Tag: SLA

Public lecture, Birkbeck, London. Improving second language acquisition: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Madrid, 1st July 2016

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A free talk given by Dr.Carmen Pena Díaz,Universidad de Alcalá (Website:http://www3.uah.es/traduccion/profesorado/Pena_Diaz.html) on Friday 1st July, 2016 06:00 – 07:30PM. Event Description The Spanish joke “What is a Spanish person? Someone whose life is spent learning English”, perfectly defines the Spanish general perception of their second language acquisition, which is usually English. According to a survey conducted by the national media, 65% of Spaniards […]

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Call for papers: Language in Focus Conference, Multiple Perceptual Frames on ELT and SLA, March 2017, Cyprus

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if you fancy a conference in Cyprus, then check out the following. Here is what the organisers say: Annual LIF conferences have already become an academic platform for exchanging exciting ideas, projects and scientific research results between aspiring academics, teachers, and well-known researchers. In harmony with this spirit of academic enthusiasm, LIF2017 Conference aims at providing a forum for participants […]

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Invitation to attend: FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT – TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN? by Prof. Jean-Marc Dewaele

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Hosted by the UCL Institute of Education, University College London 5:30 pm, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 Rm 731/736, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL The talk will explore the relationship between Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) in the FL classroom (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014). Participants were 1746 current FL learners from around the world. The […]

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