Author Archives: Hafiz

Talk by Dr Ruanni Tupas

Where is the “Classroom” in our Study of Englishes—And Why? In this talk-conversation, Dr. Ruanni Tupas will examine the often-overlooked role of the classroom in the sociolinguistics of Englishes. Typically positioned as a mere recipient of sociolinguistic knowledge, the classroom—like the broader field of education—is rarely recognized in the field as a site of knowledgeContinue reading “Talk by Dr Ruanni Tupas”

Talk by Dr Taehee Choi

Translanguaging Among English, the National Language, and Ethnic Languages: Initial Findings from a Participatory Action Research @KCL Waterloo Campus, Franklin Wilkins Building (FWB) Room 1.17 on 15th May, 5-7pm. Dr. Tae Hee Choi will present the findings and key lessons from a British Council-funded project she co-leads, titled “Empowering English Language Teachers to Adopt Multilingual Pedagogy: TheContinue reading “Talk by Dr Taehee Choi”

Talk by Professor Lina Mukhopadhyay

Reading comprehension within a translanguaging perspective, teacher education and multilingual-multimodal assessment: What do recent projects from India tell us? @KCL Waterloo Campus, Franklin Wilkins Building (FWB) Room 1.17 on 4th April, 3-5pm. A majority of multilingual (ML) children across the globe, especially from low SES families, do not enjoy the home language to language of instructionContinue reading “Talk by Professor Lina Mukhopadhyay”

Talk by Professor Yasemin Bayyurt

Integrating English as a Lingua Franca and Disciplinary Literacies in Higher Education: Insights from English as a Medium of Instruction @KCL Waterloo Campus, Waterloo Bridge Wing (WBW) Room 3/7 on 5th December, 6-8pm. This is an in-person event at KCL (WBW), you will need to register to access the building. Please register here: https://forms.office.com/e/jLsxsSTZbp Over theContinue reading “Talk by Professor Yasemin Bayyurt”

Talk by Professor Ayako Suzuki

Study Abroad as Teacher Training: Supporting Pre-service Teachers’ ELF Experiences Teams Meeting on 13th November 2024 at 4-5pm. Link to join is below Study abroad (SA) is widely recommended for English language teachers in many countries, especially in East Asian countries like Japan where English does not play a prominent role in everyday society. SAContinue reading “Talk by Professor Ayako Suzuki”

ELF14 2024 Conference – Summary of the conference

by: Nur Hafiz Abdurahman and Lays Fenilli This year’s ELF14 conference was held in person (with an online participation option) in Prague, marking the first face-to-face event since ELF12 in Medellin, Colombia, five years ago. The previous ELF13 in 2022 was mainly a webinar hosted in Taiwan. ELF14 took place from September 11-14, 2024, acrossContinue reading “ELF14 2024 Conference – Summary of the conference”

Talk by Professor Constant Leung

Language education in diverse communities: Ethics, multilingualism and teacher professionalism Post-event Report By: Lays Fenilli (UEM/Goldsmiths) “Diversity is not just everywhere, it is increasing”. This was one of the topics that Professor Constant Leung emphasized in his talk organised by the CME last Tuesday (26th June 2024) at King’s College London. To start his presentation, ProfessorContinue reading “Talk by Professor Constant Leung”

Voice your concern

Help make Higher Education Institutions multilingual spaces. Your voice matters. By supporting this petition, you voice your concern regarding multilingual spaces addressed to the Education Department of the Council of Europe, the Higher Education Unit of the European Commission, the European University Association and to Higher Education Institutions across Europe. This petition is put forwardContinue reading “Voice your concern”