english-as-medium-of-instruction

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”