Category Archives: CME Event

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 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”