Eowyn Crisfield
Dr. Eowyn Crisfield is a specialist in bilingualism, bilingualism in education, and teacher-training. She holds a B.Ed. in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, and a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics, with specialisations in language learning and teaching, and bilingual education.
Eowyn has over 20 years experience in the field of Applied Linguistics, and has a background that covers research, teaching and teacher-training, and supporting bilingual families. Her past institutional experience includes English-language teaching, language department coordination, curriculum development, lecturing in Initial Teacher Education programmes, and designing and delivering modules on the PG Cert Teaching Multilingual Learners and MA Education and Oxford Brookes University.
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Over the years Eowyn has developed a number of unique services, including Family Language Planning and a whole-school “Every teacher is a language teacher” professional development program for language support in schools. Eowyn continues to research in the field of bilingualism, with a special interest in promoting language equality in schools, and the integration of “languages across the curriculum”. She has extensive experience with a variety of curricula, including IB PYP, MYP, IPC, ENC, IGCSE, Common Core, and various Canadian provincial curricula.
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Speaking Engagements
A significant aspect of bridging between research and schools is continuing to share practice-based research and work to a wider audience, through conferences and publications. Some of Eowyn's upcoming and recent conference contributions are listed below.
Paper: From ideology to policy to practice: The importance of local context in language planning
BAAL Language Policy Forum (Edinburgh, May 30-31, 2019)
Keynote: From target-language only to translanguaging: How did we get here and where are we going?
Belgian English Language Teachers' Association (Brussels, May 11, 2019)
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Pre-conference event: Improving Whole-school language practices
Break-out session: Language-integrated teaching
ECIS MLIE Multilingual Learning Conference (London, Feb. 28-March 3, 2019)
Keynote: Translanguaging Identities: Bridging Worlds
Schools Conference (Denmark, Nov. 10-11, 2018)
Paper: Developing Critical Language Awareness in Ethical Bilingual Education: Three schools; three stories for
Language Awareness Conference: Towards Language Aware Citizenship (Amsterdam, July 4-7, 2018)
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Workshop: Leadership for Languages: Whole-school capacity building
ECIS Leadership Conference: Language and the Design of Learning (Berlin, April 5-7, 2018)
AAIE Leadership Conference and Expo: Leaders United: Transforming our world together (New York, Feb. 5-7, 2018)
Expert Panel: English and World Language Learning That Works: Maximizing success through transformed cultures, programs & practices
Translanguaging for Learning in the Middle Years
European League for Middle Level Education: From Awkward to Awesome (Amsterdam, Jan. 18-20, 2018)
Strand Session: Languages in the Classroom: The final frontier
Alliance for International Education Conference: Internationalising Schools (Amsterdam, Oct. 6-8, 2017)
Paper Presentation: Translanguaging Teaching: Reintegrating multilingual practice into natural contexts
International Symposium on Bilingualism (Limerick, June 11-14, 2017)
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Translanguaging Teaching in Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities
Languages in Africa Special Interest Group Conference (Reading, May 11, 2017)
Break out session: Mother Tongue at the Center: Using Structured Translanguaging in the International Schools
ECIS EAL/Mother Tongue Conference (Copenhagen, Mar. 2-5, 2017)
Session: Translanguaging in International Schools: Bringing Language Diversity into the Classroom
CIS Symposium on Intercultural Learning (Amsterdam, March 9-10, 2017)
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Keynote: Evidencing Multilingualism - problems and solutions
ACAMIS English Language Conference (Beijing and Virtual) May 14-15 2022
Keynote: Whose voice is the loudest? ECIS MLIE Mini-conference (virtual) February 24, 2022
Keynote: Language and literacy development for multilingual learners: What do we know and what can we do?
Hampshire EMTAS Conference October 15, 2021
Plenary: From Target Language Only to Translanguaging: How did we get here and where are we going? TESOL Greece, Mar. 7-9, 2020
Professional Memberships for Research:
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British Association for Applied Linguistics
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Language Learning and Teaching SIG
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Linguistics and Language Knowledge in the Curriculum SIG
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Languages in Africa SIG
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Language Policy Forum
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Professional Memberships for Practice:
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NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum)
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ECIS (The Educational Collaborative for International Schools)
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CIS (Council for International Schools): Affiliated Consultant
Accreditation and Affiliation:
Eowyn Crisfield is a CIS Affiliated Consultant, and a Senior Lecturer in English Language and TESOL at Oxford Brookes University. She is also a member of the NALDIC Executive Committee (the UK's EAL Subject Association).