讲座一

讲座题目

How Love and Creativity affect Work Engagement in ELT: A Multinational Study

讲座报告人

Vincent Greenier 博士

讲座时间

2021年10月29日 下午 3:30-5:00

讲座平台

腾讯会议 332 771 791

内容摘要

In the field of education, second language education in particular, the concept of love has received little attention despite its essential contribution to the emotional and learning outcomes of learners and its impact on teacher work engagement and wellbeing. Indeed, the nascent literature on pedagogical love strongly suggests that it is an undervalued, even neglected, aspect of teaching, even though I would argue it should be of central concern if one is to truly care about their learners’ success and lives. The renowned educator, Paulo Freire put it this way, “…it is not possible to be a teacher without loving one’s students, even realizing that love alone is not enough. It is not possible to be a teacher without loving teaching.” In contrast, the concept of creativity has recently flourished in the field of second language education and applied linguistics and the ever-expanding body of research on the topic has made teachers more cognizant of its benefits to the language learning experience. Nonetheless, while an understanding of its importance has progressed, its link to teacher work engagement is still not well understood. This presentation will examine the relationship between these three constructs, pedagogical love, creativity, and work engagement, in the field of ELT. The talk will begin with an overview of these constructs and how they may be defined in language teaching before explaining the early findings of a large-scale multinational/multicultural study examining how love and creativity correlate with each other, and what they suggest about teacher work engagement and wellbeing.

专家简介

Vincent Greenier is a Lecturer in Linguistics & TESOL at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He served as book reviews editor for System journal before moving into his current role as Associate Editor. He has been an ESL/EFL teacher and teacher educator for nearly two decades and has lived and taught in several countries across four continents. His main research interests include creative approaches to language teaching and learning, leadership and professionalism in ELT, language teacher education, language teacher identity, and innovative approaches to qualitative research. His articles can be found in journals such as TESOL Quarterly, System, RELC, The Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, and others.

讲座二

讲座题目

L2 writing methodological innovation: taking risks

讲座报告人

Jim Mckinley 博士

讲座时间

2021年11月7日 下午 5:00-6：30

讲座平台

https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/Ax2eAHmyGbLB  

腾讯会议 ID：661 390 063

内容摘要

With increasing numbers of language teachers and scholars investigating L2 writing in a diverse range of settings, we have opportunities to adapt and develop methodologies from other contexts and disciplines, yet dominant methodological constructs in English L2 research continue to prevail. We should rely less on the major design methodologies, taking risks with more creative ones. I argue we need to embrace the ‘messiness’ of L2 writing education, without the pressure of situating it in discussions in the literature dominated by the same tired constructs.

专家简介

Jim Mckinley，博士，副教授，伦敦大学教育学院应用语言学中心主任，博士研究生导师，System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (SSCI)联合主编， 研究领域为外语教育、外语研究方法和英语写作教学。