QUESTIONSAutonomy in a Connected World (IATEFL LASIG-SWON event) (open2009)
Venue: Open University, Faculty of Education and Language Studies
Location: Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
| Event Date/Time: Dec 11, 2009 | End Date/Time: Dec 11, 2009 |
| Registration Date: Dec 11, 2009 | |
| Early Registration Date: Oct 30, 2009 |
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Autonomy in a Connected World
Sponsored by IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG, the SWON (formerly SWAN) one-day conference will be hosted this year by the Open University, Milton Keynes (within easy reach of London and Birmingham by train). SWON is a network of academics and research students at the universities of Sheffield, Warwick, Nottingham and the Open University, who share an interest in researching and promoting autonomy in language learning.
Invited Speakers
* Elspeth Broady, Independent educational consultant, joint editor of Language Learning Journal
Presentation title: Autonomy and identity – seeing and moving comfort zones.
* Bernd Rüschoff, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany
Presentation title: Web 2.0 tools to actively engage language learners in output-oriented tasks
* Ema Ushioda, Programme Director of the Doctorate of Education in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK.
Presentation title: Teacher-learner autonomy in a connected world: re-engaging alumni through an online community of practice.
Other presentations
Linda Murphy, Regine Hampel and Ursula Stickler
Learning through experience: developing distance teachers to support collaborative, autonomous language learning
Tim Lewis and Elodie Vialleton
Autonomy and agency in a virtual learning community – the Tridem project
Stella Hurd and Maria Fernandez-Toro
Affect in theory and practice: issues for learning and performance in independent language learning
Maria-Luisa Perez-Cavana
Autonomy and the European Language Portfolio (ELP):
assessing individual learning styles
Mirjam Hauck and Andreas Müller-Hartmann
How can multimodal competence contribute to increased learner control
in online language learning?
Poster session preview
Elizabeth Anthony, University of Bristol, England
Mediating language learning and learner independence: group interactions among English for Special Purposes (ESP) students in a problem-based learning (PBL) classroom
Gloria Chwo, Hungkuang University, Taiwan
Cultivating learner autonomy in an EFL college level literature circle reading class via Author Plus eLearning program
Lucy Cooker, University of Nottingham, England
Q-methodology for researching learner autonomy
Javier Diaz and Eduardo de Gregorio, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
(1) Fostering autonomy in second language acquisition through mobile learning: the EUROPODIANS Project
(2) Videogames and learner independence in second language and culture acquisition: the AMICITIAS Project
Zineb Djoub, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Algeria
‘Affect and students’: autonomy in language learning
Momtaz Garner, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
An empirical study of the relative effectiveness of collaborative and private reading in EFL teaching in Iran
Maria Jordano, Universidad de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
Conducting an English for Tourism blog in a distance autonomous context
Hideo Kojima, Hirosaki University, Japan,
Developing teacher-learner autonomy and professional identity: a case of initial EFL teachers’ teaching practice in Japan
Damio Siti Maftuhah, School of Education, University of Nottingham, England
Adopting Q-methodology to investigate TESL student teachers conceptualisation of autonomous language learning
Chahrzed Mirza, Open University, England
Impact of multimodal online interactions generated in audio-graphic conferencing systems on knowledge construction process
Kinaz Murshid, University of Bristol, England
Learner autonomy as agency among Syrian EFL university students.
Muge Satar, Open University, England
Social presence in online video communication in a foreign language
Liang Wang, Open University, England
A tale between two cities: constructing learner autonomy in an internet-mediated intercultural language learning context
Sherri Wei, Warwick University, England
Creating a space for reflection
Sponsored by IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG, the SWON (formerly SWAN) one-day conference will be hosted this year by the Open University, Milton Keynes (within easy reach of London and Birmingham by train). SWON is a network of academics and research students at the universities of Sheffield, Warwick, Nottingham and the Open University, who share an interest in researching and promoting autonomy in language learning.
Invited Speakers
* Elspeth Broady, Independent educational consultant, joint editor of Language Learning Journal
Presentation title: Autonomy and identity – seeing and moving comfort zones.
* Bernd Rüschoff, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany
Presentation title: Web 2.0 tools to actively engage language learners in output-oriented tasks
* Ema Ushioda, Programme Director of the Doctorate of Education in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK.
Presentation title: Teacher-learner autonomy in a connected world: re-engaging alumni through an online community of practice.
Other presentations
Linda Murphy, Regine Hampel and Ursula Stickler
Learning through experience: developing distance teachers to support collaborative, autonomous language learning
Tim Lewis and Elodie Vialleton
Autonomy and agency in a virtual learning community – the Tridem project
Stella Hurd and Maria Fernandez-Toro
Affect in theory and practice: issues for learning and performance in independent language learning
Maria-Luisa Perez-Cavana
Autonomy and the European Language Portfolio (ELP):
assessing individual learning styles
Mirjam Hauck and Andreas Müller-Hartmann
How can multimodal competence contribute to increased learner control
in online language learning?
Poster session preview
Elizabeth Anthony, University of Bristol, England
Mediating language learning and learner independence: group interactions among English for Special Purposes (ESP) students in a problem-based learning (PBL) classroom
Gloria Chwo, Hungkuang University, Taiwan
Cultivating learner autonomy in an EFL college level literature circle reading class via Author Plus eLearning program
Lucy Cooker, University of Nottingham, England
Q-methodology for researching learner autonomy
Javier Diaz and Eduardo de Gregorio, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
(1) Fostering autonomy in second language acquisition through mobile learning: the EUROPODIANS Project
(2) Videogames and learner independence in second language and culture acquisition: the AMICITIAS Project
Zineb Djoub, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Algeria
‘Affect and students’: autonomy in language learning
Momtaz Garner, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
An empirical study of the relative effectiveness of collaborative and private reading in EFL teaching in Iran
Maria Jordano, Universidad de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
Conducting an English for Tourism blog in a distance autonomous context
Hideo Kojima, Hirosaki University, Japan,
Developing teacher-learner autonomy and professional identity: a case of initial EFL teachers’ teaching practice in Japan
Damio Siti Maftuhah, School of Education, University of Nottingham, England
Adopting Q-methodology to investigate TESL student teachers conceptualisation of autonomous language learning
Chahrzed Mirza, Open University, England
Impact of multimodal online interactions generated in audio-graphic conferencing systems on knowledge construction process
Kinaz Murshid, University of Bristol, England
Learner autonomy as agency among Syrian EFL university students.
Muge Satar, Open University, England
Social presence in online video communication in a foreign language
Liang Wang, Open University, England
A tale between two cities: constructing learner autonomy in an internet-mediated intercultural language learning context
Sherri Wei, Warwick University, England
Creating a space for reflection
Venue
Walton Hall
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How to Register
The conference fee includes lunch and refreshments:
Early-bird registration (by Friday 30th October)
IATEFL members £45
Non-members £55
Students £25
Late registration
IATEFL members £50
Non-members £60
Students £30
Registration
More details, online registration and the printable form available at: http://www.learnerautonomy.org/open2009.html
