Subject: ials ( 6th lang teacher ed )

the university of edinburgh institute for applied language studies ( ials ) 6th symposium for language teacher educators evaluation and research in language teacher education - - - - - - - - - - edinburgh - - - - - - - - - - - wednesday 18th november - friday 20th november 1998 call for papers * the role of research and evaluation in language teacher education * methods of researching and evaluating language teacher education * the ethics of evaluation and research in language teacher education * evaluating programmes , trainers , and materials in language teacher education * researching the influence of context on the delivery of language teacher education * researching and evaluating methodologies of language teacher education * research as part of the process of training and teacher development * assessing the development of trainee skills * investigating how teachers change * researching supervision and post-lesson feedback * researching the impact of new technologies in language teacher education _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the ials symposia offer a forum for professional exchange among language teacher educators based in the uk and overseas . numbers are limited to 60 . the themes listed above indicate the possible coverage of the papers . papers should not be limited to reports of research but also reflect on the process of research and evaluation and on their role in language teacher education . if you would like to submit a proposal for a paper on any topic related to the theme of the symposium , please write for a proposal form and further information to : suzie huggins 6th ials symposium for language teacher educators institute for applied language studies university of edinburgh 21 hill place edinburgh eh8 9dp scotland , uk . phone 0131 650 6200 fax 0131 667 5927 email : ials . symposium @ ed . ac . uk
