Author: Susan Dawson
Images of others – new material available
Images of Others – an Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters through Visual Media and an Online Self-study course on the AIE for educators are now available at the updated Autobiography website: www.coe.int/lang-autobiography The Language Policy Unit and Unit for Intercultural Education and Exchanges are very grateful to the Autobiography authoring group for developing this complement to the original Autobiography; Leah Davcheva, Julia Ipgrave and Rachel […]
Read moreAnalyses of books for language teaching
Dear colleagues, A professor at Roskilde University in Denmark is writing a book for an international publisher on – critical analyses of books or manuals for language teaching – analyses of the cultural dimension – analyses of pluri- or multilinguism/culture If anybody has knowledge of papers, reviews, workshops or seminars treating this subject, please contact me or the author, Karen […]
Read morePrize-winning book: The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition
We are delighted to announce that the winners of The Modern Language Association’s 2011-2012 Kenneth W. Mildenberger prize are Susan M. Glass & Alison Mackey for The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (November 2011). To celebrate this award we are offering you an exclusive *20% off when puchasing the title through the Routledge website. Just quote MLA13 at the checkout to take advantage of this discount. Paperback: £35.00/$55.95 Now £28.00/$44.76 […]
Read moreLanguage and Place: Special journal issue
The journal English Teaching: Practice and Critique has just published a special issue on the topic of ‘Language and Place’. There are several articles from around the globe that colleagues in TESOL/ELT might find interesting. http://edlinked.foe.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/view.php?view=true&id=68&p=1
Read moreNew Book: Communicating Beyond Language Everyday Encounters with Diversity
By Betsy R Rymes This new book offers a timely and lively appraisal of the concept of communicative repertoires, resources we use to express who we are when in dialogue with others. Each chapter describes and illustrates the communicative resources humans deploy daily, but rarely think about – not only the multiple languages we use, but how we dress or gesture, […]
Read moreNew journal aimed at ESOL, ESL, EAL and Community Language practitioners and researchers.
Issues is NATECLA’s part peer reviewed journal for language teaching professionals. It explores the area between academic research and classroom practice, discussing teaching, training, management and research into ESOL and community languages. Language Issues looks at broad issues and big ideas as well as particular learning and teaching contexts and is an invaluable resource for teachers, students, researchers and policy […]
Read moreNew Textbook: 'Applied Linguistics' by Li Wei
Written by an experienced and interdisciplinary team of contributors from the renowned department of applied linguistics at Birkbeck College, University of London, this brand new textbook is a comprehensive survey of the theories, methods, and key findings within applied linguistics. Through a problem-solving approach, it aims to enable students to identify every-day language and communication issues, and to draw on […]
Read moreNew book: LANGUAGE, MIGRATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work Edited by Alexandre Duchêne, Melissa Moyer and Celia Roberts
This stimulating volume brings together classic strands of critical sociolinguistic work on how immigrants are disadvantaged in social gatekeeping institutions and the contemporary sociolinguistics of globalization. Taking a broad view of ‘migrants’ as sociolinguistically mobile citizens, the authors mobilize an impressive array of ideological, political and economic frameworks to explore the continuing power of institutions to confer and withhold status […]
Read moreReflections on 'Developing an action theory for intercultural; communication: evidence, applications and politics' by Adrian Holliday
Here is the link to the powerpoint that Adrian Holliday used in his talk last week. Adrian Holliday’s powerpoint 14/11/13 I was very much looking forward to this, but somehow got the week wrong. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it if you went along. It looks as if I missed a good one!
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Academia.edu – new paper
Academia.edu allows you to upload and view scholarly papers for free. You can join through Facebook or a Google+ account and then choose your academic research interests. This enables you to follow people with similar interests to you and to access a lot of free papers. It might be worth signing up for. Here is the link to a new […]
Read moreIntersectionality and class ethnicity, race and gender in sociolinguistics research: Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics Seminar
Intersectionality and class ethnicity, race and gender in sociolinguistics research: Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics Seminar Here is the link to a presentation and PowerPoint given by David Block at Birkbeck University yesterday. It seems to be to do with how race, gender and social class interact together in language practices.
Read moreMy first conference experience
Having benefitted so much from all your posts on experiences of various kinds, I thought I should share one of my own. A couple of weeks ago I went to a conference in Poland entitled ‘Classroom-oriented research: reconciling theory and practice’. My main reason for going was not the great line up of plenary speakers, or the chance to visit […]
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