Achilleas Kostoulas in his neat piece “English as a Lingua Franca and Methodological Tension: Attitudes and Practices at a Language School in Greece” considers the case of a language school in Greece… Thus wrote the editor of in esse, where my article appears. One does feel rather nice about oneself today… Achilleas
Read moreInternational Studies in Higher Education The Future University – Coming soon! Ideas and Possibilities Edited by Ronald Barnett The Future University explores new avenues opening up to universities and tackles fundamental issues facing their development. Contributors with interdisciplinary and international perspectives imagine ways to frame the university’s future. They consider the history of the university, its current status as […]
Read moreDownload IATEFL Brighton 2011 sessions free online from: https://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/iatefl-online-brighton-2011/id429674298?mt=10
Read moreSome reflections on our experience of the following recently given paper: Zhou, X. and Fay, R. (April, 2011). Using a Small-Culture Narrative Approach to Explore Intercultural Communication: A Departmental Approach and a Chinese-focused Case study. Paper presented at the “Linguistics Salon” at Peking University, Beijing, China, April 25th 2011. Richard: For me, one thing about this seminar paper was that, despite […]
Read moreOur fearless Tanya and Eljee are now setting off the US of A and the joys of QI …. I’m looking forward to their reflections on this experience 🙂
Read moreDetails of a new journal called Multicultural learning and teaching. Multicultural Learning and Teaching (MLT) is a multidisciplinary international journal that explores the education of people from diverse multicultural backgrounds in a variety of learning environments, inside and outside the classroom. The journal focuses on the broad implications of multicultural learning and teaching practices around the world, going beyond traditional […]
Read moreThe International Journal of English Studies (IJES) is an international peer-reviewed journal in the general field of English Studies, which covers topics related to English Language and Linguistics, Applied English Linguistics, Literature in English and Culture of the English-speaking countries. Published twice a year, IJES attracts contributions from both nationally and internationally acclaimed scholars and is indexed, among others, in […]
Read moreThe paper I am presenting at the LTE event in early June is (tentatively) titled Stasis and Change: conceptualising ELT as a complex dynamical system. The paper was originally written for the New Dynamics conference in Finland, where it will be presented as ‘Places for Pedagogy, Spaces for Innovation: the emergence of eclectic pedagogy in ELT settings‘. The paper reports on […]
Read moreHere is a link to the powerpoint version of the paper presented at the Qatar-TESOL conference, 8-9 April 2011, Doha, Qatar. I plan to present excerpts from the paper at the LTE conference in June. Reading Kafka in Qatar Presentation 2011
Read moreNext up, it’s Gary with his developing ideas for an upcoming comference paper in Sweden. his working title is: “Plus ça change, ça change tout?” The role of technology in language education in the early 21st century
Read moreOn Saturday (7th May) I am presenting a paper at a conference Arts and Education: Creative Ways into Languages in Athens. This international conference is organised by the University of Athens (Department of Primary Education) and the Greek Association of Primary Music Education, a professional body which represents music education specialists that teach Art in the primary education system. To provide […]
Read moreRichard Fay and Elena Gomez (see Research Associates page) are planning an article on the University of Cordoba’s Sahara Visit by trainee teachers: ‘Narratives of Teacher Development through Encounters with Otherness: from Cordoba to the Sahara, and back again’. Its main goal will be to explore the intercultural experience from an educational viewpoint of the 15 teacher students from the Faculty of Education (at Cordoba) […]
Read moreSome time back, Paul Smith forwarded these reviews/alerts to me from a colleague in one of the online groups he belongs to (Academic Litercy/ies?): Turner, Joan (2011) Language in the Academy: Cultural Reflexivity and Intercultural Dynamics. Bristol , Buffalo, Toronto: Multilinguial Matters Available in paperback and hardback [The book is part of the Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education series]. […]
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