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London Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (L-SLARF): Colloquium 2016

Venue: Drama Studio, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

Event Date: 14/05/2016 10:00 - 16:15

Date: Saturday 14 May 2015 (10 am - 4.15 pm)

10:00 - 10:10

Welcome, introduction and opening remarks

10.10 - 10.45

Kazuya Saito (Birkbeck College)

Role of individual differences in second language speech learning: A longitudinal study

10.45 - 11.20

Pauline Foster (St. Mary's University)

From ideal to idiolect: the trajectories of nativeness within and without SLA research.

11.20 - 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 - 12.15

Luke Plonsky (UCL Institute of Education) & Deirdre Derrick (Northern Arizona University)

Alpha, kappa, KR-20, oh my! A synthesis and guide to interpreting reliability estimates in L2 research

12.15 - 12:50

Paul Booth (Kingston University)

Semantic and syntactic predictions: investigating the extent to which L1 learner choices influence the L2

12.50 - 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 14.35

Parvaneh Tavakoli (University of Reading)

Development of second language proficiency in monologic vs dialogic mode: Can CAF measures portray the full picture?

14.35 - 15.10

Peter Skehan (St. Mary's University) & Zhan Wang (The University of Hong Kong)

The effects of time pressure and L2 proficiency level on task-based speaking performance

15.10 - 15.45

Andrea Révész (UCL Institute of Education), Marije Michel (Lancaster University), & Diana Mazgutova (Lancaster University)

The effects of proficiency on second language writing behaviours and text quality

15.45 - 16.15

Final discussion and closing remarks

The event is FREE, but spaces are limited. Please RSVP to a.revesz@ucl.ac.uk by 6 May 2016 if you are interested in attending. 

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