Cardiff School of English Communication and Philosophy

Plenary lectures by Alison Wray

Forthcoming

 

Recent

2012

• 16-27 March 2012: Invited plenary presentation at ‘Smatterings: Why Languages Matter’, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
  
  
• 28-30 March 2012: Plenary lecture at the 5th Formulaic Language Research Network (FLaRN) Conference, Tilburg, Netherlands.

2011

• Language, mind and behaviour: Making communication work in Alzheimer’s Disease. Invited speaker, launch of University Committee for General & Applied Linguistics, British Academy, London.

• Formulaic language and foreign language learning: an overview. Invited speaker, day conference, University of Nantes

• Formulaic Language and Alzheimer's Disease: patterns and implications for quality of life. Plenary at Conference on language as social and cultural activity, University of Basel

2010

• Learning a second language using formulaic sequences, 4th Formulaic Language Research Network Conference, University of Paderborn, Germany, Plenary.

• Workshop on critical reading and self-critical writing. 4th Formulaic Language Research Network Conference, University of Paderborn, Germany

• Goings on in the ‘house of ill-repute’: why we are tolerant of irregularity in language? Philological Society Annual General Meeting, SOAS

• Making impact in the Humanities: Linguistic research to improve quality of life in older people. Public lecture, Research Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Swansea University

2009

• New developments in formulaic language research. Opening plenary, first national Chinese conference on formulaic language, Beijing.

• What counts as formulaic language? How do definitions support good research? Beijing Foreign Studies University:

• Formulaic language: a linguistic solution to a non-linguistic problem? University of Business & Economics, Beijing.

• Formulaic language research: overview and new developments. Nanjing University

• Developing reading and writing skills in postgraduate study. Nanjing University

• What we do, how we do it, and why it matters: corpus research in applied domains. Plenary: ICAME 30 conference, Lancaster

• Understanding the adult language learner. Annual Welsh for Adults Tutors’ conference, Llandudno, Plenary.

• Memorisation and L2 learning: reflections on process and product, Guest lecture, Dept of Education, University of Oxford