Seminar Platform
The two-day seminar will be conducted entirely online using Microsoft Teams. You are encouraged to DOWNLOAD Microsoft Teams to your desktop or laptop. Web and mobile versions of Microsoft Teams are not recommended, especially for presenters, because some functions are not available.
A Microsoft Teams space will be set up for this seminar. Once you have registered, you will be added to the space by the organiser before the seminar commences. On Microsoft Teams, you can:
If you are new to Microsoft Teams, the following resources may help you:
A Microsoft Teams space will be set up for this seminar. Once you have registered, you will be added to the space by the organiser before the seminar commences. On Microsoft Teams, you can:
- attend keynote and presentation sessions;
- ask questions in the chat box during presentations;
- ask questions in a designated "channel" so they can be addressed by the keynote and featured speakers in the round table session;
- share presentation PowerPoint files or other materials related to your presentation.
If you are new to Microsoft Teams, the following resources may help you:
Programme (all time in BST)
Day 1 (10 June 2021, Thu)
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. Sin Wang Chong, Organiser of seminar
9:10 -10:30 a.m.
Keynote 1
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Luke Plonsky, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University
Topic: Measuring up: Psychometric concerns and contributions of meta-analysis (Abstract & Bio)
10: 45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Session 1 (Presentation)
Dr. Graeme Porte, Universidad de Granada
Topic: The Cambridge University Press journal Language Teaching: What's in it for me? (Abstract & Bio)
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 n.n.
Session 2 (Presentation)
Dr. Vahid Aryadoust, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Azrifah Zakaria, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Topic: An introduction to scientometric analysis for applied linguistics research: Towards a framework (Abstract & Bio)
12:00 n.n. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch break
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session 3 (Workshop)
Featured speaker:
Dr. Mel Bond, EPPI-Reviewer Support Officer, EPPI-Centre, UCL
Topic: Evidence synthesis methodology and tools in the time of COVID-19 (Abstract & Bio)
[This session is cancelled. Recording will be available after the seminar]
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Session 4 (Presentation)
Ekaterina Sudina, Northern Arizona University
Topic: Coding for validity evidence of L2 research instruments: Choices and challenges (Abstract & Bio)
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Session 5 (Presentation)
Fiona Victory, UCL
Topic: Qualitative comparative analysis: A tool for exploring changes in patterns in medium of instruction choice
(Abstract & Bio)
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Session 6
Dr. Sin Wang Chong, Queen's University Belfast
Announcement of plan to set up a new BAAL SIG, Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics
Meeting with potential members to discuss rationale, goals, plans and draft proposal
Day 2 (11 June 2021, Fri)
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. Rachel Wicaksono, BAAL's Membership Secretary
9:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Keynote 2
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Talia Isaacs, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, UCL
Topic: Using systematic review methodology in health intervention research: Applications for applied linguistics
(Abstract & Bio)
10: 45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Session 7 (Presentation)
Dr. Hamish Chalmers, University of Oxford
Topic: The International Database of Education Systematic Reviews (IDESR): Prospective registration of systematic reviews to improve transparency, accountability and reporting quality of systematic reviews in language education
(Abstract & Bio)
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 n.n.
Session 8 (Presentation)
Dr. Rita Elaine Silver, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Deborah Chua, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Johannis Abdul Aziz, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Manasi Pande, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Vinay Kumar, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Topic: Synthesizing research for practice and policy impact (Abstract & Bio)
12:00 n.n. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch break
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session 9 (Presentation)
Prof. Sarah Miller, Queen's University Belfast & Director, Campbell UK &Ireland
Topic: Systematic reviews in education: Achieving and maintaining methodological rigour
(Abstract & Bio)
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Session 10 (Presentation)
Dr. Taichi Yamashita, Iowa State University
Reza Neiriznaghadehi, Iowa State University
Topic: A systematic review of calls for replication in Language Teaching: Why do we think we need replication?
(Abstract & Bio)
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Session 11 (Presentation)
Dr. Mohammad Amini Farsani, Iran University of Science and Technology
Topic: Three decades of meta-research in an EFL Context: What does a methodological synthesis of MA theses indicate?
(Abstract & Bio)
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Session 12 (Presentation)
Andrea Vaughan, UCL
Topic: Adapting systematic review methods to synthesise corpus linguistic research on linguistic features of depression and anxiety on social media
(Abstract & Bio)
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Session 13 (Roundtable)
Informal discussions between the keynote speakers, session presenters, and participants