Archived Events

CELT runs seminars, CPD events, and conferences throughout the academic year. 

Information and resources from some of our past events are listed here:

2020

Computational Linguistics & Language Teaching - 13th November 2020, 15:00 -17:00

This CELT online event aimed to bring together colleagues and postgraduate researchers who are involved in computational linguistics and/or language teaching. Developers of frequency and collocations lists are not always aware of how language teachers and learners use these tools. Similarly, not many language teachers are aware of how these lists are designed and how the context of the corpora they use can have an impact on language teaching. The event started with ‘How corpora are designed’, then moved on to ‘How they are used for language pedagogical purposes’. We are delighted to have contributors who are academic staff and PG researchers from the School of Computing, the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (LCS) and our Language Centre (LC) at the University of Leeds. Please see the event programme.

2019 

• Progressing with a Research Publication (1/6/2019) a research training even delivered in conjunction with BALEAP
• BALEAP Conference 2019: Innovation, Exploration and Transformation (12-14/4/2019) Keynote speakers:
  • Dr. Nigel Harwood, University of Sheffield
  • Prof. Cynthia White, Massey University
• B.A.A.L / Cambridge University Press Seminar - Blowing away the dust: Illuminating the value of Practitioner Research in Applied Linguistics (8-9/4/2019) Keynote speakers:
  • Dr. Paula Rebolledo, RICELT-Network of Chilean research in ELT, Chile
  • Dr. Darío Luis Banegas, University of Warwick

2018 

• Digital Learning Showcase - School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (7/11/2018)
• Symposium - Interculturality in a Precarious Future: Multiple Contexts, Multiple Voices (26/10/2018) Keynote speakers: 
  • Prof. Adrian Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University
  • Dr. Veronica Crosbie, Dublin City University
• Ab initio forum (8/6/2018)
• Seminar: Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education (26/1/2018) 
  • Speakers: Dora Alexopoulu, University of Cambridge; James Lamb, University of Edinburgh

2017 

• Workshop: Enhancing Learning and Teaching through Effective Feedback (12/12/2017)
  • Organisers: El Mustapha Lahlali (Languages for All), Clare Wright (Linguistics & Language, School of LCS), Alex Ding (Director of CELT), Martin Thomas (Director of Student Education, School of LCS)
• Oral Fluency in the second/ foreign language classroom (30/11/2017) 
  • Workshop Presenters: Colin Campbell and Dr Parvaneh Tavakoli, University of Reading
• Tips for Writing & Submitting Good Grant Proposals and Abstracts (22/11/2017)
  • University of Leeds Panel members: Rafe Hallet (LITE), Alan O’Leary (Director of Research LCS), Bee Bond (LITE fellow 2016-17), and Sofia Martinho & Bettina Hermoso-Gomez (The Language Scholar).
• Seminar: Understanding the intersection of language, disciplinary knowledge communication and identity (22/11/2017) [link downloads an executive summary]
• CELT Open Forum: discussion, suggestions, and ideas for CELT plans, current and future projects, and language teaching scholarship (17/11/2017)
• Exploring the integration of peer assessment in traditional and online instruction (15/11/2017)
• Launch of the Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching (15/9/2017)

 

• Language Learning and Teaching Conference: Developing Speaking Skills (15/9/2017)
• Prof. Cynthia White (Massey University) Agency, Emotion, Conflict and Answerability (15/6/2017) talk synopsis available here
• Language Scholar Journal Launch: LCS Scholarship Showcase (16/5/2017)
• Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in UK Higher Education Conference (28/3/2017)
• Knowledge and the EAP practitioner: a symposium (28/1/2017) a research training even delivered in conjunction with BALEAP

2016 

• White Rose Symposium: ‘Interculturality in UK HE: shifts to a critical and transcultural approach’ (14/12/2016) Discussant: Dr. Alex Ding. Speakers:
  • Dr. Haynes Collins, University of Leeds - Critical Interculturality: Contesting imposed identities within HE and beyond
  • Dr. Paul Roberts and Victoria Jack, University of York - Transcultural Communication: Employability and global citizenship
  • Dr. Jane Woodin, University of Sheffield - Interculturality and language learning: Transcending the boundaries of native-speakerness in tandem encounters
• Applying for Fellowship with the HEA (13/12/2016)
• Scholarship lunchtime event: ‘What counts as scholarship?’ (12/12/2016)
• Scholarship lunchtime event: ‘Engaging with scholarship’ (22/11/2016)
• Scholarship lunchtime event: ‘How to get Scholarship funding’ (15/6/2016)
• Contextualizing Scholarship and Research in Language Education: Some Thoughts and Experiences (24/2/2016)
• Dr. Ian Bruce (University of Waikato) EAP Course Design and the Centrality of Discourse, Genre and Text (17/2/2016)