As part of LING 376: Seminar and Practicum in Applied Linguistics, the Applied Linguistics Program offers a series of free public seminars focusing on professional development for language teaching. These seminars are open to all members of the community, and are offered in the spring semester from January to April on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., and are always in Clearhue A307 unless otherwise noted.

Spring 2014 Applied Linguistics Seminar Series:

Every year the Seminar Series in Applied Linguistics offers new insights into language teaching from experienced teachers, researchers and administrators. Join us for lively discussions of key issues and innovative perspectives from the field.

January 14. Christiani Thompson-Wagner Travers (UVic Department of Linguistics). “Teaching
Intonation and Pragmatics.”

January 21. Forum on Teaching Abroad: Three teachers share their
experiences and provide information about teaching in Brazil
(Christiani Wagner, UVic Applied Linguistics), Japan/Spain (Tara Toller, PGIC Victoria), Other (TBA)

January 28. Monty Bridgman (Global Village Victoria). “Taking an ESL
Project from Start to Finish.”

February 4. Kathleen Terrio (English Language Centre, UVic). "Using
Video in the Language Classroom."

February 11. Reading Break. No seminar.

February 18. Gerry Luton (English Language Centre). "Reporting on
Successful Project-work in the ESL Classroom."

February 25. Khaled Karim (UVic Department of Linguistics). "Teaching
Writing."

March 4. John Martin (Inlingua Victoria). "Teaching Business English."

March 11. Ling 476 Student Presentations

March 18. Ling 476 Student Presentations

March 25. Ling 476 Student Presentations

April 1. Ling 476 Student Presentations

***Teachers: Profession Development Certificates for Attendance are available on request.