Eljee’s Viva Reflections
Eljee has blogged about her viva experience on her personal blog, but is happy to share the link with us. It’s an interesting, honest and encouraging account, so I do recommend you click on the link and read it 🙂
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Apres the viva! by Paul Breen
Paul Breen posted this in the old blog on November 16th 2014. I have now copied it over so that we can all benefit from his insight and wisdom. Thank you, Paul! Hello everyone, Having had my viva on Friday, and passing with minor corrections, I wanted to share some ideas that might benefit other people – following a fine […]
Read moreNew book: Teachers as mediators in the Foreign Language classroom
Michelle Kohler ‘Teachers as mediators in the foreign language classroom’ is a study of how ‘foreign language teachers in Australian schools … mediate intercultural language teaching in their teaching practice’ . It is a research study which also contains teaching materials from the 3 participating teachers.(Published by Mutlilingual Matters in the LICE series)
Read moreCall for papers by new journal: Study Abroad Research
This is a new journal exploring all aspects of language exchange/study abroad programmes, from SLA issues to policy and planning issues in study abroad programmes. See the PDF for more details. SAR Journal_Call for papers
Read moreReflections on being federated to a large, interdisciplinary research project
One of the huge advantages of being a GTRA (apart from the fact that you actually get paid for being a student), is that you get an opportunity to experience and learn from a variety of teaching and research situations. For me, the most exciting opportunity by far to this point is being involved with a large, interdisciplinary research project. I […]
Read moreIs it possible to write 10,000 word a day?
An interesting blog in the popular ‘The Thesis Whisperer’ on how to write 10,000 words a day. Before you get too excited and imagine your whole thesis being written in less than 2 weeks and graduating a whole year earlier than expected, it does say that this is only possible if you know exactly what you want to write about first (which in […]
Read moreDoing Good Quality ELT Research: A series of videos by Simon Borg
These are recordings made at the 3rd ELT Malta Conference ReSIG Supported Pre-conference Event
Read moreTESOL International Association Research Agenda 2014
TESOL International Association have just published their latest research agenda – the last was in 2004. It outlines trends in research as identified by its members and directions for future research. It also includes a section on ethics. You can find it here.
Read moreWriting ethnographies
An interesting post on academic writing which looks as if it has follow-on posts to come this month. Might be worth following for a few weeks. http://savageminds.org/2015/01/01/ethnographers-as-writers-an-introduction/
Read moreAcademic Journalism: writing for readers, 18th March, Uni of Edinburgh – Registration Open
This looks like an interesting event for anyone who wishes to engage with a broader audience. Academic Journalism: writing for readers 18 March 2015 University of Edinburgh This one-day workshop aims to convey the skills and knowledge to be able to successfully conceive, pitch and write a newspaper comment piece. Though public writing is an increasingly important part of academic […]
Read moreA look back
Traditionally, New Year is the time to look back at the happenings and achievements of the past 12 months and also look forward to the coming year and set goals and plans, often accompanied by resolutions. I’m not really one for resolutions – I never keep them anyway and my overarching goal this next year, at least in academic terms, is to […]
Read moreInsider-outsider life swaps in Northern Ireland
Across the divide in Northern Ireland: A Catholic and a Protestant girl swap school uniforms in a fine short film produced as part of a project to teach children about the Troubles. Link to article and film: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/14/across-divide-northern-ireland-film?CMP=share_btn_link
Read moreNew Book: Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University. Edited by Mark Orme
‘Internationalisation’ is a key issue impacting on higher education today, but what is actually meant by this term and how does it relate to the notion of ‘global citizenship’, which also features prominently on the higher education agenda? How does the promotion of foreign language learning and intercultural communication help inform the pursuit of internationalisation? And, as the twenty-first century […]
Read moreCongratulations Dr. Harvey
Huge congratulations to Lou Harvey on her Ai pass yesterday afternoon. Really pleased for you!
Read moreInvitation to attend: FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT – TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN? by Prof. Jean-Marc Dewaele
Hosted by the UCL Institute of Education, University College London 5:30 pm, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 Rm 731/736, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL The talk will explore the relationship between Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) in the FL classroom (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014). Participants were 1746 current FL learners from around the world. The […]
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