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Clare Wardman

Clare WardmanLecturer

Contact details

E: c.wardman1@yorksj.ac.uk 

T: +44 (01904) 876783

 

 

 

 

 

Profile Teaching Professional Activities Research & Publications

 

Papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings

Wardman, C. (in progress). ‘”Keep Talking”: music as a tool to tackle reticence in the EAP classroom’. ELT Journal

Wardman, C. (in progress). Home languages in mainstream schools: widely encouraged or under supported?’ in Pattison, T. (ed) IATEFL 2013: Liverpool Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL.

Wardman, C. (2013). ‘EAL provision in England: combining theory and practice or not?’ in Pattison, T. (ed) IATEFL 2012: Glasgow Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL.

Wardman, C., Bell, J. & Sharp, E. (2012). ‘Valuing Home Languages’ in Mallows, D. (Ed.) Innovations in English Language Teaching to Migrants and Refugees. London: British Council.

Wardman, C. (2012). ‘The classroom support v. withdrawal debate for children with English as an Additional Language’ Teachitworld e-newsletter, ‘Life in an English-speaking country’, 13.

Wardman, C. (2012). ‘Pulling the threads together: current theories and current practice affecting UK primary school children who have English as an Additional Language’. British Council ELT Research Papers, 12-04, available at URL: http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/sites/ec/files/B387%20ELTRP%20Report%20-%20Wardman_v6.pdf

Wardman, C. (2012). ‘Interactions between EAL pupils, specialist teachers and TAs during withdrawal from the mainstream in UK primary schools’. Education 3-13, available at URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03004279.2011.621896

Wardman, C. (2011). ‘Children with EAL: Comparing withdrawal sessions with teachers and teaching assistants’ in Pattison, T. (ed) IATEFL 2010: Harrogate Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL.

Wardman, C. (2010). “Making the News: a motivating writing skills project for ESL students”. The Internet TESL Journal, XVI (1).

Wardman, C. (2009).  “Authentic Materials in English Language Teaching: are they as important as we think?” Folio, 13 (2), pp. 14-17.

 

Invited talks and lectures

British Council Seminar Series 2012-2013: An evening seminar for EAL teachers (May 9, 2013)

“Supporting home languages”

University of Leeds, Language Education Research group (November 13, 2012)

“Teaching bi- and pluri-lingual children in UK primary schools: teachers' perceptions of the experience focusing on the value placed on home languages”

Higher Education Academy Seminar: Changing English in internationalising universities, York St John University (7 September 2012)

“Academic Literacies and internationalisation” (with Dr Catherine Samiei and Charlie Martineau)

University of Edinburgh, Centre of English Language Teaching: English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics programme (6 September 2011)

‘Bilingualism and the role of school-family relationships’

 

Conference talks and poster presentations

9th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Singapore (June 2013).

“How valued and utilized are the home languages of bilingual children by their teachers in UK primary education?”

International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Liverpool (9 April 2013)       

Home languages in mainstream schools: widely encouraged or under supported?”

Language in a Network of European Excellence (LINEE) Training Institute in Multilingualism, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (20 June 2012)

Poster: “The provision of support for children with EAL in northern English primary schools and on-going challenges to be faced.”

University of Sheffield School of English Postgraduate Colloquium (21 May 2012)

“In-group and out-group positioning: An analysis of how a primary school head teacher orients himself with regards to his school and wider ethnic minority communities.”

Research Students’ Annual Conference, University of Leeds (18 April 2012)

“Teachers’ views on provision of support for children with English as an Additional Language in UK primary schools.”

International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Glasgow (21 March 2012)       

“EAL provision in England: combining theory and practice or not?”

TESOL France, Paris (27 November 2010)

“Playing devil’s advocate with Authentic Materials in English Language Teaching.”

International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Harrogate (8 April 2010)       

“Children with EAL: Comparing withdrawal sessions with teachers and teaching assistants.”

4th YSJ University Postgraduate Research Methodologies Conference (11 November 2009)

“A research methodology for comparing teaching approaches in withdrawal sessions for children with English as an Additional Language in UK primary schools.”

7th British Universities Postgraduate Research Conference: Principles and Practice for Language Learning and Materials Development, Leeds Metropolitan University (16 May 2009)

“Authentic Materials in English Language Teaching: are they as important as we think?”