Conference

TramE Network Launch and Workshop

09.00	Registration *O’ Rahilly Building – Block A – first floor – social area*
09.45	Welcome and opening comments: O’Rahilly Building - Room 1.23
10.00	Panel 1 Language Engagement and the Student Experience Chair: Barbara Siller – University College Cork
	10.00	Siobhan Mortell – University College Cork Human Portals – Maximising Learning Affordances during Study Abroad
	10.15	Catherine Spencer – Technological University of Dublin Student Perspectives on Mobility Experiences: Reflections, Attitudes & Variables
	10.30	Dangeni Dangeni – University of Newcastle (online) Audio Diary: a creative research tool for investigating international students’ experience
10.45	SHORT BREAK
11.00	Panel 2 Language Learning and Use Chair: Clare Wright – University of Leeds
	11.00	Zeynep Köylü – University of Basel The Nexus among Individual Differences, Cultural Proximity, and Gains: Turkish Sojourners in Europe
	11.15	Clara Cantos Delgado - Complutense University of Madrid “The Erasmus was great but the Secret Chilean Sessions was best” A case study of community building of visiting students through the belonging to a recreational volleyball group at KU Leuven
	11.30	Rongrong Guo – University College Cork The Development of Oral Performance during Study Abroad: A Semi-Longitudinal Study on English-Speaking Adult L2 Learners of Chinese in Ireland
12.00	LUNCH BREAK
13.00	KEYNOTE TALK Carmen Pérez Vidal - University Pompeu Fabra SA research: what does it tell us about SLA? Chair: Anne Marie Devlin – University College Cork We were honoured to be joined by Professor Carmen Perez Vidal whose impressive and informative plenary talk covering the context and implications of study abroad research for contemporary SLA opened up the wealth of her contribution to the field over decades of research leadership and collaborations. You can find a link to a recording of her talk here.
14.00	SHORT BREAK

14.10	Early Career Researchers Pecha Kucha presentations
	Discussant: Aisling O’Donnell – UCC Room 1.23		Discussant: Clare Wright – University of Leeds ROOM 1.32
	Yuyao Xiao - University College Cork Diversity in identity, environment, and social networks among Chinese study abroad students		Jordan Carolan - University College Cork Bridging ontological divides: A social-psychological inquiry of study abroad students from Confucian heritage cultures
	Rana Hassan A Alhazmi – University College Cork The Impact of the Pandemic on Language Engagement: A Return to Pre-Pandemic Norms?		Jasrael Stokes - University of Bristol How Does Interlocutor Behaviour Impact International Students’ Foreign Language Anxiety?
	Natasha Ryzhova – University College Cork Language Engagement among Displaced Ukrainians in Ireland		Annarita Magliacane - University of Liverpool & Ariadna Sanchez Hernandez - Complutense University of Madrid Do students develop pragmatic and metapragmatic awareness during study abroad?
14.50	COFFEE BREAK
15.10	Panel 3 (Re)defining Mobility Chair: Emma Riordan – University College Cork
	15.10	Paolo Ruspini – University of Rome 3 (online) Contrasting trends of contemporary international migration and mobility
	15.25	Nidhi Piplani-Kapur – South East Technological University, Waterford Campus (online) Redefining internationalisation in Ireland through Internationalisation at Home
	15.40	Rachel MagShamhráin – University College Cork Don’t Go: Language Learning Abroad and Environmental Collapse
16.00	ROUND TABLE Chairs: Anne Marie Devlin, Annarita Magliacane, Clare Wright
16.30	END OF THE WORKSHOP AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS