1 st BAAL Language Curriculum SIG Online Symposium 2025
We are delighted to announce our first BAAL Language Curriculum SIG Online Symposium for 2025. The event will be free-of-charge and held online via Zoom on the 19 June, 9am – 12pm (GMT+1). The event will be accessible for BAAL members and members of our BAAL Language Curriculum SIG.
We encourage submission from the field of L2 education, including TESOL and Languages Other Than English. Presentations should last around 20 minutes with 10 minutes for Q&A at the end. Abstract submissions should not exceed 300 words (including references) and can be submitted by 25 April 2025 via this form.
Information on acceptance of the abstracts will be circulated on the 25 May 2025.
Information on acceptance of the abstracts will be circulated on the 25 May 2025.
BAAL Language Curriculum SIG Autumn Webinar 2024
We delivered our first Autumn Webinar 2024 on the 8 November 2024. See the recording and the summary of the event below.
In Case of Emergency…: Curriculum Studies and Teacher Preparation.
John Macalister examined two case studies of language teachers’ responses during the global pandemic, exploring why one was more successful than the other. He analyzed these cases in the context of language curriculum design, arguing for the vital role curriculum studies played in teacher preparation. This component, he suggested, helped teachers adapt to both expected and unexpected changes. Macalister, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, co-authored Language Curriculum Design and Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design, drawing on his global experience in curriculum projects.
Multimodality and the Language Curriculum
Dr. Fei Victor Lim explored multimodality in the language curriculum through two dimensions: multimodality for learning and multimodality as learning. The former enhanced language and subject understanding by using diverse multimodal resources, while the latter extended literacy beyond language, focusing on multimodal meaning-making and literacy development through viewing and representing multimodal texts. His research, based on a design-based project in Singapore, integrated multimodality both as a tool for language learning and as a goal for developing multimodal literacy. Dr. Lim, an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, NTU, Singapore, was an expert in multiliteracies and digital learning.
John Macalister examined two case studies of language teachers’ responses during the global pandemic, exploring why one was more successful than the other. He analyzed these cases in the context of language curriculum design, arguing for the vital role curriculum studies played in teacher preparation. This component, he suggested, helped teachers adapt to both expected and unexpected changes. Macalister, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, co-authored Language Curriculum Design and Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design, drawing on his global experience in curriculum projects.
Multimodality and the Language Curriculum
Dr. Fei Victor Lim explored multimodality in the language curriculum through two dimensions: multimodality for learning and multimodality as learning. The former enhanced language and subject understanding by using diverse multimodal resources, while the latter extended literacy beyond language, focusing on multimodal meaning-making and literacy development through viewing and representing multimodal texts. His research, based on a design-based project in Singapore, integrated multimodality both as a tool for language learning and as a goal for developing multimodal literacy. Dr. Lim, an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, NTU, Singapore, was an expert in multiliteracies and digital learning.
We were delighted to announce the first free webinar of our newly founded BAAL Language Curriculum SIG. The webinar took place on the 19 June 2024, 10am – 12pm (GMT +1), on Zoom. The LC SIG members introduced the SIG and themselves and the invited speakers presented their research. The presentations were followed by Q&A.
