Professional Growth and Development in EAP: Exploring Current Practices and Imagining Future Possibilities
BALEAP slow PIM June 2025
2-19 June – asynchronous open access releases
20 June – live online event
We will explore how EAP practitioners and scholars grow, adapt, and specialise across diverse cultural and professional landscapes. Join us and engage in meaningful discussions on the personal and institutional support that shapes our professional journeys now and in the future.
Set your own pace and explore open access resources from 2 to 19 June! Immerse yourself in stories, reflect on journey through interviews, personal stories and visual posters. Our slow open access event will feature asynchronous invited interviews with: Ursula Wingate, Ian Bruce, Lia Blaj-Ward, Bee Bond, Bojana Petric, and Christian Chun.
Our
live keynote on 20 June will be delivered by
Alex Ding, in collaboration with two practitioners,
Cat Macbean and
Daniel O’Sullivan. Their talk is titled Developing Practitioners to Develop the Field and the abstract is available here:
QMUL-live-event-PIM-Keynote.pdf
We will also be joined by colleagues representing the Global South in an invited live panel on Mentoring for Change: Inclusive Pedagogies in TEFL Teacher Education.
Panellists: Marisol Guzmán Cova, Veronica Sanchez Hernandez, Yonatan Puón Castro, Hilda Hidalgo Avilés, Martha Guadalupe Hernández Alvarado, Milton Raul Licona Luna
Please have a look at our
Call for Contributions, in which you can find more detailed descriptions of suggested topics and formats of contribution.
Types of Contributions
Asynchronous Contributions
Live Event Contributions
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Paper presentation
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Panel discussion
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Lightening talk
Deadlines for abstract submissions and links to submission boxes:
Asynchronous content abstracts deadline – 5th May (midnight) -CALL NOW CLOSED
We will ask all accepted asynchronous contributions to be submitted for inclusion into our online platform by 19 May, 5:00pm
Live content abstracts deadline – 19 May, 5:00pm
Notification of acceptance: 23 May, 5:00pm
Click
here to submit a live content abstract.
Abstract length
Abstracts for all contributions should be up to 250 words.
We are looking forward to receiving your proposals and jointly reflecting on our Continuous Professional Development.
Programme for the open access slow releases will be available in late May.
Programme for the live event on the 20th of June will be available in early June.
TICKETS
Tickets for the Live Event on June 20th are now available:
Non-members: £30
BALEAP MEMBERS: £25 (please ensure you are logged in with your membership account and the discount will be applied at checkout)
Refunds are possible up to two weeks prior to an event, however, an administration charge of £5.00 will be deducted from all refunds to cover our costs.
