BAAL Vocab SIG Conference 2023
Guest speaker: Dr Martin Lamb
CreLLU PGR Conference
26th June 2023
Denny Vlaeva presented a paper entitled 'Using habit-building techniques in vocabulary learning: Insight from a longitudinal event-sampling study' at the annual BAAL Vocab SIG Conference at Nottingham Trent University.
22nd June 2023
We hosted Dr Martin Lamb at our June monthly meeting, in which he talked about all things unconscious motivation. Thank you again for coming to visit us!
21st June 2023
Siying Shen presented a paper entitled 'Understanding Mandarin learners’ motivation in/with their context: A data-rich approach in a longitudinal study' at the University of York Centre for Research in Language Learning and Use PGR Conference, with the theme Meeting Methodologies.
Bridging Global Citizenship and Multilingual Competences Conference
Viva success!
New reading group
16th-17th June 2023
Group members Bochra Kouraichi, Carlos Murillo, Giulia Sulis, and Katarina Mentzelopoulos met up at the University of Graz, Austria for the Bridging Global Citizenship and Multilingual Competences International Conference!Bochra presented a paper entitled '"If everything goes well, I'll be a proficient speaker": Estonian Students’ LOTE Motivation', and Katarina presented one entitled 'In the words of the learner: Capturing the complexity of multilingual motivation through narrative'. Carlos and Giulia helped organise the conference.
10th May 2023
Congratulations to Dr Bochra Kouraïchi who successfully defended her PhD thesis. Well done, Bochra!
Summer 2023
Dr Wang Zi is starting a reading group to keep everyone motivated over the summmer months. For more information, please see the advertisement.
Scholarship
Celebrating Two Years of LLP
IATEFL Hungary
3rd March 2023
Meifang Zhuo has been awarded the IATEFL Research SIG PCE Scholarship. Congratulations!
23rd November 2022
We hosted a lunchtime reception at the University of Warwick to celebrate two years since our LLP PhD Community's first meeting. Thank you to the University of Warwick Doctoral College and the ESRC for funding for this event, and to our members new and old who could make this idea a real community!
7th - 9th October 2022
Veronika Derecskey and Bochra Kouraïchi presented their research at the IATEFL Hungary conference. You can read about their experiences in their blog post on this website.
ESREA
SLTED 2022
Guest speaker: Dr Christine Muir
30th September 2022
Kathryn Sidaway presented at the ESREA triennial conference at the University of Milano Bicocca, Italy where she won the award for the best PhD paper.
16th September 2022
Meifang Zhuo presented her research into literature circles at the Second Language Teacher Education conference in Vienna, Austria.
21st July 2022
We hosted Dr. Christine Muir as a guest speaker at our July monthly meeting. Thanks again for sharing your insights on the early career researcher journey!
Zi Wang Graduation
LLP Birmingham Trip
PLL4 Conference
19th July 2022
Dr. Zi Wang graduated with her PhD in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick! Big congratulations to Dr. Wang!
14th July 2022
We hosted an in-person meeting in Birmingham, where we talked about all manner of things to do with research and language learner psychology! It was wonderful see each other in person, many of us for the first time. Thank you to the University of Warwick Doctoral College for funding for this event.
25th June 2022
Denny Vlaeva presented her recent research into vision interventions at PLL4, Canada.
ESRC MGS Conference 2022 - Veronika
ESRC MGS Conference 2022 - Sundeep
Officially Dr Sidaway!
23rd June 2022
Veronika Derecskey presented her research into the causes of EFL teacher demotivation in Hungary at the University of Loughborough ESRC Conference.
23rd June 2022
Sundeep Dhillon presented her research into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers' digital development at the University of Loughborough ESRC Conference.
16th January 2024
We were all delighted to see photos of our group founder Dr Kathryn Sidaway officially graduating in her cap and gown. Definitely an inspiration for us all! Congratulations, Kathryn!