Events and activities

The TESOL Research Network organises and hosts a number of events and activities for researchers and teachers with an interest in TESOL.

• Language in Education seminar series
• Seminar series of key researchers in TESOL
• University of Sydney Papers in TESOL
• TESOL Research Network Colloquium
• Visiting Scholars Program
  
  

Language in Education seminar series

This seminar series is organised in conjunction with the TESOL Research Network, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, and School of Education, University of New South Wales.

The coordinators are Diana Slade (UTS), Brian Paltridge (University of Sydney) and Chris Davison (UNSW).

To register for email notification of the Language in Education seminars please email Brian Paltridge or .

Seminar series of key researchers in TESOL

Leading researchers from outside the University are invited to speak each semester on their areas of research. Previous speakers have included Tim McNamara from the University of Melbourne, Alastair Pennycook from the University of Technology, Sydney, Angela Scarino from the University of South Australia and Irma Olmeda from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Click here for more information (pdf, 77kB)

University of Sydney Papers in TESOL

The University of Sydney Papers in TESOL is a peer-reviewed, working-paper journal, which is published each year by the TESOL Program in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Click here to view the papers online

TESOL Research Network Colloquium

This colloquium is held in Semester Two each year at the University of Sydney. It aims to provide a forum to discuss and share research in the area of TESOL, as well as explore possible future research collaborations in the area. There is no registration fee for attending the colloquium.

Keynote speakers

• Kieran O’Loughlin, The University of Melbourne
  'But aren’t IELTS results the most trustworthy?': Issues in the English language assessment of international students for entry to Australian higher education
• Brian Paltridge and Wei Wang, The University of Sydney
  Analyzing genre: Drawing perspectives together
• Lynette May, Queensland University of Technology
  Developing listening and speaking assessment tasks that reflect 'the social turn' in language testing
  
  

Click here to download the flyer (pdf, 94kB)

Click here to download draft program (pdf, 30kB)

Visiting Scholars Program

The Visiting Scholar Program was established to enable researchers working in the area of TESOL to come to the faculty to work on collaborative research projects with members of the TESOL Research Network.

Click here to be redirected to the faculty's visiting scholar policy