Program for the Study Day: "Reflecting on Expertise in Specialized English in a Multidisciplinary Context"

Article mis à jour le 03.11.2026 Publié le 22.05.2026

June 2, 2026, ENS Paris-Saclay, Room 1B36

Study day organized by the LEADS team, open to the general public upon registration

View the abstracts of the presentations

9:00 a.m.

Welcome

9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

9:45 a.m.


Anaïs Carnet, University of Burgundy
Case Study: Building Expertise in Teaching Medical English

10:15 a.m.

Julie Wilson, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and Grenoble Alpes University
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to Overcome the “Cursor Dilemma”: Toward Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Specialized English

10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

11:15 a.m.

Valérie Amato, AgroParisTech
Matters of Knowledge, Expertise, and Practice for English for Specific Purposes (“ESP”) Teachers: A Learner’s and Practitioner’s Perspective

11:45 a.m.

Lily Schofield, University of Rennes 2
Analyzing Reddit Discussions in Specialized English: What Are Users’ Perceptions of Expertise?

12:15 PM

Lunch break

2:00 PM–3:30 PM

Roundtable
ENS Paris-Saclay, a multidisciplinary hub: our experts and their relationship with English
Arnaud Montabert (DER Civil Engineering), Lorène Picard (DER in Design), Jonathan Piard (DER in Chemistry), Julien Randon-Furling (Borelli Center), Natacha Raffin (DER in Social Sciences and Humanities)

3:30 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00–5:00 p.m.

“ Flash Presentations”
LANSAD educational projects in English carried out in pairs of LANSAD teachers and subject-matter experts
Catherine Colin (ENS Paris-Saclay), Rachel Green (ENS Paris-Saclay), Emma Pillard and Sébastien Kaiser (University of Paris-Saclay), Mathilde Svab (University of Paris-Saclay, IUT de Cachan)

Event organized with the support of the MSH Paris-Saclay and the Language Center


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