Highly Successful 9th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium

9th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium

The 9th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network was a very successful event with more than 150 participants involved. There were three keynote presentations by Professor Ken Hyland, Professor Phil Benson and Professor Jack Richards, two symposia and 26 individual papers. There were two pre-colloquium workshops on action research by Professor Anne Burns and publishing research by Professor Brian Paltridge and Professor Ken Hyland. Congratuations to Dr Marie Stevenson, Dr Lesley Harbon and Dr Phil Chappell for convening the colloquium this year. We look forward to our 10th University of Sydney TESOL Research Colloquium in 2015.

Here are some pictures of the events.

 

 

9th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium

9^th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium

in conjunction with Macquarie University

A Free Colloquium

Sponsored by

The Faculty of Education and Social Work and The Centre for English Teaching, The University of Sydney, Australia

Saturday August 23, 2014

CALL FOR PAPERS

The University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium aims to provide a forum to discuss and share research in the area of TESOL, as well as explore possible future research collaborations in the area. The Colloquium is a place for networking for both established and new TESOL researchers. The Colloquium includes presentations and symposia on a wide range of TESOL and TESOL-related research, both in progress and completed.

Keynote Speakers:

Ken Hyland, University of Hong Kong: “Working with writing: Understanding texts, writers and readers”

Philip Benson, Macquarie University: “Language learning and teaching: In and out of the classroom”

Proposals are invited for:

·       25-minute paper presentations (20-minute presentations followed by 5-minutes for questions/discussion)

·       90-minute symposia (80-minutes for presentations followed by 10-minutes for questions/discussion)

Instructions for submissions:

·       Individual papers: A title, a 250-word abstract plus a 50-word summary of the abstract (plus your name, institution, email and telephone number).

·       Symposia: A title, a 500-word abstract plus a 200-word summary of the abstract (plus presenters’ names, institutions, emails and telephones).

·       Submit your abstract at:

http://faculty.edfac.usyd.edu.au/limesurvey/index.php?sid=45361

(If this link does not work when you click, copy and paste it in a new web browser. Please make sure the link is in one line)

·       Submission deadline: Friday, May 30, 2014

·       Contact Marie Stevenson (marie.stevenson@sydney.edu.au) for further inquiries about abstract submissions.

Free Pre-Colloquium Workshops (Friday, August 22, 2014):

Workshop 1 (9.00 am - 12.00 pm): Anne Burns, Honorary Professor, University of Sydney: “Exploring action research for professional practice”

Workshop 2 (1.00 pm - 4.00 pm):  Ken Hyland, University of Hong Kong & Brian Paltridge, University of Sydney: “Advice from the editors: Academic publishing in Applied Linguistics and TESOL journals”

Registration for the workshops (by Thursday, July 24, 2014):

http://faculty.edfac.usyd.edu.au/limesurvey/index.php?sid=74751

Contact Phil Chappell (philip.chappell@mq.edu.au) for further inquiries about the workshops.

Registration for the Colloquium (by Friday, August 15, 2014):

http://faculty.edfac.usyd.edu.au/limesurvey/index.php?sid=24645 

Contact Marie Stevenson (marie.stevenson@sydney.edu.au) for general inquiries about the Colloquium.

Website: http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/news_events/events/2014/Semester-Two/TESOL-research-colloquium.shtml

Blog: http://tesolresearchnetwork.blogspot.com.au/

Seminar by Professor Brian Paltridge

Research Seminars in TESOL and Language Studies
The TESOL Research Network
Faculty of Education and Social Work

Genre and second language academic writing: Influences and developments

Professor Brian Paltridge

The University of Sydney

Date: Thursday 24^th October 2013 

Time: 4.00 – 5.00 pm 

Venue: Education 459, The University of Sydney 

Abstract: The notion of genre is now an extremely important one in the teaching and researching of second language writing. In this presentation, I trace the history of genre and genre-based teaching in the area of second language academic writing through key work that has been influential in its development. Some of this work is more theoretical in that it has contributed to the development of ways of thinking about and researching genres, while other work has been more practical in that its focus has been on the teaching and learning of genres and, in this case, the teaching of academic writing in second language settings.

Bio: Brian Paltridge is Professor TESOL at the University of Sydney. He is co-author of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language (Routledge, 2007, with Sue Starfield) and with his TESOL colleagues at the University of Sydney Teaching Academic Writing (University of Michigan Press, 2009). With Aek Phakiti he edited the Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (Continuum, 2010), with Ken Hyland the Companion to Discourse Analysis (Continuum, 2011) and with Diane Belcher and Ann Johns New Directions in English for Specific Purposes Research (University of Michigan Press, 2011). His most recent publications are the second edition of his book Discourse Analysis (Bloomsbury 2012) and the Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, edited with Sue Starfield (Wiley-Blackwell 2103). He is an Editor Emeritus for the journal English for Specific Purposes and a member of the editorial board for the English Australia Journal, the Taiwan International ESP Journal and the Chinese Journal of English for Specific Purposes. From 2014 he will be co-editor of TESOL Quarterly.

Enquiries: Dr Aek Phakiti (aek.phakiti@sydney.edu.au). This is a free seminar. There is no need to RSVP.

8th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network 2013 Photos

8th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network 2013

Date: September 7, 2013
Venue: Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney

This free annual colloquium was very well attended. There were approximately 125 participants. More photos are to be added.