Min has sent me information for a very interesting (free!) course that is being led by Dr Amanda Ravetz and Dr Myna Trustram, Manchester School of Art, MMU. It is a series of four day workshops looking at the writing experience using art, drama and even bookmaking! To me it sounds like a very novel approach to thinking about writing and […]
Read moreThis is a research assistant post (part-time, fixed-term) at the University of Stirling to help us on the project the British Council funded project entitled “Master’s programmes in ELT: A survey of UK provision and student experiences”. The closing date is 13 January 2016, and interviews are scheduled for 21 January 2016. Click here for more details.
Read moreGary posted this link in the MA TESOL Facebook page, and I though it would be good to make it available here too. It’s for educaloxy.com and seems to advertise posts all over the world – teaching and academic. I’ll also add it to the Links tab above so that it is easily available.
Read moreThis is the 9th Global Meeting of a Cultures, Traditions, Societies Project. The conference will be held from Monday 18th July – Wednesday 20th July 2016, Mansfield College, Oxford. There is an impressive and wide-ranging list of topics that are included in the conference theme. Interculturalism stands at the interface between the individual, local groups, societies and cultures. These compete, conflict, co-exist and trigger […]
Read moreThere are a final few places available for the Linguistic Ethnography data workshops (15-16 January, in Leeds, UK). The fee is only £20 for ECRs and free to current PhDs, and the final deadline is 14 December. Please see the call details below. You are warmly invited to join fellow PhD students and ECRs to explore different perspectives on and approaches to […]
Read moreFaculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law, School of Education, University of Leeds Teaching Fellow in TESOL (Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages) Full Time Working as part of the TESOL team, you will contribute to the further development of learning and teaching in specific areas of TESOL. You will be involved in the research, teaching and administration of the […]
Read moreHere is the video of Paul and Alex’s talk. And also the Q&A session. Note that this part is only available to university staff and students.
Read moreDid you know that this year’s Oxford Dictionary word of the year is actually an emoji? Read the article to find out more. Anything in this for the interculturally inclined members of our community?
Read moreA Greek colleague of Richard, Dina, is looking for EFL teachers to complete a survey on how competent they feel about teaching students with dyslexia and professional training needs in this area. Here’s the link to the questionnaire if you would like to take part and help Dina out. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DysTEFLCompetenceandNeedsAnalysisQuestionnaire
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Please see below for details of this FREE half-day participatory Knowledge Exchange event: Numerous projects across Glasgow (and further afield) are working in Languages and their interconnection with the broad areas of Refugee and Migration Research. We hope to create a space where over the course of the event we build up wide ranging overview of the research landscape in Languages, […]
Read moreThe organizing committee of the YLL Symposium 2016 invites the submission of abstracts on any research-oriented topic relating to the learning of a foreign, second or additional language by learners of primary school age or younger. Where?: Department of Education, University of Oxford University When?: July 6th – 8th, 2016 Please see Conference website for more details Presentation Format Oral Presentations (individual […]
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LANTERN Lunchtime Talks Here is the information for two LANTERN Lunchtime talks that we have organised before Christmas. Paul and Alex are kindly providing food for theirs, which makes adds an even more social element to our community event. Both in EW C3.30 Academic identity and religious identity: cognitive dissonance in students’ higher education Paul Smith and Alex Baratta Friday 20th […]
Read moreThe Association for Language Awareness is calling for proposals for papers and posters for the 13th International Language Awareness Conference (ALA 2016) Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts that will take place at the WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) from July 19-22, 2016. The submission deadline for both is 15 November 2015. Conference Themes LALT: Language Awareness in Language Learning and Language Teaching LAWB: […]
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