CANTESOL (Canterbury) Public Meeting: Tech Tools Unpacked The presentations at this public meeting will introduce technological learning tools that can be used to enhance learning in the classroom at the early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary levels. When: Thursday, March 19th, 2020, 4.30 –6.00 pm Where: Ara Institute of Canterbury, […]
Past Events
VUW Linguistics Seminar: Children’s vocabulary
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MYLT 101, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
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From the School of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington Children’s productive use of academic vocabulary Seminar presented by Professor Richard Anderson Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois Can children acquire academic vocabulary words from participating in classroom discussion? If they can, how does the process work? A study […]
Prof. Alison Mackey public lecture
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MYLT 101, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
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Could more creative people be better second language learners? How do you define, measure and test creativity? Dr. Mackey (Georgetown University) will first introduce cognitive creativity, and discuss how the construct of cognitive creativity can be measured then briefly describe two empirical studies, one with 20 English L1 learners of […]
Prof. Alison Phipps public lecture
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GB LT1 (lecture theatre behind the Law School, Lambton Quay)
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The Well in Welcome Public lecture by Professor Alison Phipps, University of Glasgow. Presented jointly by the Centre for Global Migrations, University of Otago, and Victoria University of Wellington. This lecture examines the worldwide Refugees Welcome movement in the context of creating a flourishing, inclusive society founded on principles of […]
WATESOL AGM
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Massey University Wellington, Executive Seminar Suite
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The WATESOL 2019 AGM will be held on 13 November 2019. Guest speaker: Associate Professor Averil Coxhead Word lists: something old, something new Word lists have a great deal to offer learners and teachers, but they need to be handled carefully to be used effectively. I will begin this talk […]
VUW Linguistics Seminar
From the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington 1 November 2019 David Coulson, Professor, Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science, Ritsumeikan University, Japan How quickly does second language memory knowledge develop? Humans do not have very strong working memory, and it seems to […]