Language Education and Emotions
Third International Conference on Language Education and Testing November 26-28, 2018
Current research and publications
ongoing projects
- 01/01/2017-31/12/2021: VLIR-UOS Joint (Inter)national Academic Networking (JOINT) Project on EAP: 'Anglais Académique – Phase IV: Qualité, Extension, Durabilité'
- 01/08/2020-30/04/2021: Dept. Onderwijs en Vorming Vlaamse Gemeenschap - Onderzoek Taalintegratietrajecten
- 01/09/2020-31/08/2023: Erasmus + KA201 - Strategic Partnerships for school education: 'Learning scenarios to support inclusive language and culture education for heterogeneous school classes' (Antwerp School of Education, University of Antwerp - Université Catholique de Louvain - Göteborg University - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań - University of Bozen)
- 01/10/2020-30/09/2023: Erasmus + KA107 - Higher education student and staff mobility between Programme and Partner Countries (Antwerp School of Education, University of Antwerp - Kwame Nkrumah University Kabwe, Zambia)
project proposals (launch pending)
- FWO Senior research project fundamental research: 'Task autonomy and motivation: the mental acceptability of tasks in foreign language learning'
publications in press
- Willems, J., T.F.H. Smits & T. Mortelmans (2020). In die Schule lerne ich Deutsch: Übergeneralisierung in der Präpositionalphrase als Indiz für einen Defaultkasus. In: Germanistische Mitteilungen. (VABB-SHW)
- Simons, M. & T.F.H. Smits (2021). Language Education and Emotions. Current Perspectives on Language Students, Teachers, and Teaching and Learning Processes (Working Title). Abingdon: Routledge. (VABB-SHW)
publications under review
- Janssenswillen, P., Meeus, W. & T.F.H. Smits. Teacher education, quo vadis? Historical perspectives on academic teacher education reform in Flanders, Belgium. In: European Journal of Teacher Education. (WoS/VABB-SHW)
- Kloots, H. & T.F.H. Smits. Checking foreign language textbooks for national variation. Do textbooks reflect pluricentric languages’ intralinguistic variation? In: Special Issue of Critical Multilingualism Studies "National Standards – Local Varieties: A Cross-Linguistic Discussion on Regional Variation in Foreign Language Studies“.
publications in preparation
- Grobler C. & T.F.H. Smits. Validating and improving an assessment instrument for oral skills of beginners students in French as a foreign language [Working title].
- Smits, T.F.H. & C. Grobler. Learner-centred pedagogy through CALL instructional design: a theoretical framework for CALL research on fostering speaking skills. In: South African Journal of Education. ISSN: 0256-0100. (VABB-SHW)
- Schelfhout, W., T.F.H. Smits & E. Vandervieren. Trainee teachers engaging in an equilibrium model for creating powerful and differentiating learning environments [Working title].
PhD supervision
PhD projects @ UAntwerpen
- PhD Student: D. Aba
- Project Title: Socio-cultural and pragma-linguistic perspectives on intercultural communicative competence within mobile and non-mobile higher education contexts
- Supervision Type: Supervisor
- PhD Student: D. Lisaite
- Project Title: Enabling Teachers and Students through Content and Language Integrated Learning
- Supervision Type: Supervisor of incoming Joint PhD (co-supervisor: B. Janiunaite, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)
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External PhD projects
- PhD Student: D. Hansen
- University: Université Catholique de Louvain
- Project Title: Leveraging Collaborative Work for Game-Based Language Learning.
- Supervision Type: PhD Committee Member
- PhD Student: H. Gerits
- University: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Project Title: The relation between listening comprehension and grammar acquisition: a study into the effectiveness of teaching the grammar of Hungarian through listening tasks.
- Supervision Type: PhD Committee Member
PhD defences (current year only)
- PhD Student: C. Grobler
- Project Title: Designing a model for a technology-enhanced environment developing the oral interactional competence of beginner language learners
- Supervision Type: Supervisor
- PhD Student: G. Romkes
- Project Title: Verschillen in taalgebruik/gedrag in de klas als mogelijke indicator voor professionele groei bij studenten uit de tweede graads lerarenopleiding
- Supervision Type: PhD Committee Chairman
- PhD Student: H. Nur Ozcelik
- University: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Project Title: Do peer collaboration and autonomy enhance L2 Listening Comprehension?
- Supervision Type: PhD Jury Member