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Welcome to the Centre for Language Education Research at Aston (CLERA)

Investigating communication, discourse and culture and their impact on language education

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 The Centre draws on over two decades of research into language education, and focuses on the following major areas:

  • First and second language learning and teaching, particularly in relation to classroom-based research, immigrant and workplace-related education
  • Language teacher education
  • European languages and cultures, including English
  • English as a global language
  • Language contact, regionally and internationally
  • Language education for professional and intercultural communication in organisations, language teaching, and translation and interpreting 


The key goal of CLERA is to promote collaboration among researchers in these areas of Aston’s School of Languages and Social Sciences, and to establish international research networks and partnerships.

Launch of Clera
Centre for Language Education Research at Aston officially launched
We welcome enquiries from PhD-qualified researchers from all countries outside the UK wishing to apply for a Marie Curie Fellowship to come to work with us at Aston; the next call opens on 14th March with a deadline of 14th August 2013. There are two Fellowship Schemes available:
  • One for early- to mid-career researchers of any nationality currently working in Europe (Intra-European fellowship, IEF);
  • One for researchers at mid-career plus working in any country outside of Europe (International Incoming Fellowship, IIF).

Subject areas might include all the above mentioned fields of research that fall within the remit of the centre.
Please contact Professor Gertrud Reershemius (g.k.reershemius@aston.ac.uk) for further details.

 

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