Welcome to the London TESOL Research Forum
A team of TESOL researchers based at universities in and around London, who will hold bi-annual meetings in which we can discuss issues in new directions in TESOL, and in teaching postgraduate studies in TESOL, and to share our research updates with the wider TESOL research community.
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Updates
BAAL Researcher Development Workshop
We are very happy to see Kristy Cheung's event report on the methods sharing workshop earlier this summer featured in the BAAL newsletter. If you'd like to check out the report, it's on page 13 of the newsletter, available here.
Critical EAP: A forum discussion of Social Justice in EAP and ELT Contexts – Global Higher Education Perspectives
Dr Paul Breen will facilitate the next LTRF discussion on Monday 12th February on the topic of critical EAP via the launch of his latest publication entitled Social Justice in EAP and ELT Contexts - Global Higher Education Perspectives. This work published by...
Master’s Level Research Event
On November 13th and 14th, a total of 20 people representing 12 different universities (UCL, King’s, Leeds, Birkbeck, Glasgow, Goldsmiths, Greenwich, Queen Mary, East London, West London, Westminster, Southampton) discussed the current situation for master’s level...
London TESOL Masters Research
Each year, our TESOL masters students in London engage in a wide range of research projects. In this forum discussion, we will discuss what students are choosing to research and why, and what trends we’re noticing. We’ll also discuss whether there should be a...
Up for discussion: Lecture listening challenges and strategies across different proficiency levels in EMI higher education contexts
For our next event, we will be joined from Sihan Zhou, all the way from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Pleaes find full details of the event below. Time: Wednesday 17th May 6PM Location: Room 642, UCL IoE, 20 Bedford Way. Speaker: Dr Sihan Zhou is an Assistant...
Amos Paran and Luis Carabantes on the role of coursebooks in materials design
Our next event is coming up soon on Wednesday the 8th of March at 18:30. We will be joined by Queen Mary University's Luis Carabantes and UCL's Amos Paran for a session on the role of coursebooks for language education. Please find full details of the session below. ...
TESOL around the globe, as seen through the lens of a UK-based awarding organisation
Happy new year from everyone at LTRF. To bring in the new year, we're hosting an event with Ben Beaumont from Trinity College London. As always, the event is free to attend and will be on campus at the Institute of Education. Please find full details below. Time...
Perceptions of linguistic diversity and multilingual practices in a London post-1992 university
Our next LTRF event will be taking place on Thursday the 1st of December. We’re very happy to be joined by the University of West London’s Victoria Magne and Brunel’s Giuliana Ferri. Please find details of the event below. Date and time: Thursday 1st December 2022,...
Language, education & linguistic citizenship: A conversation at LTRF
Our next London TESOL Research Forum event will be happening on Thursday the 20th of October from 6-7:30PM. We'll probably head over to the IoE Bar afterwords for further discussion. The event is free to attend. The details of the event are below: Language, education...
James Wagstaffe Event Report
Thanks to everyone who attended our third event yesterday evening. James Wagstaffe gave an excellent presentation on a model of reading comprehension he's currently developing. A handful of us continued the discussion at UCL's IOE bar (hence the pictures below). We'll...