Language, Assessment & Disciplinary Specialism in UK-China TNE Conference
Programme, Recordings and Book of Abstracts
Programme, Recordings and Book of Abstracts
The full programme and book of abstracts are available to view and download here.
Please find the recordings of the sessions in the programme below.
Programme Overview
Registration with coffee
08:30-09:30 GMT | 16:30 -17:30 CTS
Merchants Hall – Ground Floor
Welcome from the hosting institution
09.30-09:50 GMT | 17:30 -17:50 CST
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
Welcome message
Professor Rob Sturman, Pro-Dean International, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences,
University of Leeds
Keynote speech
09.50-10:35 GMT | 17:50 -18:35 CST
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
Academic Literacy Support in EMI Universities: Policy, Practice, and Collaboration
Professor Jim McKinley, University College London, Professor Heath Rose, University of Oxford
Parallel sessions (A) presentations
10:40-11:05 GMT | 18:40 - 19:05 CST
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
Pushing the boundaries: how far is too far?
Louise Pullen, Russell Mayne, CITE, University of Leicester
Denim Room - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Interdisciplinary Team Teaching to Enhance the Student Experience
Professor Karen Petrie, Charlotte Mahoney, Hanhe Lin, Napoleon Mannering, Pengpeng He, Tracey White, University of Dundee
Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Reflections on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in the Arts in a UK - China TNE setting
Elisabeth Mulders, Dr. Gareth Jones, University for the Creative Arts
Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor
Supporting professional reflection skills in Engineering
Anna Murawska, University of Leeds
Please note that this session was not recorded due to technical difficulties.
Break with tea/coffee
11:05-11:30 GMT | 18:40 - 19:05 CST
Merchants Hall – Ground Floor
Parallel sessions (B) presentations and lightning talks
11:35 -12:00 GMT | 19:35 -20:00 CTS
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
Disciplinary differences: What do they mean for collaboration, language use, and knowledge construction?
Professor John Airey (Invited speaker), Stockholm University
Denim Room - hybrid - 2nd Floor
"What's CEFR?" Exploring EAP and disciplinary teachers' language assessment literacies (LAL) at a Sino-British TNE university
Joseph Tinsley, Huimin He, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Engagement Tactics in Teaching Chemistry
Adriana Matamoros-Veloza, University of Leeds
Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor
From Epistemic Injustice to Epistemic Plurality: Re-theorising Assessment Literacy in UK-China Transnational Education
Arif Ahmed Zufi, New Government Degree College Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Please note that the slides are not available for this recording due to technical difficulties.
12.05 -12:30 GMT | 20:05 - 20:30 CST
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
The “Motivated but Silent” Learner in TNE: Towards an Integrated EAP–STEM Curriculum
Kamalanathan Kajan, Dr. Nasir Abbasi, Dr Costas Loizou, University of Leeds
Denim Room - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Investigating Disciplinary Literacy Needs at QMES
Alan Allman, Queen Mary University of London
Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Developing Student Assessment Literacy: The Impact of Feedback on Pre-Sessional English Master's Students
Lulu Huang, Xinyi Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Please note that this session was not recorded due to technical difficulties.
Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor
Investigating the Oral Communication Needs of Engineering Students Studying in Two TNE Programmes in China
W. Y. Shi, Matthew Ketteringham, SWJTU-Leeds Joint School
12.35 -13:00 GMT | 20:35 - 21:00 CST |
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
Collaborating to make EMI work: Lessons from the past
Diane Pecorari, University of Leeds
This session was cancelled due to personal circumstances.
Denim Room - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Pre-emptive Corpus Informed Seminar Rehearsal for EMI Engineering: An Eight-Day Sino UK Pilot
Paul Jackson, University of Aberdeen
Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Lightning Talks
12:35 : Russell Savage, University of Warwick
12:40: Xiaoqing, Bi, Sam Evans, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12:45: Zhao Xiaoxue, Kuiyin Chen; Thandokuhle Emmanual Khoza; Anisa Vahed, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12:50: Adijat Inyang, Yamin Abdouni, Alan Allman, Queen Mary University of London
Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor
The changing role of EAP teachers in TNE contexts
Tom Spain, Simon Dunton, Oxford EMI
Group pictures & Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 GMT | 21:00-22:00 CST
Merchants Hall – Ground Floor
Parallel sessions (C) presentations
14:00 - 14:25 GMT | 22:00 – 22:25 CST
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
EMI lecturer training: what, how and by whom?
Professor Katrien Deroey (Invited Speaker), University of Luxembourg
Denim Room - hybrid - 2nd Floor
The Impact of Workload on Sino-UK TNE Student Experience and the Case for Collaboration in Assessment and Subject Integration
John Fowler, University of Lancaster
Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Developing Global Competence of Engineering Students through Transnational Education: Enhancing Technical and Communication Skills Through Collaboration
W. Y. Shi, Matthew Ketteringham, SWJTU-Leeds Joint School
Parallel sessions (D) in-person workshops
14:30 - 15:30 GMT | 22:30 – 23:30 CST
Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor
The EMI Corpus of Student Academic Writing and Reading: A new resource in EAP materials design
Dana Gablasova, Vaclav Brezina, Raffaella Bottini, Luke Harding, University of Lancaster
Denim Room - hybrid - 2nd Floor
Meeting in the middle: EAP, collaboration, and mediation in transnational educational partnerships
Alex Runchman, Stephen Kelly, Qinghui (Grace) Li, University College Dublin
Please note that this session was not recorded due to its interactive workshop nature.
Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor
Bridging the Gap: A Triangular Approach to Supporting Final-Year Projects in UK-China Joint Programmes
Professor Anna Barney, Dr Jiahong Zhao, Lori-ann Milln, University of Southampton
Break with tea/coffee
15:30 - 16:00 GMT | 23:30 – 00:00 CST
Merchants Hall
Panel Discussion
16:00 - 16:45 GMT | 00:00-00:45 CST
Merchants Hall
Closing remarks
16:45 -16:55 GMT | 00:45 – 00:55 CST
Merchants Hall
Drinks Reception
17:00- 18:30 GMT | 10:00 – 02:30 CST
Merchants Hall