There is a lot of talk around about presenting our research to audiences other than academic ones and this book seems to me like a superb example of making research accessible to a very different audience – children! The author, Stephanie, writes: I recently had a children’s book published based on Mike Byram’s concept of the intercultural mediator (except the little […]
Read moreThe third issue of The International Journal of Education for Diversities (IJE4D, ISSN: 2242-7430), published by the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Helsinki is now available. The third volume of this journal brings together a special issue and a varia section. The special issue is entitled Diverse Teachers for Diverse Learners and was edited by Clea Schmidt, […]
Read moreTwo important reports were published last Friday on ‘English as an Additional Language (EAL) and educational achievement in England’, authored by Professor Steve Strand and Professor Victoria Murphy from the University of Oxford. These reports comprise: · A comprehensive analysis by Professor Strand of the data relating to EAL learners in England in order to identify the most at-risk groups […]
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These workshops are being organised by Fitri and Kelly among others, so if you are interested in finding out more about narrative in research, do go along. Kelly writes: Workshops are run by students for students. The aim being to share and learn how narrative in being used in research generally and SEED as a discipline as well as a […]
Read moreThe launch of Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics (EJAL : ISSN 2149-1135) is now online and as an open-access online journal its inaugural issue is fully accessible at http://www.ejal.eu. The opening issue includes the following articles: Characteristics of speaker models for Japanese university students Kenta Yamanouchi The role of noticing in developing intercultural communicative competence Ardith J. Meier The role of […]
Read moreCall for Chapters Interculturality in Chinese Language Education Eds. Tinghe Jin (IOE, London, UK) & Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki, Finland) Deadline for abstracts: 1st May 2015 Volume to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in the Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective (Eds. Dervin/Du) “A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort […]
Read moreAdrian Holliday gave a guest lecture at the Centre for Applied Linguistics, Warwick University last week in which he revisited his ‘original thinking about appropriate methodology and social context, and re-examine[d] the concepts of BANA, TESEP and context’ arguing for a need to look at the wider picture. Click here for the video of his talk and here for the […]
Read moreEljee has blogged about her viva experience on her personal blog, but is happy to share the link with us. It’s an interesting, honest and encouraging account, so I do recommend you click on the link and read it 🙂
Read morePaul Breen posted this in the old blog on November 16th 2014. I have now copied it over so that we can all benefit from his insight and wisdom. Thank you, Paul! Hello everyone, Having had my viva on Friday, and passing with minor corrections, I wanted to share some ideas that might benefit other people – following a fine […]
Read moreMichelle Kohler ‘Teachers as mediators in the foreign language classroom’ is a study of how ‘foreign language teachers in Australian schools … mediate intercultural language teaching in their teaching practice’ . It is a research study which also contains teaching materials from the 3 participating teachers.(Published by Mutlilingual Matters in the LICE series)
Read moreThis is a new journal exploring all aspects of language exchange/study abroad programmes, from SLA issues to policy and planning issues in study abroad programmes. See the PDF for more details. SAR Journal_Call for papers
Read moreOne of the huge advantages of being a GTRA (apart from the fact that you actually get paid for being a student), is that you get an opportunity to experience and learn from a variety of teaching and research situations. For me, the most exciting opportunity by far to this point is being involved with a large, interdisciplinary research project. I […]
Read moreAn interesting blog in the popular ‘The Thesis Whisperer’ on how to write 10,000 words a day. Before you get too excited and imagine your whole thesis being written in less than 2 weeks and graduating a whole year earlier than expected, it does say that this is only possible if you know exactly what you want to write about first (which in […]
Read moreThese are recordings made at the 3rd ELT Malta Conference ReSIG Supported Pre-conference Event
Read moreTESOL International Association have just published their latest research agenda – the last was in 2004. It outlines trends in research as identified by its members and directions for future research. It also includes a section on ethics. You can find it here.
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