Joint ALANZ-ALAA Conference December 2009

13th ALANZ Symposium
2006 Otago University, Dunedin
The 2006 Symposium was held in Dunedin at Otago University on Saturday 14 October. The theme was ‘First things first: Focus on the learner’. The first plenary address entitled ‘Focus on the language learner in an era of globalization: Tensions, positions and practices’ was given by Professor Cynthia White (Massey University, Palmerston North). The second plenary presentation entitled ‘Using SLA research to manage for quality in the learner’s learning: An applied linguistic’s problem’ was given by David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington). There were 29 additional presentations, including those from a large number of PhD and Masters thesis students, were presented in parallel sessions.

12th ALANZ Symposium
2005 Victoria University, Wellington
Theme: Second Language Assessment and Second Language Learning
The 2005 Symposium was held at Victoria University of Wellington on Saturday 3 September. The theme was Second Language Assessment and Second Language Learning. The plenary speaker was Associate Professor John Read (University of Auckland), who presented a paper on “Current perspectives on the validation of language assessment procedures”. There were 22 other papers given in three parallel sessions during the day.

11th ALANZ Symposium
2004 Massey University, Palmerston North
Theme: Internationalisation and Language Issues.
There were three plenary speakers. Professor Colleen Ward (School of Psychology, VUW) reported on a national survey of international students which she directed for the Ministry of Education last year. Dr Rom Rudzki (Department of Management, Massey) outlined his Fractal Process Model, which provides a step-by-step process for planning and implementing an international programme. Professor Andrew Cohen (University of Minnesota/University of Auckland) presented the results of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of a students’ guide designed to enhance their participation in a Study Abroad programme. There were also 16 papers presented in concurrent sessions, including six by current PhD candidates.

10th ALANZ Symposium
2003 Auckland University of Technology, Auckland
Theme: Second Language Acquisition in the Classroom
Professor Rod Ellis (University of Auckland ) was keynote speaker. The title of his address was The roles of pre-task and on-line planning in oral and written L2 production. Papers were also given by 22 presenters, including several PhD students.

9th ALANZ Symposium
2002 University of Waikato, Hamilton
Theme: Technology and Classroom Dynamics – Starting the Dialogue
There were two keynote presentations:
• Dr Gisela Redeker, Groningen University , The Netherlands
Electronic discussions in large undergraduate courses
• Maria Stubbe and Pascal Brown, Victoria University of Wellington
Let’s get real: Natural interactions as a resource for language learning
A total of 18 papers were presented in parallel sessions.  In addition, the video “Language in the Workplace”, with an accompanying instructional kit,  was launched in a lunchtime session by Janet Holmes, Maria Stubbe and Pascal Brown.

8th ALANZ Symposium
2001 Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
Theme: English for Academic Purposes
Welcome – Graeme Kennedy, Victoria University
Marilyn Lewis, University of Auckland
Student perceptions of academic writing tasks
John Read, Victoria University
The impact of IELTS
Roger Barnard and Lucy Campbell, University of Waikato
Ongoing support for EAP students in a university environment
Gary Barkhuizen, University of Auckland
The QUEST for an approach to guided critical reading and writing
Paul Nation, Victoria University
Needed research

7th ALANZ Symposium
2000 International Pacific College, Palmerston North
Theme: “Let the data speak!”
John Fanselow, IPC, and Margaret Franken, Massey University
Inside out/upside down: issues in the collection and analysis of data
Helen Basturkmen, University of Auckland
Focus on form episodes in communicative classrooms
Roger Barnard, University of Waikato
Data from a mainstream primary classroom in which NESB pupils are helped by their classmates
Marcia Johnson and John Brine, University of Waikato
Caught in the Web of Online Data Collection
Rosemary Erlam, University of Auckland
Input processing versus traditional instruction in the teaching of direct object pronouns to learners of French
Discourse Analysis Group, Victoria University of Wellington
Capturing the unspoken: the use of video data for analysing conflict talk
Angela Joe, Victoria University of Wellington
How does the learner make vocabulary salient?
Makoto Oshima, Women’s University, Tokyo
Focusing on discourse level rather than syntactical level
Lynn Grant, Auckland University of Technology
Investigating Multiword Units: establishing criteria for distinguishing idioms from non-idioms
Linita Manu’atu and Mere Keepa, University of Auckland
Theory and Resistance in TESOL: indigenous perspectives on a pedagogy of separation
Hilary Smith, IPC
Teacher educators and language awareness in Aotearoa New Zealand
Malcolm Lewthwaite, IPC
Value shift in crossing cultures: interviews with International students
Lesieli MacIntyre, Massey University College of Education
Humour in the data: a cultural perspective
Graeme Kennedy, Victoria University of Wellington
What 1.5 million modals could tell us if they could speak

