Susan Dawson

New book: Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education

03/05/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education: Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality edited by Julie S. Byrd Clark & Fred Dervin (2014) (with contributions from several LEF members) The Table of Contents: Introduction Julie S. Byrd Clark and Fred Dervin 1. The Process of Becoming Reflexive and Intercultural: Navigating Study Abroad and Reentry Experience Jane Jackson 2. “Or, just it’s my fault right?”: Language Socialization through Reflexive Language Writing Feedback Jérémie […]

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Call for journal papers: Success and Failure in Languages for Specific Purposes

27/04/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Recherche et Pratiques pédagogiques en langues de spécialité – Cahiers de l’APLIUT,vol. XXXIV N° 2 What does the term “success” mean in the field of LSP (Languages for Specific Purposes)? What do we mean by “failure”? If the concepts of success and failure seem to be interdependent, are they mutually exclusive? Is failure a necessary step on the route to success? And […]

Getting published

Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning – Special Issue on "The evolution of CALL and current research in new media"

26/04/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Vol. 5 of Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning is now published. You can find it here: http://rpltl.eap.gr/ > Current Issue, or, directly, here: http://rpltl.eap.gr/current-issue/table-of-contents. This is a Special Issue on “The evolution of CALL and current research in new media”, guest-edited by Vasilia Kourtis?Kazoullis and Kosmas Vlachos. It hosts reports on the implementation of many different facets of ICTs and new media, such […]

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Ethical musings

03/04/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

I have just got back from a few days at this year’s IATEFL conference in Harrogate. Perhaps I’ll blog about the conference itself sometime, but what I’d like to try and write down now is the essence of what for me was a very interesting series of conversations. They started in the very elegant surroundings of Betty’s tearooms (Harrogate tea, […]

Ethics (approval)

LTE in-house conference possibility

30/03/2014 Susan Dawson 9 comments

Following on (three years later!) from the LTE researcher conference “From here to there and back again” which took place in 2011, we are exploring the possibility of running something similar this year. The idea is that all researchers (students and supervisors) involved in our community who have given a seminar or conference paper they would like to share, could […]

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How would you answer Krashen’s assertion that teaching EAP is a “waste of time”?

24/03/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

The above question was posted on the Oxford University Press English language teaching global blog This reply was circulated via the BALEAP mailing list. Any comments? “[Stephen Krashen] did a tour of Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago, and gave three training sessions at our university. He repeated these things (listed in order of what I remember and not giving […]

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Learn a language in 3 months

13/03/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

I read an article in the Metro today about a guy who has learnt a whole load of languages by travelling around the world, landing in a country and starting to chat to people – in other words, total immersion. He has now written a book based on his blog called ‘Fluent in 3 months’. I’m not sure how he […]

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Who am I?

09/03/2014 Susan Dawson 3 comments

This is a question I have been asking myself over the last couple of days as I started my pilot study. I am doing classroom-based research which means that I am researching my own learners. I’m using normal pedagogic activities to collect my data, so I’m not interviewing students or running focus groups or anything like that, I’m just doing […]

Reflections in/on research(er) action

New Book from Cambridge: Teaching English Spelling

04/03/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

20% off Teaching English Spelling English spelling – often a bit of a challenge for native speakers as well as learners of English! Help is at hand, with Teaching English Spelling by Ruth Shemesh and Sheila Waller, from theCambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers series. With a wealth of activities for practising common spelling patterns in English, each unit concentrating on a particular sound […]

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BERA: British Educational Research Association

03/03/2014 Susan Dawson 2 comments

I wanted to highlight this website, especially for all those of us at the beginning of this PhD process. It has some very helpful, accessible articles. I particularly liked this one on Meanings of Theory. It seemed to link very well with what we were talking about in Data Analysis last week, especially in relation to Rob’s theoretical framework. I have […]

Researcher development etc

Notes to self: Reflections on writing an MSc module assignment

25/02/2014 Susan Dawson 3 comments

Rather than what I have learnt through the feedback, I would like to reflect on two mental notes I made to myself while actually writing the assignment – and I only did one, so it shouldn’t have been that strenuous a task really. There were moments though when it felt as if I was climbing Everest – the bit near […]

New book: How Interculturally Competent am I? An Introductory Thesis Writing Course for International Students

10/02/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Please note that this book is aimed at undergraduates writing a dissertation, not postgraduates writing a PhD thesis. Nevertheless, it may be of interest to anyone involved in university work. Hi I am pleased to announce the publication of a new textbook (aimed at undergraduate students) focusing on the development of intercultural competence through thesis writing. I hope you’ll take […]

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Multilingua Special Issue "Multilingualism in the Workplace"

03/02/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

The first 2014 issue of Multilingua has just come out. It is a special issue devoted to Multilingualism at work, guest-edited by Jo Angouri and featuring the following articles: Multilingua Volume 33, Issue 1-2 (Jan 2014), Special Issue: Multilingualism at work Jo Angouri, Multilingualism in the workplace: Language practices in multilingual contexts Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, Multilingualism in European workplaces Ingrid Piller and Loy Lising, Language, employment, and settlement: Temporary meat workers in Australia (available […]

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Reviewing current and future practice in the use of virtual worlds in Higher Education Institutions

01/02/2014 Susan Dawson One comment

There will be a (free) face-to-face and virtual event at Manchester and in Second Life: Reviewing current and future practice in the use of worlds in Higher Education Institutions on 14th March, 2014. This will take place physically in the Kanaris Lecture Theatre, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester: 9.30-16.00. The day is free and lunch is included. All welcome, please advertise on […]

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New book: Theoretical Turbulence in Intercultural Communication Studies"

27/01/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Theoretical Turbulence in Intercultural Communication Studies Editor: Saila Poutiainen Date Of Publication: Jan 2014 Isbn13: 978-1-4438-5353-8 Isbn: 1-4438-5353-4 A number of researchers, trainers and educators in intercultural communication acknowledge that the most popular models and theories of the field are insufficient—even unsuitable—to describe or explain our practical multicultural experiences today. This collection of articles offers new insights and critical evaluations […]

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