Events
All of our events are open to anyone to attend, although ReSIG members benefit from a discount. We also invite members to apply for scholarships of up to £250 to participate in our workshops and other SIG-supported events. Check out our Scholarships page. We are always happy to hear from institutions willing to host ReSIG workshops, anywhere in the world. Please contact us. We have recently started to organize webinars, which are always free to all.
All of our events are open to anyone to attend, although ReSIG members benefit from a discount. We also invite members to apply for scholarships of up to £250 to participate in our workshops and other SIG-supported events. Check out our Scholarships page. We are always happy to hear from institutions willing to host ReSIG workshops, anywhere in the world. Please contact us. We have recently started to organize webinars, which are always free to all.
ReSIG-supported Action Research Conference
Date: 27-28 June 2014
Location: Gediz University, Izmir, Turkey
This two-day conference, supported by the Research SIG and hosted by Gediz University, will bring together teachers and teacher educators engaged with action research from across Turkey and beyond. Plenary speakers include Anne Burns.
Further details
Location: Gediz University, Izmir, Turkey
This two-day conference, supported by the Research SIG and hosted by Gediz University, will bring together teachers and teacher educators engaged with action research from across Turkey and beyond. Plenary speakers include Anne Burns.
Further details
Teachers Research!
Date: 1 April 2014
Location: Harrogate, UK
'Teachers Research!’ will be a special day dedicated to research by teachers for teachers, with supportive insights from Dick Allwright, Anne Burns and David Nunan. It is Research SIG's Pre-conference Event, the day before the main IATEFL
conference begins in Harrogate.
Further details
Register interest
Date: 1 April 2014
Location: Harrogate, UK
'Teachers Research!’ will be a special day dedicated to research by teachers for teachers, with supportive insights from Dick Allwright, Anne Burns and David Nunan. It is Research SIG's Pre-conference Event, the day before the main IATEFL
conference begins in Harrogate.
Further details
Register interest
ReSIG-supported 3rd International conference on classroom-oriented research: Classroom-oriented research: Reconciling theory and practice
Date: 14-16 October 2013
Location: Konin, Poland
Plenary speakers:
Anne Burns (Aston University)
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Elaine Horwitz (University of Texas at Austin)
Paul Meara (Swansea University)
David Nunan (Anaheim University)
Norbert Schmitt (University of Nottingham)
David Singleton (Trinity College, Dublin)
Abstracts of papers, workshops and posters in the range of 250-300 words should be submitted by e-mail to classroomresearch2013@gmail.com by June 10th, 2013. Call for Papers and Registration Form here. (pdf) There will be a scholarship opportunity for Research SIG members wishing to participate in this event.
Date: 14-16 October 2013
Location: Konin, Poland
Plenary speakers:
Anne Burns (Aston University)
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Elaine Horwitz (University of Texas at Austin)
Paul Meara (Swansea University)
David Nunan (Anaheim University)
Norbert Schmitt (University of Nottingham)
David Singleton (Trinity College, Dublin)
Abstracts of papers, workshops and posters in the range of 250-300 words should be submitted by e-mail to classroomresearch2013@gmail.com by June 10th, 2013. Call for Papers and Registration Form here. (pdf) There will be a scholarship opportunity for Research SIG members wishing to participate in this event.
Researching with Young Learners Webinar - organised by ReSIG in cooperation with IATEFL Young Learners SIG
Date: Sunday, 27 January 2013
Time: 1.30-3.30 pm GMT (check your local time here)
Presenters: Harry Kuchah Kuchah & Annamaria Pinter
Location: IATEFL online conference room
LATEST NEWS: The webinar has now finished. A full recording is freely available here (this takes some time to download but is worth the wait!)
Follow-up events: There will be a follow-up discussion during the two weeks following the webinar on both the YLT SIG and our own Research SIG YahooGroups, open to members and non-members.
Shelagh Rixon will moderate the follow-up discussion on our ReSIG YahooGroup. Please click here for further details.
Date: Sunday, 27 January 2013
Time: 1.30-3.30 pm GMT (check your local time here)
Presenters: Harry Kuchah Kuchah & Annamaria Pinter
Location: IATEFL online conference room
LATEST NEWS: The webinar has now finished. A full recording is freely available here (this takes some time to download but is worth the wait!)
Follow-up events: There will be a follow-up discussion during the two weeks following the webinar on both the YLT SIG and our own Research SIG YahooGroups, open to members and non-members.
