Call for Papers: Yorkshire Language Teaching Research & Scholarship (YLTRS) Network
The School of Languages, Arts, Societies at the University of Sheffield will be hosting the 4th Symposium of the Yorkshire Language Teaching Research & Scholarship (YLTRS) Network.
The event will take place in person, on Thursday 21st January 2027 (10:30am - 4:30pm).
To submit your abstract please complete this Google Form by 5pm on November 6th
We warmly invite proposals for presentations and workshops from educators, practitioners, and researchers in language learning & teaching. We welcome critical, creative, interdisciplinary, and practice-based contributions addressing a range of subjects, including, but not restricted to:
- Autonomous learning and motivation
- Development of professional skills
- Innovation
- Assessment
- Inclusivity (gender, identity, language representation)
- Anxiety and mental health issues in HE
- Material/ classroom design and activities for neurodiverse students
- Artificial Intelligence and digital technology
- Digital accessibility
- Diversifying/ decolonising the curriculum, i.e. language variation, accents, dialects, heritage languages, inclusive content, etc.
- Practices in translation and interpreting
- Writing successful funding applications
- Residence Abroad/ Year Abroad
The symposium is free to attend and offers a welcoming space for colleagues across the Universities of Leeds, York, and Sheffield to share innovative practices, exchange insights, and build collaborative networks in language learning & teaching.
More information on the venue, how to register and a full programme in due course.