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Special events at LAGB 2019

Henry Sweet Lecture 2019

Sandy Chung (UC Santa Cruz)

Linguistics Association Lecture 2019

Chris Potts (Stanford)

LAGB Summer School 2019

The LAGB Summer School 2019 will provide postgraduate students (and other interested parties) with the opportunity to attend masterclasses in linguistics, receiving training opportunities, meet linguists and socialise with other postgraduate students from across the UK. The summer school will take place on Monday 9 September 2019 from 1–6 pm. 

More information on the summer school can be found at:  

http://www.lagb.org.uk/summerschool2019/

Workshop on Trends in Formal Approaches to Variation

This workshop will consist of a series of invited speakers. Information on the workshop can be found here: http://www.lagb.org.uk/workshop2019/

Language Tutorial

This year's language tutorial will be on Kiowa (Kiowa-Tanoan) and presented by Daniel Harbour (QMUL).

Education Session

The LAGB Education Committee will run a special session at LAGB 2019 titled:

The drop in uptake of English Language A-level

Session organiser: Eva Eppler

Speakers: Willem Hollmann, Diane Leedham, David Duff, Michelle Sheehan, Devyani Sharma

The session will include discussion of potential reasons for the drop in uptake of English A-level, particularly the enrolment in English Language and English Language and Literature.

Willem Hollmann (Lancaster University) is going to explore the Russell Group's facilitating subjects list in the broader context of trends of A-level uptake and UCAS applications.

Diane Leedham (NALDIC) will address the role the new GCSE seems to play in this trend. 

David Duff (CEF) will supply context on A-level enrolments / university admissions and how these are monitored within other branches of English. He will furthermore present the Common English Forum position statement on the topic, and Michelle Sheehan is going to report on the Department of Education's response to it.

Devyani Sharma will talk about her experience with working sociolinguistics into the school curriculum.

One session will be reserved for discussion of further reasons for the drop in uptake of English Language A-level and what the LAGB Education Committee and other bodies can do to address them.