Author: Nahielly Palacios

    Nottingham Trent University is looking forward to welcoming you to a PIM on Intercultural Communication 18th November 2017 £100 This PIM is jointly held with the BAAL Intercultural Communication SIG. In today’s globalised, yet increasingly polarised world, communication skills, cultural knowledge, cultural sensitivity and open-mindedness towards others would seem to be more important than ever. The task of […]

M. Wagner, D. Conlon Perugini & M. Byram (eds) Teaching Intercultural Competence across the Age Range: from Theory to Practice. Multilingual Matters October 2017. https://channelviewpublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/the-importance-of-intercultural-understanding-in-todays-world/

A paper Khwan and Richard are co-writing has been accepted for a conference in Thailand in 2018. Digital Literacy in English Language Learning and Teaching is the 2018 conference theme. Tantiniranat, S. and Fay, R. Teaching English for intercultural communication in Thai higher education: some challenges and possibilities. A paper to be presented at the 38th Thailand TESOL International Conference […]

This is an invitation to submit a paper to the special issue on: Flipped Learning in Foreign Language Environment, edited by Dr. Adrian Leis and Dr. Jeffery Mehring of the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT) Introduction Flipped learning has received much attention and has proven to be a successful approach to teaching over a wide range of subjects […]

  On this achievement, we wish you hearty congratulations, great success and happiness. Well done!                 

For those interested in the area of English as Lingua Franca, there is a new book worth reading. See details bellow. The Routledge Handbook of English as Lingua Franca, by Jennifer Jenkins, Will Baker and Martin Dewey.

  Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in TESOL Manchester Metropolitan University – Languages, Information and Communications Location: Manchester Salary: £33,943 to £46,924 Grade 8/9 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 21st March 2017 Closes: 15th April 2017 Job Ref: T2-80309327-02 Average weekly working hours: 37.00 Department Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the UK’s largest and most popular Universities. We are currently placed […]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical   Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence January 25-28, 2018 Tucson, Arizona   Keynote Presentation Robert O’Dowd (University of León) Moving from Intercultural Contact to Intercultural Learning in Virtual Exchange   Plenary Presentations Alvino Fantini (SIT Graduate Institute) Exploring Intercultural Communicative Competence: Concepts, Components and […]

Chair in Language Education Lecturer in Language Education (two posts) The University of Leeds is seeking to appoint a Chair and two Lecturers in Language Education, to join the Language Education Academic Group in the School of Education. The deadline for applications for all posts is 27 March 2017. Interviews will be held in late April 2017. For further information […]

Dear colleagues, I am happy to inform you that the new Special Double Issue of our scientific journal, Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning, focusing on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), has just been published.  You can find the new double issue here: http://rpltl.eap.gr/  > Current Issue.  With many thanks to the guest editors, Dr Eleni Griva and […]

Is ‘qualitative data analysis’ too vague for you? Are you wondering how to do justice to your data? If you are researching social processes, institutions, culture or identity, but are unsure about how to analyse the discourse data from your fieldwork, then consider joining this five day research training course. The programme is designed to help PhD and post-doctoral researchers […]

We are pleased to invite you to attend an event to celebrate International Mother Language Day on 21 February 2017. ‘Manchester Talks Many Languages’ will take place at Central Library, 5:30pm-7pm. Please find an invitation with further details here: http://mlm.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/invitation.png We would be delighted if you could join us there (RSVP to charlotte.jones@manchester.ac.uk by 8 February).

Hi everyone. In this post you will find a power point presentation as well as a pdf file of my  IALIC Barcelona 2016 paper. Many thanks, Nahie   Narratives of a professional sojourner pptx IALIC barcelona narratives-of-a-professional-sojourner

The CULTNET event will take place in the School of Education, Durham University, from 20-22 April 2017 (Thursday to Saturday). More information will be send out in the new year.    

Congratulations to Hussain Alenaizi!!! Thesis title: Disability and Kuwaiti Society: A Critical Realist Approach to Participatory Research in Contemporary Kuwaiti Society