezinski and Fotis Begklis (LWW-CETL, UK)
Registration and Fees
£32 (standard rate) or £16 (student rate). If you attend both this event and the ‘Using Drama in Language Learning’ event, there is a discounted combined fee of £56 (standard rate) or £28 (student rate). Register early to avoid disappointment: registration deadline is 30th October 2009!
For more information and to book a place, please visit the SOAS website
