Improving language learning through the strategic classroom: findings and applications of research

Wednesday 21 April 2010

British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1

Convened by the UK Project on Language Learner Strategies (UKPOLLS)

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Language learner strategies (LLSs) are an important area of research within the field of foreign language teaching and learning. Explicit instruction in LLSs is proven to enhance learning effectively. In the current educational climate, the 'learning to learn' agenda has been put into practice in ways that do not always take full account of research findings and theoretical developments which can support teachers and flesh out policy. Likewise, classroom-based assessments for learning and notions of learner autonomy have not always been closely related to the strategies which our research has shown students actually adopt in their language learning. A main aim of the conference is to share with language teachers and policy makers how learner strategies contribute to language learning and to suggest how they can be embedded into classroom practice. The conference aims to provide a forum for wide consultation and dissemination.

About the Convenor

UKPOLLS (UK Project on Language Learner Strategies) is an established research group of self-funding educationalists/applied linguists working in the universities of Reading, Oxford, Dublin, Aberdeen and Goldsmiths College, London. Their work has focused on learner strategies within UK foreign language classrooms and on how they can contribute to more effective learning from both learners' and teachers' perspectives.

The conference organiser is Professor Suzanne Graham. She has worked in the field of language learner strategies since the early 1990s and her publications in this area are well-known both nationally and internationally, offering researchers and practitioners insights into how learner strategies contribute to more effective language learning. She leads the PGCE Secondary MFL course at the University of Reading, where she is also Director of Research within the Institute of Education.

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Conference

Registration is required for this conference and places are limited.

There is a charge for this conference:-

£15 for Government employed, ITE lecturers

£10 for Teachers, trainee teachers and the retired.

If you wish to attend please complete a registration form