LALS Seminar Series

LALS Seminar Series

Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington

The School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand

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Dr. Inke Du Bois
Prof. Paul Nation
Prof. Laurie Bauer
Jenny Drayton
Prof Paul Warren
Prof. Averil Coxhead
Prof. Anna Siyanova
Prof. Irina Elgort
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Dr. Andrew Preston
Dr Sara Cotterall
Zhenhao Cao
Prof. Peter Vincent
diego navarro
Joy Mills
Sophie Hansen
Sara Pivac Alexander MA
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Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

October 2025

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How do Chinese-English Learners Process Metaphorical Actions
Tomorrow @ 12:10am

How do Chinese-English Learners Process Metaphorical Actions

Dr Mingming Li
Mingming Li
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Victoria University of Wellington
Friday, October 3, 2025 1:10 PM (GMT+13)
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Complex decision making in emergency care
Oct 10 @ 12:10am
University of Warwick

Complex decision making in emergency care

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Jo Angouri
University of Warwick
Friday, October 10, 2025 1:10 PM (GMT+13)
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LALS PhD Flash Talks
Oct 17 @ 12:10am

LALS PhD Flash Talks

Friday, October 17, 2025 1:10 PM (GMT+13)
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Published seminars

Using tasks as a lever to achieve curriculum aspirations
Sep 26
Victoria University of Wellington

Using tasks as a lever to achieve curriculum aspirations

Phuong Nguyen, Victoria University of Wellington
Kia ora koutou and welcome to this kōrero! NZSL interpreter strategies for rendering codeswitching (English/ Te Reo Māori) from spoken source texts
Sep 12
Victoria University of Wellington

Kia ora koutou and welcome to this kōrero! NZSL interpreter strategies for rendering codeswitching (English/ Te Reo Māori) from spoken source texts

Rachel McKee, Victoria University of Wellington
Melissa Simchowitz, Victoria University of Wellington
Grammatical processing difficulties in L2 reading comprehension, 1. Grammatical processing difficulties in L2 reading comprehension (Tuan Bui) 2. Inflight identities: Barf bags and other semiotic resources (John Macalister)
Aug 15
Victoria University of Wellington
Grammatical processing difficulties in L2 reading comprehension
Tuan Bui, Victoria University of Wellington
1. Grammatical processing difficulties in L2 reading comprehension (Tuan Bui) 2. Inflight identities: Barf bags and other semiotic resources (John Macalister)
John Macalister, Victoria University of Wellington
ELI Staff Flash Talks
Aug 1
Victoria University of Wellington

ELI Staff Flash Talks

Oliver Ballance, Victoria University of Wellington
How Children Learn to Focus: Developmental Trajectories of Prosodic Focus in Mandarin Chinese
Jul 25

How Children Learn to Focus: Developmental Trajectories of Prosodic Focus in Mandarin Chinese

Yan Mengzhu
An Interactional Sociolinguistic Approach to Identity Construction among Non-Māori Participants in Te Reo Māori Revitalisation
Jul 11
Georgetown University
Victoria University of Wellington

An Interactional Sociolinguistic Approach to Identity Construction among Non-Māori Participants in Te Reo Māori Revitalisation

Travis Richardson, Georgetown University and Victoria University of Wellington
Investigating source use in L2 student writing: vocabulary, development and stakeholder perceptions (work-in-progress)
Jun 6
University of Leeds

Investigating source use in L2 student writing: vocabulary, development and stakeholder perceptions (work-in-progress)

Gergely Kajos, University of Leeds
A typology of raising to object, with special reference to Austronesian
May 23
Victoria University of Wellington

A typology of raising to object, with special reference to Austronesian

Benji Fowler, Victoria University of Wellington
Promoting De-colonizing Pedagogy through Translanguaging: A Case Study
May 16
Shantou University

Promoting De-colonizing Pedagogy through Translanguaging: A Case Study

Fan Fang, Shantou University