A series of talks and workshops organised by the Language Centre that aims to support deeper understanding of the role of language across the university. Language is sometimes viewed as ‘separate’ from course content but, in reality, it is ‘the essential condition of knowing, the process by which experience becomes knowledge’ (Halliday & Martin, 1993, p.94). In other words, studying a particular discipline means learning to understand the linguistic forms and structures that construct and communicate the relevant principles, knowledge and beliefs.
- What does language do? What is the function of language?
- What role does context play in language?
- How does language influence disciplinary practices?
- What do we mean by academic language?
- What role does multilingualism play in the university?
Previous Talks
- Dr Tony Capstick (University of Reading) Brokering health literacies: An ethnography of care, class and community [May 24]
- Professor Hilary Nesi (University of Coventry) What do we mean by academic writing? [April 26]
- Professor Mike Sharples (Open University) Generative AI and Academic Writing: Issues and opportunities [February 23]
- Professor Bee Bond (University of Leeds) The positioning and purpose of EAP across the university curriculum: Highlighting language in curriculum policies [January 26]
- Professor Nigel Harwood (University of Sheffield) Lecturer, language tutor, and student perspectives on the ethics of the proofreading of student writing [September 22]
- Dr Victoria Odeniyi (UAL) The coloniality of language and pedagogy [June 23]
- Dr Lena Grannell (UCL) Feedback: A cross-disciplinary Investigation [May 19 2023]
- Professor Bojana Petric (Birkbeck, University of London) Textual borrowing and its discontents [April 28 2023]
- Dr Tracey Costley (University of Essex) What is translanguaging and how can it help us and our students? [February 24 2023]
- Professor Constant Leung (King’s College London) Academic writing: Situated enactment of argument, genre and knowledge structure [January 27 2023]
- Dr Ursula Wingate (King’s College London) Collaboration with subject lecturers: EAP practitioners’ double role in student support and teacher education [Dec 9 2022]
- Dr Damian Fitzpatrick (UAL) [Oct 24 2022] What do we mean when we talk about language? An introduction