Events

Tozun Issa and Alayne Ozturk gave a keynote address at the conference
organised by the Milton Keynes Ethnic Minority Achievement Service-(EMAS)

Their presentation was entitled: Use of the first language to Develop Writing
Friday 27th January 2012

Alayne Ozturk Attended UKLA and presented workshop on working with children for who English is an additional language: Practical ways into writing

Birmingham National Conference Flier.pdf

Visit to our Centre

Our centre was visited by Prof.Haydar Ozpinar, Head of Academic Relations Department in ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY in 21^st-25^th September.

Prof. Ozpinar was here as part of the ERASMUS staff exchange programme and met staff and students at the faculty. Prof. Ozpinar also visited the science centre and was impressed with the work there.We have agreed on implementing collaborative programmes and possible joint bids from Europe.

Bilingualism Learning and Achievement Conference

3rd March 2007- Keynote Speaker Prof. Jim Cummins Toronto University

Centre Launch 13th March 2008

Keynote Speaker Prof. Eve Gregory Goldsmiths, University of London

Cyprus Colloquium: 8th May 2009

Discourse and Education in the Process of Reconciliation

Cyprus Colloquium .doc

27th April 2009 -Keynote address

Tozun Issa has visited The Faculty of Education, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain as the keynote speaker at a conference titled "III Colloquium on Semi-Immersion in Catalonia.

click below to see his seminar presentation

http://mickey2.uab.es/CR-APED/Produccions_SAE/jornades/419seminari.wmv

Second International Conference on Multilingualism

Making Multilingualism Meaningful: linking theory to practice

19th-20th June 2009
London Metropolitan University, UK

The conference organising committee welcomes presentations on any aspect of Multilingualism. Proposals related to the theme linking multilingual theory to practice are particularly welcome.
This could be ongoing small-scale classroom studies as well as longer-term current research looking at classroom practice and the development of theoretical perspectives in multilingualism.
Four categories of proposals will be considered. (i) individual paper (ii) poster (iii) workshop .

Jim Cummins Presentation.ppt