Association For Language Awareness
Fifth International Conference
- University Of Leicester, UK
26 to 29 June 2000
Programme
Monday 26 June
1400 to 1700
Arrival
and Registration in Stamford Hall. Tea available from 1600.
1700 to 1800
Sherry
reception
1730
Welcome
by Professor Robert Burgess,
Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester
1800 to 1900
Opening
plenary – Professor Ron Carter, University of Nottingham, UK
1930 Dinner
Tuesday 27 June
0900
Wasyl Cajkler and Jane Hislam,
University of Leicester, UK
Sylvia
Fehling, Universitat Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany
Language
Awareness in Content and Language Integrated Learning
Ngoni
Chipere, University of Cambridge, UK
Working
Memory Capacity versus Grammatical Awareness in Determining Syntactic Performance
0945 to 1025
Cigdem
Karatepe, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
John
Swan, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Five -eds,
Six -ings, two s's: Tackling the Decoding of Texts with the aid of Key Signals
Rosemary
Sage, University of Leicester, UK
Teaching
Thinking, Language and Communication Skills to Leicester Primary and Secondary
Pupils
1030
Lesley
Idoine, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Anita
Malmqvist, Umea University, Sweden
Metaperspectives in the Teaching
ofGrammar: an interlingual project
Karen
Turner and Ann Turvey, University of London, UK
Shared understandings of the
teaching of grammar in English and French to year 7 learners in a comprehensive
school:student teachers working collaboratively
1115 Coffee
1145
Valerie Harkness, Leeds Metropolitan
University, UK
Peter
Garrett and Angie Williams, University of Cardiff, UK
Communication
across generations: judgements from younger and older adults
Diane
Huot, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Productions
orales spontanées en début d'acquisition et l'action de remarquer
l'exemple d'une enfant en milieu naturel
1230
Crispin Thurlow, University
of Cardiff, UK
Winifred
Davies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK
A Critique of some common assumptions in German
work on Language and Education
Professor
Witold Tulasiewicz, University of Cambridge, UK
Primary
School pupils' experience of Language Awareness as part of their curriculum
1315 Lunch
1415
Nat Bartels, University of
Leipzig, Germany
Roger
Berry, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Awareness
of Metalanguage in Pedagogic Grammar
Joanna
Thornborrow, University of Cardiff, UK
Discussion,
talk and interaction in a (British) upper primary classroom
1500
Melanie Pope, Loughborough
University, UK
Alan
Fortune, King's College London, and Dilys Thorp
Interaction
data in second language output (Dictogloss) tasks: a new light on the identification,
classification and value of Language Related Episodes (LREs)
Michel Candelier, Université
René Descartes Paris-V, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France
L'éveil
aux langues à l'école primaire: des objectifs aux supports didactiques
1545 Tea
1615
Plenary – Professor Bill Littlewood, Hong Kong Baptist University
1715 to 1800 Association for Language Awareness AGM
1900 Conference Dinner
Wednesday 28 June
0900
Ingela Valfridsson, Umea
University, Sweden
Josep
Cots, Elisabet Arno, (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain)
Ester Baiget and Enric Llurda, University of Lleida, Spain
Levels
of Language Awareness and Linguistic Training
Dominique
Macaire, Université René Descartes Paris-V, France
Des
langues dans l'enseignement primaire? Evolution des représentations des
enseignants engagés dans l'éveil aux langues (EVLANG)
0945
Monika Budde, Universitat
Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany
Sheena
Gardner, University of Warwick, UK, and Pauline Rea-Dickins, University of
Bristol, UK
Chameleon
or Conglomeration? Representations of Language in EAL Assessment
Margaret
Allan and Elizabeth Hirst, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
In Support
of Tertiary Student Writing
1030
Steve Andrews, University
of Hong Kong
Julie
Norton, University of Leicester, UK
The Impact
of Task effect and Examiner Conduct upon the Performance of Japanese Candidates
in the Cambridge Speaking Tests
Richard
Ward, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Revised
Criteria for Responding to Writers
1115 Coffee
1145
Plenary – Peter Downes, OBE, Nuffield Languages Inquiry, UK
1300 Lunch
1400
Professor Claudia Finkbeiner,
University of Kassel, Germany
Heinz
Lechleiter, Dublin City University, Ireland
Blind
Spots in Research and Teaching of LSP as a Foreign Language: the example of
chemistry
1445
Arthur McNeill, University
of Dundee, UK
Lourdes
Armengol-Castells, University of Lleida, Spain
Writing
Process Awareness of Multilingual Writers: a protocol-based study of three writers
writing in three languages
1530 Tea
1600
David
Lasagabaster, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz,
Spain
Jane
Willis, Aston University, UK
Lexical
Chunks: identifying frequent phrases, classifying and teaching them
Claudia
Kunschak, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Awareness
of Variation in FL/SL Teaching
1645
Joyce
Angio, Cegep Ste. Foy, Quebec, chairs an Informal Exchange session:
"Language Awareness activities: So,...what are YOU doing in YOUR classroom?"
Thursday 29 June
0900
Elisabet
Arno, (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain), Josep Cots, Jaume
Tio, University of Lleida, Spain
Lars
Anders Kulbrandstad, Hedmark College, Norway
Sociolinguistic
Awareness in Multilingual Milieus
Mike
Scott, University of Liverpool, UK
A Tool
for Investigating Awareness
0945
Rena Helms-Park, University
of York, Ontario, Canada
Nicos
Sifakis, Hellenic Open University, Athens, Greece
Raising
our second/foreign language learners' metacognitive awareness of their vocal
tract control mechanisms at play during speaking performance
Wei Wei Shen and Martin Cortazzi,
University of Leicester, UK
Cross-Linguistic
Awareness of Key Cultural Lexis: a study of Chinese and English speakers
1030
Zargham
Ghabanchi, Teacher Training University of Sabzevar, Iran
Professor
Viv Edwards and Frank Monaghan, University of Reading, UK
Bilingual Multimedia Storybooks and the Teaching
and Learning of Mother Tongue and Second Languages
1115 Coffee
1145
Vivian Li and Ivy Ho, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Agneta
Svalberg, University of Leicester, UK
A
problem with Language Awareness
Morag
Hunter-Carsch, University of Leicester, UK
What's
in a Name? Literacy and Linguistic Awareness: knowledge, understanding and teaching
reading
1300 Lunch
Please ask for a booking
form by emailing ALA2000@lineone.net providing your full postal address and fax number.
Costs:
Registration: £35 (£25 for ALA members; £10 for ALA student
members)
Residential:
£125 (standard), £155 (ensuite) for three nights including meals
as shown in programme
Non-residential:
£36 (£15 ALA student members)
All bookings received after
26 May subject to a surcharge of £10.
Methods of payment: UK cheque,
Eurocheque, Visa, Mastercard
Richard Aplin
Treasurer
Association
for Language Awareness
University
of Leicester School of Education
21
University Road
Leicester
LE1
7RF
UK
Email: ALA2000@lineone.net
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3653