25.2126, Confs: Socioling, Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics/UK

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Subject: 25.2126, Confs: Socioling, Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics/UK

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Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:42:20
From: Anna Charalambidou [a.charalambidou at surrey.ac.uk]
Subject: Ethnolinguistic Minorities in the UK and Beyond: Encouraging Research Led Teaching

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Ethnolinguistic Minorities in the UK and Beyond: Encouraging Research Led Teaching 

Date: 08-Jul-2014 - 08-Jul-2014 
Location: Guildford, United Kingdom 
Contact: Anna Charalambidou 
Contact Email: a.charalambidou at surrey.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2014/Seminars/AH/AHRC_events/AHRC_Surrey 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

This symposium is part of the joint Higher Education Academy (HEA) - Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) collaborative project on Interculturalism and Translating Cultures.

This symposium will bring together intercultural communication scholars, students and members of the public working on/interested in ethnic and linguistic minorities in the UK and beyond, primarily, though not exclusively, from a general sociolinguistic perspective. It will discuss practical tools and strategies of effectively feeding the latest research findings on the subject into learning and teaching in HE institutions across the country. 

Program:

9.45-10.00
Registration 

10.00-10.15:
Welcome and Introductions

10.15-10.45
Zhu Hua, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck 
Interculturality: Negotiating cultural identity and differences

10.45-11.15
Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Professor of Discourse Analysis & Sociolinguistics, KCL
'It all started with a study of language & culture': The story of small stories research

11.15-11.45
Alexandre Duchêne, Professor of Sociology of Language and Multilingualism, Fribourg 
Teaching language and social inequalities: resistance, banalization and transformation in the university classroom

11.45-12.05: Tea break

12.05-12.50
Itesh Sachdev, Professor of Language and Communication, SOAS
Community/heritage languages in higher education

12.50-13.05
Celia Roberts, Professor of Applied Linguistics, KCL & Melanie Cooke, Teaching Fellow in ESOL and Applied Linguistics, KCL
Turning real video recordings of institutional encounters into teaching materials

13.05-14.30
Lunch break: Three-course lunch at the Lakeside Restaurant

14.30-15.30
Workshop: Facilitated small group discussions on the following issues: 
-Tools, resources and strategies for designing engaging sessions on the sociolinguistics of ethnic and linguistic minorities;
-Ethical issues in using research data (especially videorecordings) in class;
-Ways of benefiting voluntary organisations working with speakers of ethnic and linguistic minorities from current intercultural communication research;
-Other issues that arise in the morning presentations. 

15.30-15.50: Tea break

15.50-16.50
Feedback of small group discussions and plenary discussion/action points

16.50-17.00
Evaluation and close

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