Adult ESOL in Multilingual Britain - a seminar at the University of Leeds

A BAAL/CUP Seminar at the School of Education, University of Leeds
Friday 13 July 2012
 
Linguistic, political and pedagogic contexts of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) are changing fast.
Communication in urban Britain is suffused with the multilingualism associated with globalisation and superdiversity.
Policy responses to superdiversity - including language tests for migrants and cuts to ESOL - are contentious.

Practitioners have to understand language use in today's Britain, at the same time as incorporating - or resisting - policy moves.
This day-long seminar brings together researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in Adult ESOL for discussion of these issues. 
 
Speakers

Mike Baynham
Angela Creese
Tiffy Allen
James Simpson
Becky Winstanley
Melanie Cooke
Richard Gresswell
 
This seminar will be useful for:

■ researchers and student researchers working in areas relating to language, citizenship and migration;
■ ESOL teachers and managers working in: FE colleges, organisations providing courses under the Work Programme, and voluntary/third sector providers;
■ local government officials responsible for the coordination of ESOL provision.

The seminar is supported with a BAAL/CUP Seminar grant and funding from NATECLA Y&H, and the School of Education, University of Leeds.
 
Registration is now open

Registration for the event costs £20. There is one bursary available to a student member of BAAL, covering registration and £50 towards travel.

For further information, programme, registration form, bursary application form and payment details please visit the seminar website.

Contact the organiser for further information:

James Simpson at the School of Education, University of Leeds
j.e.b.simpson@education.leeds.ac.uk
0113 343 4687