BAAL works with publishers to fund a series of seminars and workshops. Currently we facilitate:
- Two seminars jointly funded with Cambridge University Press. For details of how to organise a seminar, go to the seminars page.
One workshop jointly funded with Routledge. For details of how to organise a workshop, please go to the workshop page
If you are interested in sponsoring a seminar or workshop or other presentation series, please contact the current Seminars Coordinator on the BAAL Executive Committee.
The following proposal has been awarded BAAL-Routledge Workshop funding for 2019:
Language teacher cognition research: theoretical stances and methodological choices
Date: 18 January 2019
Place: University of Exeter
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Professor Simon Borg, ELT Consultant; Western Norway University of Applied Science
Professor Maggie Kubanyiova, University of Leeds
Workshop information: Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in language teacher cognition, as evidenced by special issues of Language Teaching Research (2010), System (2011), Language Learning Journal (2013), The Modern Language Journal (2015) along with more than 600 publications since the 1990s to date.
The main aim of this workshop will focus on the theoretical positions and methodological choices in studying language teacher cognition in different cultural and educational contexts in language learning. This workshop is open to everyone who is interested in researching teacher cognition in language education in contexts of EAL, EFL, ESL, EAP, ESP and EMI.
Organisers: Elaine Jingya Liu (University of Exeter); Dr Enjo Xuying Fan (South China Normal University); Dr Li Li (University of Exeter)