BAAL Language Curriculum Special Interest Group

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Exciting news! The RELANZA project has just launched its 1st episode Digitalisation in the Language Curriculum with Fernando Trujillo Sáez.
Explore our 3 outputs:
🎧 Podcast
📘 Practical Guide
🧩 Interactive Genially Quiz
👉 relanza.net/en/output/
#RELANZA #LanguageCurriculum

📢 ¡Notición!
Estamos encantados de presentar RELANZA: Redefiniendo la Enseñanza de Lenguas, un proyecto innovador que conecta la educación lingüística con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS 4 – Educación de Calidad).
👇¿Quieres saber cómo?👇

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Webinario de Lanzamiento
Únete el 13 de noviembre al webinario con el Prof. Pascual Pérez Paredes (UMU / EdUHK) sobre el uso crítico de la IA en la enseñanza de lenguas 🌍
🕕 19:00 Madrid | 18:00 Londres
👉 relanza.net
👉inscripción: forms.gle/KFKjfcJSvPEp...

#Relanza Launch Webinar
Join us on Nov 12 for Language Teaching in the GenAI Age with Prof. Benjamin Moorhouse (CityU HK). Explore ethical & reflective AI use in language education 🌍🕙 10am Madrid | 09am London
👉 relanza.net/en
👉 Register: forms.gle/nm5Ty7rVbSh1...

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#Relanza Launch Webinar
Join us on Nov 12 for Language Teaching in the GenAI Age with Prof. Benjamin Moorhouse (CityU HK). Explore ethical & reflective AI use in language education 🌍🕙 10am Madrid | 09am London
👉 relanza.net/en
👉 Register: forms.gle/nm5Ty7rVbSh1...

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Webinario de Lanzamiento
Únete el 13 de noviembre al webinario con el Prof. Pascual Pérez Paredes (UMU / EdUHK) sobre el uso crítico de la IA en la enseñanza de lenguas 🌍
🕕 19:00 Madrid | 18:00 Londres
👉 relanza.net
👉inscripción: forms.gle/KFKjfcJSvPEp...

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Developed by universities and partners across Europe and beyond, RELANZA promotes inclusive, global, and sustainable approaches to language education.

🎙️ A bilingual podcast series, 📘 an interactive teaching guide, and 🌐 digital resources will provide practical tools and critical perspectives for language teachers, researchers, and curriculum designers

RELANZA is an international initiative that connects language education, innovation, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4 – Quality Education)

🚀 We are excited to introduce #RELANZA — redefining language education through innovation, sustainability, and inclusion🎧 Podcast 📘 Teaching Guide 🌍 Digital Resources | Find more info on relanza.net
#LanguageTeaching #SDG4 #TESOL

🧭 Yuyan Gao explored how national curriculum standards in China shape English teachers’ motivations, training, and career paths. Using narrative inquiry, she highlights why some leave teaching early. A powerful lens on policy and profession. 📘#TeacherMotivation #EdPolicy

📚 Fangzhou Wei presented an insightful study on EMI literature learning in a 🇨🇳🇬🇧 Sino-British university. Students prefer 🎭 interactive, genre-rich seminars & highlight key curriculum gaps. A timely call for inclusive, student-informed reform! #EMI #CurriculumDesign

Dr Abdelhamid Ahmed shared how corpus-informed, metadiscourse-rich instruction boosts L2 argumentative writing in Qatar. Key insights: improved coherence, L1-sensitive strategies, and calls for CPD, rubric reform, and policy support. #BAAL2025 #L2Writing #CorpusLinguistics

Dr Hiroyuki Ida explores how Japan’s ELT separates Business & General English—despite learners using both in real life. He calls for a curriculum that reflects learner trajectories and bridges the EGP–EBC gap. #BAAL2025 #JapanELT #BusinessEnglish #CurriculumReform

🧩 Dr Ruth Koro & Dr Lesley Hagger-Vaughan explore the #CLiCproject: co-creating curriculum with teachers to integrate culture & language. A call for agency, not standardisation. 🌍✏️ #TeacherAgency #CurriculumMaking #LanguageEd #EAL

🗣️ Dr Carlos Lindade (U. Porto) asks: Why is pronunciation still sidelined in 🇵🇹 ELT curriculum reforms? His talk reveals how beliefs—not pedagogy—shape its invisibility. Time to rethink what (and whose) English we teach. #BAAL2025 #ELT #Pronunciation #ELF #CurriculumReform

Kicking off the 1st #BAAL Language Curriculum SIG Symposium 2025 with Dr Suha Alansari's talk: "Teachers as Agents of Curriculum Change: Insights from an EFL Primary Classroom.
Interesting reflections on teacher agency and grassroots innovation in EFL settings. 🌍📘

We are still accepting registrations to our BAAL Language Curriculum SIG Symposium, please join us if you can! ⬇️ #Baal #LanguageCurriculum

🚨 Join the 1st #BAAL #LanguageCurriculum SIG Symposium! 🗓 19 June 2025 | ⏰ 9am–12pm BST | 💻 Online & Free for #BAAL members🎤 Plenary: Dr Suha Alansari + 6 talks
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/baalsig2025
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Events ​We are delighted to announce our first BAAL Language Curriculum SIG Online Symposium for 2025. The event will be free-of-charge and held online via Zoom on the 19 June, 9am – 12pm (GMT+1). The...

Have you enacted any changes in your curriculum to teaching a language? Consider this call for abstracts for our 1st online conference languagecurriculumbaalsig.weebly.com/events.html #curriculum #teachereducation #languageteaching #teacheragency #languages

Anti-racist language teacher education online conference, June 12 & 13. Keynotes by Ryuko Kubota and L. J. Randolph Jr. Participation is free, pre-registration at anglistik.uni-wuppertal.de/de/bereiche-...
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