The African Storybook Project was recently highlighted on UBC NOW, a website that emphasises important and interesting work coming out of the university. Congratulations to everyone who is contributing to the project.
Rits Workshop Assistant positions available
The Department of Language & Literacy Education has opportunities for Graduate students to work in the UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs for the 2014-15 academic year and assist with Special Orientation Workshops. We are accepting applications for three (3) Workshop Assistant positions.
Updated CV and cover letter can be sent as a pdf or word document to lled-posting.educ@ubc.ca
Application deadline is Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Part-time Instructor appointment available
The Department of Language & Literacy Education (LLED) has opportunities for a part-time Instructor appointment as part of the Teacher Education Program (TEO) in the Winter 2014_2015 academic year. Updated CV and cover letter can be sent as a PDF or Word attachment to lled-posting.educ@ubc.ca. Application deadline: August 26th by 4pm.
LLED 381/640 – Modern Language Education
| Code: | LLED 381 |
| Section: | 640 |
| Title: | Modern Language Education |
| Credit: | 1.5 |
| Term: | 1 |
| Start/End Date: | 09/15/2014 – 02/16/2015 |
| Day(s): | N/A |
| Time: | – |
| Location: | OFF CAMPUS Selkirk |
| Instructor: | Wendy Voikin |
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Dr. Angel Lin lecture
LLED’s Noted Summer Scholar, Dr. Angel Lin, visiting from the University of Hong Kong, recently gave a public lecture, titled “Towards Paradigmatic Change in TESOL Methodologies: Building Plurilingual Pedagogies from the Ground Up”
If you were unable to attend, you can watch the lecture on the UBC Education Research YouTube page.
Rits Lab Monitor positions available
The Department of Language & Literacy Education has opportunities for Graduate or Undergraduate students to work in the UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs for the 2014-15 academic year. We are accepting applications for Rits Lab Monitor positions. There are 4 positions available with each position working no more than 12 hours per week.
Preference will be given to those that can commit to working both semesters.
Updated CV and cover letter can be sent as a pdf or word document to lled-posting.educ@ubc.ca.
Application deadline is Friday, August 1, 2014, at 4pm
In the Signs of Silence: Research and Drama invited talk
As part of the Summer Drama Institute, LLED will be hosting a research talk with Professor Judith Ackroyd, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Regent’s University London. All are welcome to attend
When: Wednesday, July 23rd, 3:30pm
Location: Ponderosa Annex F, room 103 – Digital Literacy Centre
Description: IN THE SIGNS OF SILENCE : Research and Drama
The playwright, Harold Pinter is famous for his pauses. Stories are held in what is unsaid. In the pause there is pain, hope and the dream. Can research interviews somehow be experienced and recorded to capture that experience beyond the words of the text?
LLED 360 Winter Term 1 Teaching Opportunity
The Department of Langauge and Literacy Education (LLED) is looking for a qualified instructor to teach LLED 360 section 301. Details of the posting can be found here: WINTER LLED 2014_15 – LLED360. Application deadline for this position is July 18th Friday by 4pm.
Congratulations Samuel!
The Department of Language and Literacy would like to congratulate Samuel Andema who successfully defended his PhD thesis on Friday, July 4th. His thesis, entitled, “Promoting Digital Literacy in African Education: ICT Innovations in a Ugandan Primary Teachers’ College”, is a case study of college tutors’ and primary teachers’ innovative use of digital tools, in Arua, Northern Uganda, with implications for theory, research, policy, and pedagogical practices.
Well done Samuel!