It’s been an eventful year to say the least! Not only did I submit my thesis and passed my viva but I also got a new job! *cue happy dance* I think this was THE biggest post-PhD fear that I’ve been harbouring for a long time. The “What to do after the PhD?” kind of question. Being an international student […]
Read moreThis March I had the excellent opportunity to attend The TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo 2013 held in Dallas, Texas (USA) which was due, in part, to contributions from The David Nunan TESOL Institute Travel Award and The School of Education conference fund. This conference is one of the biggest annual events in the English language teaching industry and I […]
Read moreI can’t believe it but I actually won this award! WAA! It’s for $800 USD to cover conference related costs. Considering I’m heading overseas next year for TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo 2013 every bit of funding helps. I was looking for any kind of external conference funding to help me get to TESOL 2013 and, upon a […]
Read moreMy proposal titled, “”Real” Teachers? – Visible ethnic minority native English speaking teachers,” has been accepted for the TESOL 2013 (http://www.tesol.org/convention2013) convention program scheduled for the 20-23 March 2013 in Dallas, Texas USA!!! It was really competative this year so I’m very thankful for getting a place! From their email they said “Being accepted is quite an accomplishment; the acceptance […]
Read moreCould be of interest to some? http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/esl-video-feedback?newsfeed=true
Read moreIf you haven’t already got a copy, the latest special topic issue is out now. Haven’t read through it all yet but it is quite exciting to see several articles on narrative in TESOL!
Read moreI am copying here an exchange originally buried elsewhere in the blog … Has anyone been using eScholar via the University of Manchester? It’s basically an in house data repository site hosted by the uni and made available for every staff and student of the uni. Depending on copyright issues regarding open access, you can upload published work onto the site. […]
Read moreThere’s been a big move towards getting any hardware (laptops, USBs, hard drives) to get encrypted by IT services regardless if the device is university owned or it’s your own Commodore 64. Is it necessary? And do we have to? The short answer is “Yes”. Whether you’re first in line or dragged kicking and screaming, it’s a requirement now for […]
Read more(This is an edited version of the introduction to the collection of texts which we circulated in preparation for the day. The texts contributed by particpants were then extensively discussed on the day itself …) A Second Narrativity-Reflexivity Seminar We have (so far) texts from the following participants: Magdalena, Julian, Richard, Lou, Juup, and Vivien. We also have texts from virtual participants – […]
Read moreI enter into the discussion melee rather late in the game. I’m not a great blogger and end up lurking online bouncing between posts and forums. But I would like to (finally) add my thoughts on the discussion on reflective/reflexive area. Since I’m late in the conversation I won’t address the plethora of what’s been discussed in the previous 30 […]
Read moreGreetings to you all! Now that the summer is here most of us, I suspect, are either: a) buried under the pile of reading for a dissertation/abstract/research b) teaching / working crazy hours during the summer to make ends meet for the fall c) procrastinating by doing anything (i.e. online shopping, lurking on Facebook, blogging here) other than researching d) […]
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