Browsing Language Studies Conference Papers by Date Published
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Creating opportunities for confident and curious learners : the importance of multilingual teachers in ECE learning environments
(2018-11-03)Why expose our young learners to a second language? Can develop cognitive ability. Opportunities in a globalized world Maintenance of a heritage language for migrants In New Zealand 150+ languages spoken Canada Aus ... -
Son et lumière : re-enchantment and environmental obligation in Michael Symmons Roberts' 'Drysalter'
(2018-09-28)A particular Western secularisation and disenchantment narrative proposes that the post Enlightenment promotion of rationalism, science and technology entails the abandonment of “the great enchanted garden” (Weber, The ... -
What metaphors tell us about the market: reconciling linguistics, cognition and pragmatics in order to understand the impact of metaphor use on society
(2018-06-27)In the last 25 years, traditional approaches to the treatment of metaphor have been increasingly questioned on both theoretical and experimental grounds and, as a result, Metaphorology has become a flourishing academic ... -
Keepin' It Reo in a digital learning space
(2018-04)Te mihinga komene (presenter) Nō whea ahau? Nō whea koe? Te paerewa - te tiriti o waitangi partnership Ko wai tō ingoa? Tohutō - macrons Kīwaha - expression, saying Te reo hangarau - DT [digi tech] terms E rima a ... -
The Internet of Things : and its implications for learning beyond the classroom
(2017-07)It is estimated that by 2020 there will be over 50 billion connected devices. This will go beyond cellphones and computers, to include objects such as cars, household appliances, and – as the technology improves – clothes, ... -
Teaching grammar creatively
(English Australia, 2016-09)Creativity - what? why? how? Why encourage creativity in grammar teaching? Three ways we can help -
Teaching and learning academic writing: Narratives of future destinations.
(2014)Focus: Qualitative project relating content and form of AW portfolios to: Student ‘destinations’, ‘disciplinary communities’ and ‘imagined communities’ The need of more specificity in creating ‘disciplinary identities’ ... -
Connecting 'across the ditch' and beyond!
(2014)Take charge of your own professional development. By using the Internet, you can decide when, where and how to keep up-to-date with all the latest developments in teaching ESOL or community languages. This workshop will ... -
Learning and assessing for future imagined communities: Academic writing texts within portfolios
(Tertiary Writing Network, 2010-12)How can first year, tertiary-level EAL academic writing programmes for adult learners use both portfolio assessment and emerging understandings about the importance of discourse community and imagined communities to target ... -
Talk it up? Do language and learning advisors have a role in the development of spoken ‘literacy’?
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand, 2008)To judge from recent collections of conference proceedings, language and learning advisors focus primarily on development of student writing and study skills. This paper considers the need for a greater emphasis on spoken ... -
It takes two: Sharing language skills and cultural insights with EAL students preparing for work placements
(2008)This paper reports on collaboration between a Learning Development lecturer and a Nursing lecturer working with English as an additional language (EAL) nursing students. We set up voluntary sessions, with the aim of helping ... -
Mentoring in language and culture on-line
(2000-06)A mentor can 'stimulate the construction of the student's autonomy' (Freire 1998), empower people to think more positively about themselves and increase their network of contacts (McKenzie 1995, Jeruchin and Shapiro 1992). ...
