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Call for papers: Languages and Cultures in 21st Century Transnationality CFP, Sheffield Hallam, September 2016

29/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

A broadly defined conference for those looking for something more interdisciplinary. The concept of transnationality is increasingly common currency in the globalized world. Modern Languages, both implicitly or explicitly, deals with the transnational aspects of cultures and, as a discipline, it is hence ideally suited to have societal impact on the construction of transnational education. Intercultural citizenship, in particular, is […]

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CultNet 2016 – the 19th such gathering at Durham

19/02/2016 Nahielly Palacios 4 comments

I am very excited to share with you that Zeynep Onat-Stelma and I have applied to the CulNet event 2016, in order to present the research project/ proposal that we will be working on for the following months. For me, this will be my first presentation outside the UoM campus. Wish me luck! 🙂 Title: Stories of professional sojourns: Understanding Mexican […]

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Narrative 4 Feb 2016

19/02/2016 Nahielly Palacios Leave a comment

Hello everyone, First of all I want to thank all the researchers and PhD students who came along on the 4th of February to the Narrative meeting. It was a small gathering where SEED students (1st year of PhD) interested in doing narrative research and narrative analysis had the opportunity to ask questions to more experienced narrative inquirers. Listening to other people’s understandings of this field […]

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Congratulations to Renia Kidonia (MA alumnus) on her first published paper

16/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Renia’s paper is entitled Experiential learning of English in Greek All-Day Primary Schools: investigating curriculum implementation, and has been published in Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning. Brilliant news Renia and thanks for sharing with us.

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New issue of Research Papers in Language Teaching and learning now available

15/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

You can access Vol 7 no 1 of RPLTL here under Current Issue This issue has two main foci: one focusing on teachers (their attitudes, development, perceptions about their learners and the curriculum), and another one focusing on learners. Of all the papers, six have an interest in the former, ten on the latter. Of the papers the focus on learners, nine (the vast majority, in […]

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A Creative-visual and Intercultural-related Workshop at UCLan

11/02/2016 Zhuomin Huang 5 comments

In this post, I will share my experience of giving an intercultural-related workshop by using creative visual methods at the University of Central Lancashire. (Fun facts: the two flowers are Lancashire roses.) Following the IALIC conference in Beijing, UCLan invited Kelly and me to give a 3 hours workshop for their students. The main purpose of the workshop was to provoke students’ […]

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International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education

10/02/2016 Richard Fay Leave a comment

We am pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural issue issue of the International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education 1(1). http://www.igi-global.com/journals/abstract-announcement/132256 A call for papers is included below. The next issue 1(2) will be a special issue dedicated to intercultural competences. Please also submit your proposals for special issues to the editors. Please contact us with […]

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Global Englishes PhD conference Centre for Global Englishes, University of Southampton, 24th June 2016

09/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Please see the invitation below from the organisers: On Friday 24th June 2016 from 10am to 5.30pm we are holding a one-day conference for up to 50 PhD students who are researching any aspect of Global Englishes. The event will be held in the luxurious Markus Liebherr Lounge of Southampton Football Club, which is close to Southampton Central station, and also offers free parking […]

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Seminar Series: Research Methods in Intercultural Communication, 2nd March, Edinburgh Napier

09/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

This is the first talk in the seminar series Research Methods in Intercultural Communication, hosted by the Languages Group at Edinburgh Napier. ‘Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication: Insights from Global Englishes Research’ Will Baker (Centre for Global Englishes, University of Southampton) http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ml/about/staff/wmlb.page Date: Wednesday 2nd March, 3pm (Coffee and refreshments will be served at 2.45pm) Venue: Room 2/05, Edinburgh Napier Business School, Craiglockhart Campus, 219 Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH14 1DJ – […]

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Adrian Holliday on PhD students, interculturality, reflexivity, community and internationalisation

08/02/2016 Richard Fay Leave a comment

Abstract Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development DOI:10.1080/01434632.2015.1134554 Interviews with a small group of doctoral students at a British university indicate that the students feel that the programme provides an environment within which they develop interculturality through reflexive engagement with the PhD community and in some cases with the participants in their research. Significant here is that they are interpretivist, […]

Collaboration for innovation [New Chapter]

07/02/2016 Mariam Attia 3 comments

.. and I am pleased to let you know that the following chapter has now been published: Edge, J. & Attia, M. (2016). Communication, technology, and collaboration for innovation. In A. Tajino, T. Stewart & D. Dalsky (Eds.), Team teaching and team learning in the language classroom: Collaboration for innovation in ELT (pp. 115-126). London: Routledge. ABSTRACT The demands of ICT in education […]

Call for Proposals for Book Chapters (RM-ly)

06/02/2016 Richard Fay Leave a comment

I’m delighted that – as a consolidation of the first AHRC project I was involved in (the network grant Researching Multilingually), and as a stepping stone towards the current one (Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, the Body, Law and the State) – we have just issued (initially to the researchers in this first RM-ly network) a Call for […]

Abstract accepted for NAES 2016

04/02/2016 Mariam Attia 3 comments

The following abstract has been accepted for the 44th annual meeting for the National Association for Ethnic Studies (Arizona, USA) Teacher Education as Form of Resistance: Insights from Gaza, Palestine Nazmi Al-Masri, Mariam Attia, Katja Frimberger, Grazia Imperiale, and Giovanna Fassetta This presentation draws on an educational project by the title Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, […]

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Free 3-week MOOC on Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World, starts April 2016

28/01/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

RM Borders–Linked MOOC Now Live for Sign-ups: “Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World” This free online course has been developed by some of the RM Borders team and our critical friend, Elwira Grossman in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. The 3-week course freely available through the FutureLearn platform will explore multilingual education and how it can impact and […]

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New publication – an edited volume entitled ‘Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration’

25/01/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

The book contains a selection of peer-reviewed case studies, research studies and reflective pieces related to a number of languages (e. g. German, French, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, EAP); topics include e. g. motivation, classroom discourse, assessment and feedback, intercultural competence, CLIL, and CALL / technology-enhanced teaching and learning, but the hope is that all chapters are transferable to other languages and […]

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