Tentative title: “Teaching (inter?)cultural aspects in English classrooms: some insights from my fieldwork at a Thai university” Recently encouraged (or indirectly forced) by Richard to come up with a presentation title for the CultNet meeting which will be held in Durham in April as Min has posted earlier. At this stage when my mind is concentrating on (how to start) […]
Read moreI’m very pleased that my proposal for a paper has been accepted for presentation at the Liberal Arts International Conference (LAIC) at Texas A&M University in Qatar (Feb 2015). According to the acceptance notification, “the conference committee received over 200 abstracts and proposals, and (…) had a very competitive 29% acceptance rate”. Conference theme: LOOKING FORWAD, LOOKING BACK: Transnational Perspectives on Globalisation My […]
Read moreWe (Sarah, Khwan, Raiha, Me (Fitri), and Haleema) will be presenting in Kaleidoscope Conference 2014 at the University of Cambridge, 29-30th May 2014. Here are our abstracts 🙂 Anybody else attending this conference? If so see you in Cambridge.. Exploring expansive forms of learning within volunteer training in three health and social charities in England Sarah Darley-Nolan The voluntary sector is a […]
Read moreI recently submitted a proposal for a book chapter (book title: The Place of English in Societies of the Arabian Gulf), but was disappointed to learn that it was rejected. The reviewer remarked that my research question wasn’t clear and she also could not see from my proposal how I intended to conduct my study. Upon more careful reading of […]
Read morePicking up on Khwan’s recent CultNet reflections, my contribution there was a joint talk with Prue Holmes on some cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), a theme we’ll be developing further at both the ELF 7 pre-conference in Athens next week: http://www.erasmus.gr/microsites/1014/pre-conference-event and then at the BAAL IC-SIG event in Edinburgh towards the end of […]
Read more“Potential Role and Contribution of Counselling Psychology to the Care of Street-Connected Children and Young People” Parneet Chahal & Richard Fay (University of Manchester) Abstract: This paper is based on a recently-completed, multilingually undertaken, counselling psychology study exploring the narrativised meanings made by young people in India regarding their street-connected experiences. In this paper, we briefly report the study and its […]
Read moreIt seems that Juup and I will be presenting papers in this year’s BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG conference. Here’s a copy of my abstract…
Read moreI am delighted to have had my abstract entitled “Walking the Talk: Tensions between Analysis and Advocacy in Ethical Inquiry” accepted for the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Champaign-Urbana in May 2014. Whilst I am attempting to synthesize analysis and advocacy in my thesis, giving this paper allows me to play with the ‘partial, moral and political ways of knowing’ that my […]
Read moreI am really delighted to share the news that my abstract ‘Indonesian English-medium Instruction: Policy, Controversy, and Practicalities’ has been accepted for IATEFL International Annual Conference 2014 that will take place in Harrogate in April 2014. I would like to thank Richard for his very kind suggestions and also for the LTEiers especially Mariam Attia who has given me very […]
Read moreDear All, Please kindly find below the abstract and summary I submitted for 2014 IATEFL Conference, a conference I have always wanted to attend (as a presenter) since 2009, the first time my friend, Diana, and I attended this event. (Diana also submitted hers yesterday). I do hope to share you good news in November 🙂 This is the freshly […]
Read moreDear all, Anyone is planning to attend the next IATEFL Conference in Harrogate? I plan to submit my abstract for this conference. Could you please give me comments and suggestions for my abstract below. Many thanks 🙂 Title: English-medium Instruction in Indonesia: Policies, Practicalities, and Problems (8) Abstract: 50-60 words In 2006, Indonesia, a linguistically diverse and complicated country, started […]
Read moreI’m happy to share the news that my proposal for a presentation at the Qatar Faculty Forum has been accepted. It will take place next semester, in the fall of 2013 (date tbd), at the Carnegie-Mellon University in Qatar. The QFF is a body composed of faculty members of Education City branch universities (now officially referred to as partner universities […]
Read moreMy proposal has been accepted for a paper presentation at the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference in Dallas in March, and my attendance there is being funded by the School of Education. The paper I’ll be presenting is based on the narrative of one of my PhD participants: This presentation draws on data from my PhD, a narrative study […]
Read moreCongratulations to Eljee, Lou and Fitri on their recent funding application successes. I hope we’ll hear more about these papers and events soon. R
Read moreI was a Guest Speaker at this event last weekend: http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/conf2012_en.htm And here is the powerpoint for what I presented: Our long-standing community member Achilleas kindly came to hear me; a 6- hour round trip, a call beyond duty!
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