An exploration of the language attitudes of lecturers at a widening participation institution in the West Midlands Dr Judith Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and TESOL (University of Wolverhampton) This talk is organised by the Embracing Linguistic Diversity satellite of Language@Leeds Please register here. Abstract Research on language attitudes in Higher Education (HE) has predominantly...
Prof. Sascha Stollhans' Inaugural Lecture “Watch your language! A linguist‘s tale of education, science and scholarship” Event Details This is a hybrid event, with the option to either attend in person or watch the lecture online via Microsoft Teams. Please register to attend either in person or online using the orange 'Reserve a spot' button above....
The Student Success Forums run every other month and provide an opportunity for staff and students to discuss, reflect and work collectively to maximise the impact of student success initiatives here at Leeds and across the sector. This forum's topic is 'Linguistic Diversity and Inequalities in Higher Education' and will include presentations from Gisela Tomé Lourido,...
You are warmly invited to the upcoming LIDA and Language@Leeds event, aiming to bring together researchers across the University to foster interdisciplinary conversations and identify areas of potential collaboration. Language@Leeds is a University-wide interdisciplinary network for language research. Our work tackles key societal questions through the rigorous study of language, using diverse methods and approaches, e.g.,...
Speaker: Dr Gerald Roche is a senior lecturer in politics at La Trobe University, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. Abstract: In this presentation I will introduce the concept of the necropolitics of language, which seeks to examine the connections between linguistic discrimination and physical, bodily death. The empirical impetus for thinking about...
The event is open to anyone with an interest in German language education and/or cultural and linguistic diversity in language teaching and learning. The event will be held in German and English.
This one-day symposium is an opportunity to discuss and critically reflect on existing beliefs and norms in language pedagogy in higher education and how normativity and biases that underpin language (in) education may be challenged. We are delighted Dr Martin Dewey, Kings College London, will deliver the keynote presentation. This symposium, held in person at the University...
What did we learn during the enforced move to online teaching and learning during the pandemic? What skills did we develop? What worked well and what didn’t work so well? What might the future of digital/hybrid language education look like? This one-day symposium will bring together staff working in HE language departments to reflect on...
