School of Languages and Area Studies

2011 BALEAP Biennial Conference

Theme: 'EAP within the HE Garden: Cross Pollination between Disciplines, Departments, Research & Teaching'

Location: University of Portsmouth

Date: 10th - 12th April 2011

Following on from the very successful conference at the University of Reading, we are pleased to announce the 2011 BALEAP Biennial Conference is to be held at the University of Portsmouth between 10th to 12th April 2011.

Cross pollination welcome from:

  • Materials Design
  • eLearning and Technology
  • Teacher Training & Competencies
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Academic Literacies
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Tests and Testing
  • The Internationalization of HE
  • English for Specific Academic Purposes
  • Writing for Home Students

Plenary Speakers

Plenary speakers include:

  • Ian Bruce. University of Waikato, New Zealand
  • Janette Ryan. Monash University, Australia and Oxford Brookes University
  • Dominic Scott. Chief Executive, UKCISA
  • John Swales. University of Michigan, USA

Enquiries

For informal enquiries please get in touch with Richard Hitchcock (Richard.Hitchcock@port.ac.uk) or John Wrigglesworth (John.Wrigglesworth@port.ac.uk)

Call for papers

Call for papers [Acrobat (.pdf) - 69.5kb Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:30:00 BST]


Pre-conference event: Event 1 of the new Research Training Event Series (ResTES)

To be launched at the BALEAP Conference
9 - 10 April 2011
at the University of Portsmouth

“Defining the Research Space: Literature Reviews and Research Questions”

Invited Workshop Leader:        Dr Ian Bruce, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Subsequent events to include:

  • Choosing a Methodology: Types of Method, Qualitative v Quantitative
  • Issues in Classroom Research: Action Research v Exploratory Practice Analysing Qualitative Data: Transcription, Coding
  • Analysing Quantitative Data: Descriptive v Inferential Statistics
  • Reporting Results: Presentation of Results v Conclusions; Publishing

The events are to be self-contained and not an on-going course, so that members can attend one, some or all.

The format: half-day of input from a specialist in the field followed by a half-day of discussion, seminar, sharing of work.

Different researchers will be invited to deliver input sessions.

Information about participation and registration to follow

Organised by the Baleap Research and Publications Sub-Committee
research@baleap.org.uk