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LangUE 2011

 Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Session 5 | Poster Session 1 | Poster Session 2

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Programme

LangUE 2011 - Wednesday 15th June 2011 - Thursday 16th June 2011

• Printable programme and presentation abstracts

Day One

TIME	EVENT
09:00-09:45	Conference Registration Lecture Theatre Building [LTB Foyer]
09:45-10:00	Opening - Dr. Doug Arnold LTB 3
10:00-11:00	SESSION ONE
11:00-12:00	Poster Session 1 & Coffee Break LTB Foyer
12:00-13:00	Plenary Session Prof. Rosamond Mitchell [University of Southampton, UK] The Place of Gesture in Second Language Acquisition: Theoretical Issues and Methodological Implications LTB 3
13:00-14:00	Lunch LTB 4
14:00-15:30	SESSION TWO
15:30-16:00	Break
16:00-17:30	SESSION THREE
18:30-	Conference Dinner Ashiana Restaurant

Day Two

TIME	EVENT
09:00-09:30	Coffee LTB Foyer
09:30-11:00	SESSION FOUR
11:00-12:00	Poster Session 2 & Coffee Break LTB Foyer
12:00-13:00	Plenary Session Prof. Bob Borsley [University of Essex, UK] Don't Move! LTB 3
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	SESSION FIVE
15:30-15:45	Closing
15:45	Social Reception LTB Foyer

Sessions

Day One - Wednesday 15th June 2011

Session One

TIME	LTB 3 Chair: Dr. Rebecca Clift	LTB 5 Chair: Dr. Sofia Skoufaki
10:00-10:30	Franco Zappettini Birkbeck College, University of London An Analysis of the Discursive Construction and Reproduction of Multilingual European-Ness	Joy Baugh University of Essex Shillings and Headdresses: A Proposed Facelift for the General Service Word List
10:30-11:00	Richard Littauer University of Edinburgh A Reanalysis of Anatomical Changes for Language	Zakariya Absi University of Essex Metalinguistic Knowledge and Speaking Proficiency in Instructed Syrian Academic Learners of English

Poster Session 1

TIME	LTB FOYER
11:00	Wafa Ahmed Alsafi University of Essex Perceptual Learning Style Preferences of Saudi Medical Students: A Comparison between Genders
	Manal Alghannam University of Essex Specific and generic interpretation of English determiners by non-native speakers
-	Sinan Çakir Hacettepe University Accessibility of Universal Grammar in the Acquisition of Constituent Order Parameter by Native Speakers of Turkish Acquiring English as a Second Language
	Neslihan Onder University of Essex An Integration of Corpus-based and Genre-based Approaches in EAP: National English Examinations in Turkey
	Amanda Rigby University of Essex Dialect mixing and acquisition in an international school in Spain: A comparison of two variables in a diverse language contact situation
12:00	Deniz Yesilyurt Greenwich University The effect of single move recast and incorporate recast on learner uptake and acquisition

Session Two

TIME	LTB 3 Chair: tbc	LTB 5 Chair: tbc
14:00-14:30	Hee Jeong Song University of Southampton The interpretation of binding constraints by Korean learners of English in second language acquisition	Rachael H. Singh University of London Code-switching behaviour, language choice and language policy in the context of Sikh religious services
14:30-15:00	Man Ki Theodora Lee University of York Second language acquisition of Cantonese neg-wh quantifiers* by English speaking learners: A pilot study	Constantina Fotiou University of Essex English – Cypriot Greek codeswitching: Patterns and functions
15:00-15:30	Chi-Wai Lee Newcastle University Learning and un-learning null objects by L1 Chinese learners of L2 English	Li-Fen Wang Newcastle University Self-representation of Vietnamese female spouses in bilingual Taiwanese families

Session Three

TIME	LTB 3 Chair: Prof. Peter Patrick	LTB 5 Chair: tbc
16:00-16:30	Berta Badia Barrera University of Essex A Sociolinguistic Study of Young RP	Afnan Saleh Farooqui University of Essex Teaching Technical Vocabulary in ESP Courses: Students and ESP /Subject Teachers’ Perspectives
16:30-17:00	Lucie Riou University of Exeter «Bon, t’as peut-être raison, mais bon, je suis pas tout à fait d’accord avec toi quand même.»  A pragmatic analysis of the expression of disagreement among friends	Ahlam Abdulhadi Menkabu University of Essex An Investigation into Teachers' Use of Textbook and Teachers' Guide in a Saudi Arabian ESP context
17:00-17:30	Ariel Vazquez Carranza University of Essex Oye in Naturally Occurring Spanish Talk

Day Two - Thursday 16th June 2011

Session Four

TIME	LTB 3 Chair: tbc	LTB 5 Chair: tbc
09:30-10:00	Haliza Harun University of Essex The effects of Concept Based Instruction (CBI) on learning to mark aspect in L2 English: The case of L1 Malay learners and the acquisition of Simple Past, Past Continuous and Present Perfect	Saeed Saeed University of Essex Ordering Constraints in Binomials in Modern Standard Arabic
10:00-10:30	Nasir Abbas University of Essex Perception of Consonants of English by Adult Pakistani Learners	Sinan Çakir Hacettepe University A Study on the Efficiency of the “Google Translate” Translation Program
10:30-11:00	Veronica Del Carmen Villafaña Rojas University of Essex Acquisition of English Stress Patterns by Spanish Native Speakers	Morgan Macleod University of Cambridge Epistemic and Deontic Modality: Syntax and Pragmatics

Poster Session 2

TIME	LTB FOYER
11:00	Farah Akbar University of Essex Objective voice in Malay
	Muhammad Swaileh Alzaidi University of Essex Gapping in Hijazi Arabic: an LFG Approach
-	Chin-Ju Huang National Taiwan University (Non-)Rightward Reduplication in Formosan Languages
	Harvinder Kumar Negi University of Delhi A Study of Ergativity Pattern in Kangri and Kinnauri
	Eiki Ono University of Essex A Functional Approach to Possessor Honorification in Japanese
12:00	Sajida Rehman University of Essex An LFG Analysis of Anaphoric Relations in Siraiki, Punjabi and Urdu/Hindi

Session Five

TIME	LTB 3 Chair: tbc	LTB 5 Chair: tbc
14:00-14:30	Maris Camilleri University of Essex Syncretism in Maltese nominal paradigms: A contribution towards the analysis of Semitic languages	Amel Meziane University of Essex When the process met the product: A new analysis to error analysis (EA)
14:30-15:00	Aquiles Tescari Neto University of Venice On the movement of verbal forms in Romance and English	Hana Ibberson University of Essex An investigation into learners’ and teachers’ attitudes towards learners’ self-assessment according to CEFR scales
15:00-15:30	Buthaina Shaheen University of Essex Restrictive Relative Clauses in Lattakian Syrian Arabic	Shu-Chen Wang University of Essex Linguistic proficiency and time allotment as the factors that affect the background knowledge effect in EFL reading test

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