Disciplinary Literacy Symposium (aimed at teachers)

[Gail Forey]

Dear All

It’s nearly time to  join us at the University of Bath's  2^nd Disciplinary Literacy Symposium, on the 26^th and 27^th June 2025. 

 

The Symposium brings together leading education specialists, linguists and academics in the field, who will present and discuss their latest work on topics, such as: 

·         The literacy skills pupils need to succeed and how they differ across disciplines 

·         The type of texts student write in different disciplines 

·         The structure and language of long answers written in exams 

·         How to teach writing explicitly in different disciplines 

·         Cross-disciplinary and Teacher/Researcher Collaboration 

·         Teacher Professional Development 

·         Language and literacy expectations at a tertiary level 

 

The Symposium, hosted by the Disciplinary literacy & corpus-based pedagogy: The BAWESS project team, is aimed at teachers and language education researchers.  

 

The event promises excellent opportunities for discussion, knowledge exchange, professional development and networking. Join us to hear about current research and approaches from leading researchers and teachers working in the field: David Beauchamp, Hadrian Briggs, Natalie Cheers, Honglin Chen, Bev Derewianka, Yaegan Doran, Philip Durrant, Gail Forey, Sheena Gardner, Meg Gebhard, Helen Handford, Sally Humphrey, Reka Jablonkai, Pauline Jones, Cassi Liardet, Ana Llinares, Erika Matruglio, Tom Morton, Nashwa Nashaat-Sobhy, Hilary Nesi, Dana Therova, Paul Thompson, Leah Tompkins, Winfred Wenhui Xuan. 

 

We’ve tried to make this as affordable as possible. The symposium will cost £15 for the Thursday, £25 for the Friday (incl. lunch and refreshments), or £35 for both. We will also live stream the event at a cost of £15 registration. See the attachment. 

 

For more details and to register visit the Symposium website.  

Registration closes 19 June 2025. Spaces are limited, 6 more days left to register!

  

Please share this will teachers and colleagues you think would be interested in joining a discussion on disciplinary literacy. 

 

All the best,

 

Gail

 

 

			Prof Gail Forey  Associate Dean (Education) Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Professor of Applied Linguistics Department of Education My pronouns are: she/her
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