CLIE meetings

Last updated 23 June 2011

CLIE members meet three times a year. The meetings take place somewhere in London, as specified by email. Some CLIE meetings have been followed by an open public meeting, as listed below, but this pattern is currently suspended.


Meetings in 2011-12

May 2012: Meeting 101

February 2012: Meeting 100

November 2011: Meeting 99

Meetings in 2010-11

Friday May 20 2011: Meeting 98

Friday February 11 2011: Meeting 97 Minutes 97

Friday November 5 2010: Meeting 96 Minutes 96

Presentation by Angela Gayton (Edinburgh University) on Language Ambassadors

Meetings in 2009-10

Friday 21 May 2010: Minutes 95, Members reports

Friday 19 February 2010: Minutes 94, Members reports

Friday 13 November 2009: Minutes 93, Members reports

Meetings in 2008-9

Weds 20 May 2009: Minutes 92 and member reports

Weds 18th February 2009: Minutes 91

Public talk (4.0-5.20, room 642) by Debbie Cameron: Mars and Venus in the language classroom? Language, education and male-female differences. Abstract

Weds 12 November 2008: Minutes 90

Public talk by Ben Rampton: Contemporary classroom cultures: change in the communicative order at school?

Meetings in 2007/8

Weds 21 May 2008: Minutes 89

Weds 13 February 2008: Minutes 88

Public talk by Adrian Beard: As Simple as ABC?: Issues of Transition for English Language A Level Students going on to study English Language/ Linguistics in Higher Education. THE SIXTH FORM PERSPECTIVE. (slide show)

Weds 7 November 2007: Minutes 87

Public talk (4-5.20, room 731) by Jan Blommaert: On being declared illiterate. (abstract) (picture)

Meetings in 2006/7

Weds 23 May 2007: Minutes 86

Weds 14 Feb 2007: Minutes 85

Public talk by Gary Quinn and Ruth Swanwick, Sign Language and Deaf Education: A historical perspective and current issues (slide show)

Weds 1 Nov 2006: Minutes 84

Public talk by Matthew Saxton: Intervention for children with language delay: Insights from typical language acquisition. (abstract) (slide show)

Meetings in 2005/6

Weds 24 May 2006: Minutes 83

Weds 15 Feb 2006: Minutes 82

Public talk by Debbie Myhill: Linguistic Development in Writing 4.00-5.20 , Room 691 (Abstract) (slide show)

     

Weds 2 Nov 2005: Minutes 81

Public presentation by Lynne Cameron on "Writing in English as an additional language in UK schools: A summary of two research projects. " (slide show) (abstract)

Meetings in 2004/5

Wednesday 25 May 2005: Minutes 80

Wednesday 16 February 2005: Minutes 79

CILT and its work - a powerpoint presentation by David Newton (CILT)

with a talk by Liz Whittome (QCA English team) on the reforms at 14-19.

Wednesday 3 November 2004: Minutes 78

Language Learning – a new paradigm. A personal view - a powerpoint presentation by Lid King, National Director for Languages

     


Meetings in 2003/4

Wednesday 9 June 2004: Minutes 77

Wednesday 18 February 2004: Minutes 76

Developments in approaches to grammar in the KS3 National Strategy - a powerpoint presentation by Alan Howe.

Wednesday 5 November 2003: minutes 75

The KS3 MFL Strategy: Word, Sentence and Text - a paper presented by Prof Ros Mitchell.


Meetings in 2002/3

Wednesday 11 June 2003: minutes 74

Teaching grammar - a discussion based on a discussion-paper by Ros Fisher and Dick Hudson

Wednesday 19 February 2003: minutes 73

"The languages strategy" - a presentation by Terry Lamb on the Government's official strategy on Modern Foreign Languages

open meeting: BSL and education - a talk by Prof Bencie Woll (City University)

     

Wednesday 6 November 2002: Minutes 72

     

Meetings in 2001/02

Wednesday, 19 June 2002: minutes 71

One of the main discussion items was the Government's Green Paper on education, to which some of the constituent associations have submitted comments:

LAGB (also separate comments on the associated paper about language teaching)

Association for Language Learning

NO OPEN SESSION.

Wednesday, 20 February 2002: minutes 70

OPEN SESSION, 4-5 p.m.: Dr Jim Anderson (Goldsmiths College): 'Community languages: Towards an agenda for inclusion'. (Download the handout.)

OPEN SESSION, 4-5 p.m.: Prof. Ron Carter (University of Nottingham): 'Grammar for speaking' project developed at QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority). Please contact CLIE Chair, Roz Ivanic, for further information.

 

Meetings in the academic year 2000/01

 

  • Wednesday, 20 June 2001: Draft Minutes 68 (excerpt)

    OPEN SESSION: '12 hours of Knowledge about Language on initial teacher training courses'.
    Speakers: Dr Alison Sealey (School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the University of Reading,
    formerly Institute of Education at the University of Warwick)
    Prof. Henrietta Dombey (School of Education, University of Brighton)
    Session summary.

  • Wednesday, 21 February 2001: Draft Minutes 67

 

  • Thursday, 2 November 2000

For further information about CLIE meetings please contact the Chair or Secretary.

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