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Bridging Stories: Writing Arabic Picture Books with Diglossia and Shared Reading in Mind

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You are warmly invited to a talk by Manar Hazzaa, award-winning Arabic children's author and postgraduate researcher in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies: Bridging Stories: Writing Arabic Picture Books with Diglossia and Shared Reading in Mind Drawing on both her experience as an author and her doctoral research, Manar will explore the challenges...

Language and Climate Change

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This Thursday’s Conversation is jointly organised by the Centre for Language Education Research (CLER) and the Centre for Global Development (CGD) at Leeds University. Keynote Speakers:   Dr Rosalie Edmonds, UCLA will bring a sociolinguistic perspective and consider questions of linguistic diversity, language ideologies and the politics of participation in relation to her research in the context of Cameroonian wildlife...

Yemeni Female Poetry

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As part of the Yemen in Conflict project, LAAF in partnership with Writing on the Wall brings together four Yemeni female poets. About this event Yemen in Conflict is an ongoing project between LAAF, the University of Liverpool and the University of Leeds. The project has involved people who are passionate about Yemen, its poetry and...

Counter-Narratives in Language Education Research: Toward a Raciolinguistic Genealogical Perspective on Language Education Policy

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Panel on Counter-Narratives in Language Education Research Toward a Raciolinguistic Genealogical Perspective on Language Education Policy  Dr Nelson Flores  (University of Pennsylvania)   Abstract: This presentation proposes raciolinguistic genealogy as a methodological approach to the study of language education. It briefly defines three components of this approach: 1) a genealogical stance that brings attention to...

The Art of Seeing and Hearing the Other

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This seminar is the first of a series as part of the AHRC-funded initiative "Ethics and Aesthetics of Encountering the Other: New Frameworks for Engaging with Difference (ETHER)" How we see and hear the other is often shaped through our attachment to ideas, images and ideologies about ourselves, others and the world. Language ideologies, for...

CLER Conversation: Engaging Language Pedagogies for Young People in Multilingual Contexts

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Join us for this CLER Conversation, led by Asier Calzada, CLER visiting doctoral researcher, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU. With discussants Prof María del Pilar García Mayo, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU & Dr Mohammad Javad Ahmadian, University of Leeds. https://cler.leeds.ac.uk/events/cler-conversation-engaging-language-pedagogies-for-young-people-in-multilingual-contexts/ https://sway.office.com/pn6kHFHbYxi8PFxh?ref=email

CLER Conversation - Multilingual Competence as a Resource for Language Learning

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Centre for Language Education Research conversation led by Dr Richard Badger which considers the value of multilingual competence in additional language development. With discussants Dr. Dung Cao, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University and Dr. Dogus Oksuz, University of Leeds https://cler.leeds.ac.uk/events/cler-conversation-multilingual-competence-as-a-resource-for-language-learning/ https://sway.office.com/ejtH1jKmIxaoNsd6?ref=email