2022 events

PhD student seminar


From 'hysteria' to functional neurological disorder: A sociolinguistic accounting of stigma

  • 18 November, 2022 from 4.10 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenter: Dr Shelley Dawson, Lecturer, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
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Translation and Indigenous Language Preservation in Indonesia

  • 11 November, 2022 from 4.10 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenter: Hero Patrianto, PhD Student, LALS, Victoria University of Wellington
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Morphology matters, or Do you need to teach affixes?

  • 4 November, 2022 from 4.10 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenters: Dr Elizaveta Tarasova, Lecturer, BCIS, IPU New Zealand and Dr Natalia Beliaeva, Employment Support Coordinator | ESOL Teacher, KiwiClass Multicultural Support Services
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Learning Languages through Cultural Activities: The ENACT Web App

  • 28 October, 2022 from 4.10 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenter: Professor Paul Seedhouse, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University
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Fixity and English compounds

  • 14 October, 2022 from 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenter: Prof. Laurie Bauer, LALS, Victoria University of Wellington
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Exploring ESP/EAP through questionnaire and replication research

  • 7 October, 2022 from 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenters: Quynh Le and Xiaopeng Xu, PhD candidates, LALS, Victoria University of Wellington
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Learn Together with the Teachers: Teacher Professional Development for Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) in Rural China

  • 30 September, 2022 from 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenter: Jing Yixuan, PhD candidate, LALS, Victoria University of Wellington
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Squeaks and growls in language: individual differences in the implicit associations of voice pitch


Teacher research for English language teacher professional development: A three-level analysis of narratives AND Using narrative inquiry to explore the use of tasks in a Japanese language beginner course at university

  • 9 September, 2022 from 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenters: An Pham, PhD candidate, LALS and Yoshie Nishikawa, PhD candidate, LALS/SLC
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The Cultural Logic of the Ordinary: Discourse Re-framing as Micropolitics in Japanese


The linguistic landscape, memorialisation, and Victoria University of Wellington's origin story


The vocabulary of the 1pm COVID-19 briefings: Implications for research, teaching and government communications


Identity and impoliteness on two oppositional Facebook Pages

  • 29 July, 2022 from 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenter: Miriam Malthus, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
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Transliterating in Time and Space

  • 6 May 2022 from 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
  • Presenters: Professor Brendan Weekes PhD, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne and University of Cambridge and University of Hong
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Connecting to Figure Out How to Teach ESOL: A Grounded Theory


Communicating health knowledges across clinic and community: The case of sex characteristics in plurilingual Hong Kong

  • April 8, 2022 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  • Presenters: Dr Brian W. King,  Assistant Professor, School of English, University of Hong Kong
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LALS Staff Seminar

  • April 1, 2022 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  • Presenters: Staff, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
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