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 Visitor -- Prof James Lantolf
Prof James Lantolf
Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Date of visitorship: 25 May- 5 June 2007
(*co-sponsored by the Faculty of Education)
Prof James P. Lantolf is the George and Jane Greer Professor in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Penn State University. He is also Director of the Center for Language Acquisition and co-Director of CALPER (Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research). |
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| He has published over one hundred books, edited volumes, journal articles, book chapters, encyclopedia articles and reviews. His most recent publications include Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language Development (co-authored with S. L. Thorne), Oxford University Press, 2006; and Sociocultural theory and L2 development: State-of-the-art, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, March 2006. |
Activities at HKU related to language education research and SBA
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School-based Assessment Seminar
Date: 29 May 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: 5-6:30pm
Venue: Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Dynamic Assessment in Second Language Development'
(Chaired by Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU)
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Faculty Research Seminar
Date: 30 May 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:45-2pm
Venue: Room LG02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Dialectics and Second Language Learning'
(Chaired by Ms Nicole Tavares, Faculty of Education, HKU) |
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Faculty Workshop
Date: 31 May 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 5-7pm
Venue: Room LG02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Gesture and Second Language Learning'
(Chaired by Ms Nicole Tavares, Faculty of Education, HKU) |
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Constituent Theme- Languages, Media and Communication: Language in Education and Assessment Seminar Series
Date: 4 June 2007 (Monday)
Time: 5-6:30pm
Venue: Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'(Re)defining Advanced Proficiency'
(Chaired by Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU)
Homepage of the Constituent Theme: http://www.hku.hk/clear |
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