[Edling] Queen's University Belfast Research Seminar: "Supporting learners outside the language classroom: Theory and practice" by Prof Jo Mynard

Thu Apr 8 12:22:37 UTC 2021

Dear Colleagues,

Please see details below and attached on our April research seminar. We look forward to your participation and please feel free to share this info.

Centre for Language Education Research
Queen’s University Belfast
Seminar Series

"Supporting learners outside the language classroom: Theory and practice"
Speaker: Prof Jo Mynard, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan
Facilitator: Dr Sin-Wang Chong, Queen's University Belfast

Date: Tues 20th April 2021
Time: 10:00 -12.00 (UK)
Microsoft Teams: Link to register: https://tinyurl.com/s7rzphz6<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fs7rzphz6&data=04%7C01%7Ca.oboyle%40qub.ac.uk%7C04e5a034ef1c4f6d59ba08d8f50ed655%7Ceaab77eab4a549e3a1e8d6dd23a1f286%7C0%7C0%7C637528791365571548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2NMys7mvI2bivEDn0gnylXbVwk%2F%2BtSjha7MvqJ%2FCupg%3D&reserved=0>
All welcome!

Abstract: In this talk, I will look at ways to support language learners in outside-classroom contexts such as self-access centres. First, I will give a brief overview of the role of self-access language learning (SALL), for example, providing materials, spaces, and facilities for learning; ensuring access to communities of TL speakers; offering language support and practice opportunities; and providing targeted support for individual learners through advising. I will then take a fresh look at SALL through the lens of self-determination theory (SDT, Deci and Ryan, 1987; Ryan and Deci, 2017) in order to explore how we not only provide support for language learning , but also help learners to thrives as human beings, I will look at some practical ways in which we can enhance students autonomous motivation by supporting their basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness in out-of-class contexts (Mynard, forthcoming; Mynard and Shelton-Strong, 2020). Finally, I will explore the role that teachers and learning advisors have in facilitating the process of developing autonomy through the powerful use of dialogue (Kato and Mynard, 2016).

Speaker Bio: Prof Jo Mynard is a Professor and Director of the Self-Access Learning Centre (SALC) and Director of the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Japan. She had co-edited and co-authored several books in the areas of advising, learning autonomy, and social leaning spaces. She is one of the founding editors of SiSAL (Studies in Self-Access Learning) Journal Relay Journal and the Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning

Questions related to this seminar should be directed to Dr Sin-Wang Chong: S.Chong at qub.ac.uk

Best wishes,
Aisling
Please note my current schedule includes working outside of normal working hours. There is no expectation of a response during the same.
Dr. Aisling O'Boyle
Senior Fellow HEA, Lecturer in Education
Director, Centre for Language Education Research
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
Queen's University Belfast
20 College Green
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Email: a.oboyle at qub.ac.uk
Phone: +44 28 9097 5935

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