Congratulations, Dr Ivy Taslima

Congratulations are indeed in order … Ivy has sailed through her Viva gaining an Aii Pass with just two required amendments and, in an interesting move by her Examiners (Juup Stelma and Aisha Walker), three invitations. Both examiners were highly complimentary about Ivy’s thesis and her Viva discussions of it. What a wonderful outcome from her doctoral studies. Congratulations once […]

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{New article} congratulations to Felix on his new publication

Congratulations to Felix on his new publication! To read the full article: Link Enhancing EFL students’ participation through translanguaging Felix Kwihangana ELT Journal, ccaa058, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccaa058 Published: 08 February 2021 Abstract This study explored multilingual students’ attitudes towards translanguaging after the practice was introduced in group activities aimed at improving their English language skills and classroom engagement. A cohort of students taking a pre-sessional English […]

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Congratulations to Eljee’s new chapter!

Congratulations to Eljee who has newly published a chapter on ‘Almost native-speakers: the experiences of visible ethnic-minority, native-English speaking teachers‘!! Javier, E. (2016). Almost native-speakers: the experiences of visible ethnic-minority, native-English speaking teachers. In LETs and NESTs: Voices, Views and Vignettes by Copland, F., Garton, S., and Mann, S. (eds.). London: British Council, pp. 253 – 267. You may also find more […]

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Congratulations! A book chapter on ‘Criticality, intentionality and intercultural action’

Congratulations to Richard Fay and Juup Stelma on their new book chapter “Criticality, intentionality and intercultural action” published in  the Routledge book The Critical Turn in Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogy: Theory, Research and Practice. The chapter presents an ecological framed understanding of criticality developed through and for their MA-level researcher education courses (e.g. TESOL, and IC). To cite it: Fay, R. […]

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Congratulations (Dalal’s viva success)

Congratulations to Dalal who has just passed her viva (with an excellent achievement of A2)!! Her research topic was: “The experiences of Saudi female teachers using technology in primary schools in Saudi Arabia”. Her main supervisors are Juup Stelma and Susan brown. The internal examiner was Gary Motteram and external examiner was Aisha Walker from Leeds University. We are overjoyed […]

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