6th ALANZ Symposium
1999 The University of Auckland
Theme Theories of Second Language Learning
Rod Ellis – University of Auckland (Key Speaker)
Item versus System Learning: Explaining Free Variation
Cynthia White, Massey University (Key Speaker)
Towards a learner-derived theory of language learning through self-instruction
James P Lantolf – Pennsylvania State University (Key Speaker)
The Role of Inner Speech in SLA: A Theoretical Perspective
Jonathan Newton – University of Wellington (Key Speaker)
The place of interaction in theories of second language learning
Noel Watts – Massey University
Public Sector Provision for NESB Immigrants
Marilyn Lewis – University of Auckland
Teachers’ Workshops: Aiming for Authenticity
Roger Barnard – University of Waikato
Neo-Vygotskian theories of learning applied to NESB learners in a New Zealand school
Takayuki Nakamori
Acquiring Functional Categories: A Bitter Lemon for Asian Learners of English
Jackie Greenwood
Learning Language through Literature

5th ALANZ Symposium
1998 Victoria University of Wellington
Theme: The applications of corpus-based analysis in language education
Graeme Kennedy
The use of corpora in language education
Janet Holmes and Bernadette Vine
Wellington corpus of spoken NZ English
Wellington corpus of written NZ English
Software demonstrations:
Graeme Kennedy
Wordsmith etc.
Paul Nation
Range and VocabProfile
Applications of corpus analysis:
Paul Nation
Vocabulary
Graeme Kennedy
Grammar and collocation
Mary Boyce
A corpus of Maori
Alfred Hunkin
A corpus of Samoan
Averil Coxhead
An academic word list
Maria Stubbe and Meredith Marra
English in the workplace

4th ALANZ Symposium
1997 Victoria University of Wellington
Theme: Learner Autonomy: exploring the links between your research interests and an autonomous language learning perspective
David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington)
Autonomous language learning: some current issues to begin with
Working groups led by:
Marilyn Lewis (University of Auckland) and Cynthia White (Massey University)
Robin Cohen and David Crabbe (Victoria University of Wellington)
Chan Yue Weng and Alison Hoffmann (Victoria University of Wellington)
Paul Nation and Sara Cotterall (Victoria University of Wellington)
Closing Forum: Reflections by Cynthia White, Sara Cotterall, Alison Hoffmann, and David Crabbe

3rd ALANZ Symposium
1996 University of Auckland
Theme: Research Methodology in Applied Linguistics
Jean Young (University of Waikato)
Research in English proficiency programme classrooms on the effects of overt explanations of methodology to students
Elaine Vine (Victoria University of Wellington)
Research into the academic and social language demands of school classrooms
Peter Roberts (University of Auckland)
Research on critical literacy
Angela Joe (Victoria University of Wellington)
Research on vocabulary retention
Margaret Franken (Massey University)
A review of current research in writing
Donna Starks (University of Auckland)
A review of the use of social network analysis in studies of language maintenance and shift in New Zealand

2nd ALANZ Symposium
1995 Massey University, Palmerston North)
Theme: Current New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics; a research forum
Marilyn Lewis (University of Auckland) Speaker
Applied linguistics and the teacher educator
Graeme Kennedy (Victoria University of Wellington) Session Chair
Applied linguistic research in New Zealand
Winifred Crombie (University of Waikato) Group presenter
Planning for change; designing new syllabuses as a group

1st ALANZ Symposium
1994 Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
Theme: Research Priorities in Applied Linguistics in New Zealand

 Dates: 2-4 December 2009

Venue: AUT University

Conference theme:    Participation and acquisition: Exploring these metaphors in Applied Linguistics.

A number of current debates in applied linguistics centre on Sfard’s distinction between ‘participation’ (i.e. the idea that language use and language learning should be viewed as essentially a social phenomenon) and ‘acquisition’ (i.e. the idea that language use and language learning are best viewed in terms of cognitive processes). Conference participants are encouraged to explore one or both of these metaphors in their own research and, if possible, to examine in what ways the epistemological and methodological differences inherent in the two metaphors might be reconciled.

Keynote speakers:

Lourdes Ortega – University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cathie Elder – University of Melbourne

Tim McNamara – University of Melbourne

Gary Barkhuizen – University of Auckland

Further information:

Visit the conference website: http://www.confer.co.nz/alanzalaaconf09/