Shelagh Rixon will moderate the follow-up discussion on our ReSIG YahooGroup. Please click here for further details.
Researching Professional Talk (2013 Research SIG Pre-Conference Event)
Date: 8 April 2013
Presenters: Steve Walsh (Newcastle University) and Steve Mann (Warwick University)
Location: Liverpool, UK
Further details
Book a place via the overall IATEFL conference booking form
There is a scholarship opportunity for Research SIG members.
Date: 8 April 2013
Presenters: Steve Walsh (Newcastle University) and Steve Mann (Warwick University)
Location: Liverpool, UK
Further details
Book a place via the overall IATEFL conference booking form
There is a scholarship opportunity for Research SIG members.
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RESEARCH SIG Day at the IATEFL Conference in Liverpool
Date: THURSDAY 11 APRIL, 2013
Location: Hall 11a & Hall 3a
Programme includes:
Check out the full programme here!
Why not stay with us for the whole day?!
Date: THURSDAY 11 APRIL, 2013
Location: Hall 11a & Hall 3a
Programme includes:
- Introducing IRIS: a free, online resource for language teaching research
- Investigating the impact of action research: an Australian case study
- Using mixed methods to explore ‘ecologies of schooling’
- Language learning histories in teaching, learning and research
- Research SIG Open Forum
- Combining teaching, learning and research: an exploratory practice approach
- Growing as researchers: insider/outsider perspectives at work
- Mobigam: language on the move in Gujarat
Check out the full programme here!
Why not stay with us for the whole day?!
Past events
_One-day workshop: Action Research
Date: 3 November 2012
Presenter: Anne Burns (Aston University)
Location: University of Reading, UK
Further details
Scholarship: Divya Brochier, the co-ordinator of the EASE Program at the Ecole Centrale Paris and a doctoral candidate at the University of Exeter, UK, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event.
Date: 3 November 2012
Presenter: Anne Burns (Aston University)
Location: University of Reading, UK
Further details
Scholarship: Divya Brochier, the co-ordinator of the EASE Program at the Ecole Centrale Paris and a doctoral candidate at the University of Exeter, UK, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event.
_One-day workshop: Exploratory Practice
Date: 7 July, 2012
Presenters: Dick Allwright, with Judith Hanks and Assia Slimani-Rolls, plus Simon Gieve, Ana Ines Salvi and Yasmin Dar
Location: Leicester, UK
Further details
Date: 7 July, 2012
Presenters: Dick Allwright, with Judith Hanks and Assia Slimani-Rolls, plus Simon Gieve, Ana Ines Salvi and Yasmin Dar
Location: Leicester, UK
Further details
_One-day workshop: Introduction to Qualitative Research
Date: 12 May 2012
Presenter: David Nunan
Location: Graz, Austria
Further details here
Scholarships: Kashmir Kaur, Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds Language Centre, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event. Larysa Sanotska was awarded a BALEAP scholarship to attend - thank you to BALEAP for their support!
Date: 12 May 2012
Presenter: David Nunan
Location: Graz, Austria
Further details here
Scholarships: Kashmir Kaur, Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds Language Centre, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event. Larysa Sanotska was awarded a BALEAP scholarship to attend - thank you to BALEAP for their support!
Pre-Conference Event: How to Combine Teaching and Researching: Focus on Learners and Classroom Language Learning
Date: 19 March 2012 (10am to 5pm)
Presenters: Ema Ushioda, Richard Smith and Sarah Mercer
Location: Glasgow, UK.
Scholarship: Tahar Asses, a secondary school teacher from Algeria, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event.
Further details and resources from the event on our blog.
Date: 19 March 2012 (10am to 5pm)
Presenters: Ema Ushioda, Richard Smith and Sarah Mercer
Location: Glasgow, UK.
Scholarship: Tahar Asses, a secondary school teacher from Algeria, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event.
Further details and resources from the event on our blog.
IATEFL 2012 Glasgow Online Research SIG Area
_One-day workshop: Questionnaire design and analysis
Date: 10 February 2012
Presenter: Zoltán Dörnyei
Location: Coventry University, UK
Scholarship: Jessica Mackay, a part-time PhD student at the University of Barcelona, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event
Further details of the event on our blog
Date: 10 February 2012
Presenter: Zoltán Dörnyei
Location: Coventry University, UK
Scholarship: Jessica Mackay, a part-time PhD student at the University of Barcelona, was awarded the Research SIG scholarship to attend this event
Further details of the event on our blog
