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{new blog} Annamend.com by Dr Anna Mendoza

28/12/2020 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

A facebook group Translinguistics shared a blog – annamend lunched by Dr Anna Mendoza on translanguaging studies and has 1) literature summaries of cutting-edge books/articles on translanguaging, which are relevant to educational practice, and are summarised in a conversational style; (2) definition posts explaining different terms for multilingual practices (translanguaging, code-switching, stylization, language crossing, polylanguaging, code-meshing, etc.) and (3) her own personal reflections. […]

{Call for papers} EMI, ICLHE and Englishization: Reflecting on the Changing University

28/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

The 2021 ICLHE Conference highlights the language that has become dominant in many spheres, English, and how English is impacting on the classroom, the key actors involved, the university and society, including other languages of learning. English has become a central factor in the internationalization of universities. They invite proposals for contributed papers, poster presentations, workshops, and colloquia within the […]

Miscellaneous news etc

{Exciting event} Upcoming event by SIETAR Japan Chubu chapter on January 11th 2021

26/12/2020 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Upcoming event by SIETAR Japan Chubu chapter on January 11th 2021 Hi, everyone. Today I’d like to share an interesting event with you from a facebook group:TESOL Intercultural Communication Interest Section Click the link to follow this group if you are interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1136137089741342/permalink/3812707198750971/ Here is a post from the group: Dr. Darla K. Deardorff will run a virtual workshop on the […]

Language standarisation processes (Work in progress)

25/12/2020 Achilleas Kostoulas 3 comments

Over the last couple of decades, I make this promise to myself: that this is the last winter holiday I spend working. Maybe, one day, I’ll manage to keep it. But for the time being, here I am, working on a book chapter for an edited collection, and I was wondering if anyone would like to share some feedback. So […]

Feedback on developing work

{NEW BOOK} Byram’s ICC revisited

24/12/2020 Richard Fay Leave a comment

Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited Michael Byram ISBN: 9781800410237 Published: 8th Dec 2020 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Availability: Available (recent release) Price: £21.95 This revised edition of Michael Byram’s classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching […]

{Call for Proposal} ICC 2022 CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPENING JANUARY 2021

22/12/2020 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

CERCLL-Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy will start receiving proposal submissions for the 8th International Intercultural Competence Conference: Decentering Mobility in Intercultural Education: Engagement, Equity, and Access. Call for proposals will open in January 2021. Guidelines coming up soon! The 2022 ICC conference will take place on January 27-30 and will focus on the ways in which intercultural communication and the […]

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{Research report} Hybrid learning in language teaching organisations

21/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

I’m happy to share a research report on a collaborative project on hybrid learning with our MA alumna (Sophia Mavridi who is now a digital learning specialist and lecturer in English teaching at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK) involved in. In her report on the hybrid classroom, the new teaching methods emerged during COVID-19 are addressed. In order to […]

Interesting books/articles

Open lectures from the Global Education Center, Tokyo Kasei University

20/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

Hi everyone. Enjoy Chrismas break! Here’s information about two open lectures from the Global Education Center, Tokyo Kasei University. Two renowned international speakers (Professor Adrian Holliday and Dr Marek Kiczkowiak) will hold the open lectures to promote new ideas about what kinds of intercultural and communicative skills we need to foster global citizenship and move towards a more free and […]

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{Article Submission} Surviving Impostor Syndrome: Navigating through the Mental Roller-coaster of a Doctoral Sojourn

20/12/2020 Siti Fitriyah One comment

This is the abstract of my reflective article about impostor syndrome which I mentioned in the LANTERN web talk few days ago 🙂 It is now under review. Fingers crossed :-)) Surviving Impostor Syndrome: Navigating through the Mental Roller-coaster of a Doctoral Sojourn Abstract Studying overseas may offer myriad riches of extraordinary experiences, especially due to the opportunities to immerse […]

{Call for Chapters} “Ethical deliberations in multilingual education: Power relations in learning communities.

18/12/2020 Richard Fay Leave a comment

Link Call for chapter proposals for the edited volume, “Ethical deliberations in multilingual education: Power relations in learning communities.” https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVx9YoHGMjmq4JAiwA6bV3ot_LnCsvYgNNysFsrJxfs/edit?usp=sharing CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Abstract Submission Deadline: January 30, 2021 Ethical deliberations in multilingual education: Power relations in learning communities Editors Theresa Austin,University of Massachusetts, Amherst Hatice Çelebi,University of Massachusetts, Amherst Introduction The teaching of world languages across national […]

{New book} Teaching and Learning English Interculturally

17/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

Hi, guys! I want to inform you about a book recently published in Norway: Teaching and Learning English Interculturally. It contains these chapters: – Intercultural learning and global citizenship in the English language classroom (Magne Dypedahl & Ragnhild E. Lund) – Language learning and intercultural learning (Ragnhild E. Lund) – Multilingualism and intercultural competence (Christian Carlsen) – Culture studies for […]

Getting published

The 2020 International Symposium on Quality Assurance of English Medium Higher Education (EMHE) – Symposium 3

16/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

Introduction Research indicates the vital importance of contextualised, needs-based support structures and systems for students studying in an EM environment and for content lecturers using EM. Additionally, as language in education policy impacts on all levels of campus life, it can be argued that wider support structures, support for administrative staff and departmental staff, are a necessity. What student, content […]

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International Webinar on Pragmatic Awareness and Multilingual Classroom Discourse

16/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

A two-day Webinar on pragmatic awareness and multilingual classroom discourse will be held through Google Meet on 21st and 22nd December. Speakers and topics as shown below. 21st: From 11.00 (CET) ISTVÁN KECSKÉS–Developing common ground in English as a Lingua Franca discourse ANGEL LIN, QINGHUA CHEN & PEDRO DOS SANTOS–Navigating Academia in North America with Translanguaging Awareness 22nd: From 13.00 […]

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{New Book} Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy From Theory to Practice

15/12/2020 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

New Book From Cambridge University Press, Here is the link to this book: Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy from Theory to Practice Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy From Theory to Practice Author: Zsuzsanna I. Abrams, University of California, Santa Cruz PUBLISHED: August 2020 ‘This is an excellent and comprehensive read on the topic of intercultural communication, with very useful teaching […]

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