Learning and Teaching for Right to Left Scripted Languages: PRESENTATIONS

NATECLA's Community Languages Special Interest Group, alongside Leeds Beckett University, the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) delivered the following event on Saturday 14 June 2014:

Applied Linguistics Seminar 2014: 

Learning and Teaching for Right to Left Scripted Languages: realities and possibilities

• Using songs to teach Urdu, Dr Naeema Hann, Leeds Beckett University
• Stress prediction in Arabic, Dr Michael Ingleby
• Centre for Social and Educational Research Across the Lifecourse, Prof Jacqueline Stevenson
• Working together to promote a more diverse range of languages in schools and HE, Sharon Handley, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Modern technology tools for teaching Urdu, Sheraz Ali, The University of Manchester
• Learning right to left languages, Kim Parkinson
• Adult Arabic learning in the UK: fidelity in adversity, Saadia Gamir, Leeds Beckett University
• Teaching of Urdu in the UK, Sheraz Ali, The University of Manchester and Masood Hashmi, Parrswood High School, Manchester
• Urdu and Persian grammar and script: a learner's perspective, David Young, Leeds Beckett University