Events
2 December 2009 – 4 December 2009
Participation and acquisition: Exploring these metaphors in Applied Linguistics
Conference
A number of current debates in applied linguistics centre on Sfard’s distinction between ‘participation’ (i.e. the idea that language use and language learning should be viewed as essentially a social phenomenon) and ‘acquisition’ (i.e. the idea that language use and language learning are best viewed in terms of cognitive processes). Conference participants are encouraged to explore one or both of these metaphors in their own research and, if possible, to examine in what ways the epistemological and methodological differences inherent in the two metaphors might be reconciled.
Linguistics
Organisation: Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ)
Guest Speakers: Keynote speakers: Lourdes Ortega - University of Hawaii at Manoa; Cathie Elder - University of Melbourne; Tim McNamara - University of Melbourne; Gary Barkhuizen - University of Auckland
Location:AUT University
Region: Auckland
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