Conferences & Events
The following conferences and events are organised and carried out by the Chair of TEFL:
International Conferences:
2023: DICE.LANG Symposium
2017: Media Literacy in Foreign Language Education: Digital & Multimodal Perspectives
Munich Lectures in TEFL:
The Munich Lecture in TEFL is an annual event, presenting an outstanding international scholar.
2023: Prof. Dr. Marcia McKenzie (University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education): "The Global Case for Education for Climate Action"
Prof. Dr. David B. Daniel (James Madison University, Psychology Department): "Making Education Research Relevant to Those Who Educate"
Prof. Dr. Helena Pedersen (University of Gothenburg, Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies): "Human-Animal Education? Critical Pedagogical Aspects of Animal Representations in Media Narratives"
Prof. Dr. Justin Powell (University of Luxembourg, Department of Social Sciences): "Challenges, Paradoxes & Opportunities: Comparative Research on Student Disability & Inclusive Education"
Prof. Dr. Christina Cipriano (Yale University): "The State of the Evidence for Social and Emotional Learning: Opportunities and Challenges for Educational Research"
Prof. Dr. Sascha Schneider (Universität Zürich): "What Teacher Education Can Learn from Research on Multimedia Learning"
2022: Prof. Dr. Arjen Wals (Wageningen University, UNESCO Chair Social Learning for Sustainability): "Re-orienting Teacher Education towards Sustainability – A Critical Relational Perspective"
Prof. Dr. Roswita Dressler (University of Calgary, Werklund School of Education): "Perspectives on Second Language Learning: Lessons for Teacher Education"
Prof. Dr. John Hattie (University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education): "The Research Evidence on Initial Teacher Education Programs"
Prof. Dr. Kaśka Porayska-Pomsta (University College London, UCL Institute of Education): "What is AI in Education and How Can it be Harnessed in Service of Front-line Education?"
Prof. Dr. Shari Tishman (Harvard University, Harvard Graduate School of Education/Project Zero): "Slow Looking and Deep Learning: Practices, Principles and Outcomes"
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Andreotti (University of British Columbia, Department of Educational Studies): "Learning to Hold the Weight of a World in Crisis"
2021: Assoc. Professor Michael Kieffer, New York University: "Language Diversity and Reading Comprehension: Exploring Linguistic and Cognitive Tools for Reading with Understanding"
Dr. Serdar Abaci (University of Edinburgh, Institute of Education, Teaching and Leadership): "Digital Learning After COVID-19 – Implications for Teacher Education"
Prof. Dr. Grace Ngai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Computing, Service Learning and Leadership Office): "Learning to Serve and Serving to Learn: Holistic Student Education through Service-Learning"
2020: Nicky Hockly (Director of Pedagogy, Consultants-E): "Digital Literacies".
2019: Prof. Fiona Copland (University of Stirling, Scotland): "Teaching English to Young Learners: Six Challenges in Search of Solutions".
Prof. Victoria A. Murphy (University of Oxford): "Age isn't everything. Determinants of second language success in the early school years".
2017: Prof. Mark Pegrum (University of Western Australia) "Learning Languages and Literacies through Mobile Lenses".
Link to Mark Pegrum's Munich Lecture in TEFL (Video Online: Unterrichtsmitschau LMU)
2016: Prof. Victoria A. Murphy (University of Oxford): "Age isn't everything. Determinants of second language success in the early school years".
TEFL Days
One-day conferences with a practical focus addressing students, teachers and trainee teachers.
2017: Media literacy in Foreign Language Education
2018: Drama in Foreign Language Education
TEFL Lounges and Media Workshops
Workshops and talks on practical issues of teaching English - for students, teachers and trainee teachers (check the TEFL Lab homepage for current info).
The aforementioned conferences and events are often undertaken with the support of the following projects and cooperations (see Research: Projects & Publications for more information):
Medi@TEFL
Medi@TEFL is a media literacy project linking the different phases of teacher education. This project is funded by Lehrerbildung@LMU, by the QLB initiative (Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung) via BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung).
Teaching with AudioVisions
Teaching with AudioVisions is a film project that seeks to link the various phases of teacher education. This project is funded by Lehrerbildung@LMU, by the QLB initiative (Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung) via BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung).
"Kontaktstudium"
The project "Kontaktstudium" is an interdisciplinary cooperation between English, German, Latin, and French. It is a joint format that seeks to offer and conceptualize cooperation seminars, conference days and teacher trainings. This project is funded by Lehrerbildung@LMU, by the QLB initiative (Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung) via BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung).
The next interdisciplinary conference day and teacher training of the project "Kontaktstudium will take place on 20 July 2016 at the University of Munich (LMU), with a special focus on multilingualism in children's and young adult literature.
DocNet Language Education
DocNet Language Education is a doctoral colloquium that takes place annually in Strobl, Wolfgangsee, in Austria. This colloquium is organised in cooperation with the Universities of Graz, Regensburg and Klagenfurt. The last colloquium was held in May 2016, with 15 PhD students presenting their research projects in the field of TEFL. This year's visiting professor was Prof. David Nunan from Anaheim University, California.