Author: Nahielly Palacios

I am delighted to announce our new article on Reflection as meaning making. Too read article, click here.

In this post I would like to introduce our newest member Stella.  She has a bachelor degree is English education in China, and a Master degree is translation studies from Macquarie University, Australia. She has 11 years of English teaching as lecturer in a university in China and she is now a PhD student at Manchester. In a short conversation we […]

Congratulations to Olga on her successful viva! We are proud of you! xx

Congratulations to Basemah and Lada for their successful vivas! We are proud of you ladies!    

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (IF): Multilingualism, Social Identities, Intercultural Relations and Communication For more information Click here  

Congratulations to Min, Bona, Magda, Kris and Loretta on their successful VIVAS! We are proud of you.

By Willem de Goei, Lancaster University Ghana, Accra, Ghana Applying the framework of space and scale (Blommaert, Collins, & Slembrouk, 2005) to my use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), I show in this self-reflective account that the effective use of our linguistic repertoire is highly dependent on context and space and that each particular space brings with it […]

  Cutting Edges A Conference on Culture, Language and International Education Research ‘Building Bridges in Uncertain Times’   Friday 28th and Saturday 29th June 2019   Culture, Language and International Education Research Group & School of Language Studies & Applied Linguistics   Canterbury Christ Church University  Canterbury, England      Invited Speakers:   Cristina Ros i Solé, Goldsmiths, University of London Alex Ding, University of Leeds […]

The following text is a summary of an ongoing research project conducted by members of the LANTERN community (to mention some: Gary Motteram, Diane Slaouti, Susan Dawson, Felix Kwihangana) Project: Resilience and language teacher development in challenging contexts: Supporting teachers through social media This collaborative action research project aims to explore promising practices in making use of widely available mobile […]

Hi All This Wed afternoon, at MMU (as hosted by an alumnus of ours, Rob Drummond), there will be the first PhD and staff event involving a visiting speaker (Richard Fay): Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Room GM302 4.30-6.00pm — PhD researcher presentations 6.00-7.00pm — Visiting speaker (RF) RF ABSTRACT “Researching multilingually: researcher development and praxis” In research guidance outside language-foregrounded […]

This chat has been cancelled apologies for any inconvenience. “Can we really make a difference when researching and teaching the intercultural?”  A talk by Dr. Fred Dervin from the University of Helsinki at the University of Manchester, Simon Building Theater D Thursday, 6 December 2018 (2.00-3.00pm).

Hi there! Find attached recent research published by LANTERN members. Tantiniranat, S. and Fay, R. (2018). Developing an ELF-aware intercultural purpose in the Thai university context. In N. Sifakis and N. Tsantila (eds.), ELF in EFL contexts (pp.74-92). Bristol: Multilingual Matters. http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781788921756 Volha Arkhipenka, Susan Dawson, Siti Fitriyah, Susan Goldrick, Andrew Howes & Nahielly Palacios (2018) Practice and performance: changing […]

We are glad to inform you that the LANTERN Lunchtime Talks are back this academic year.    These chats are a great opportunity to present your ongoing (and previous) work (e.g. PhD projects, research projects, book chapters, articles) as well as any relevant personal and professional experiences (e.g. life as a PhD student, life after your PhD, life as a teacher educator) to other PGR, Staff and colleagues from inside and outside the University of Manchester. The […]

Huran Mirillo is the new member of the Lantern community. We are looking forward to reading your profile and to get to know you better. Welcome to Lantern!

Congratulations to Haleema and Diana on their viva success!! You guys rock!