… you might be interested in these two recent (one just published, one publishing this month) intercultural communication titles. Both are available on inspection to lecturers … Thanks for your time. I hope they’re of interest! Introducing Intercultural Communication: Global Cultures and Contexts Zala Volcic, Shuang Liu & Cindy Gallois Textbooks on intercultural communication are rarely written with an intercultural readership […]
Read moreFrancois Grosjean’s new blog on bilingualism Francois Grosjean, the author of Life with Two Languages, Studying Bilinguals, and Bilingual: Life and Reality, has started a new blog, “Life as a bilngual”, on the Psychology Today site. He has already uploaded the following posts: – Myths about bilingualism – Who is bilingual? – Bilingualism’s best kept secret: How extensive it is […]
Read moreThe SRMO beta is here! We’re delighted to announce the launch of the SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) Beta, and we’d like to offer you priority access for free until the end of the year! SRMO is a powerful research methods tool, linking SAGE’s renowned research methods content with sophisticated search tools to help researchers answer their research methods questions […]
Read moreHi All Richard W (a current MA onsite participant) writes: I have created a wiki with the idea that we can share definitions of terminology that we come across during the course. I don’t know about anyone else, but I keep having to investigate the meanings of various terms whenever I’m reading and sometimes that means messing around for few […]
Read moreDear Friends and Colleagues, Just a word to tell you that I have accepted an invitation from Psychology Today to have a blog on bilingualism. I have entitled it, “Life as a Bilingual”. It is definitely for a general public, as you’ll see. But the more one demystifies bilingualism, the better, I feel. Here is the link: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/life-bilingual Thank you […]
Read moreTHE POSTINGS BELOW BEGAN IN THE REPORT ON THE EXPLORATORY NARRATIVITY-REFLEXIVITY SEMINAR …. Leah Davcheva on 30 Oct 2010 …. I feel privileged to be,occasionally, part of your discussions. Thank you for this tremedous opportunity. Right now I am at the stage of deciding what direction I want to take in furthering my research activities – whether I should […]
Read morePositioning our research and ourselves in our research: An exploration of the reflexive and narrative aspects of our research texts One idea I have had about the follow-up seminar – maybe timed for February when some of our more ‘distant’ colleagues can be here – is as follow – for each of us to: * provide a shortish extract from (any kind of ) research […]
Read moreSusan alerts us to the following: A cynical view of the ‘life of the mind’ — Entitled: So you Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/?ref=nf
Read morePositioning our research and ourselves in our research: An exploratory seminar on reflexive and narrative aspects of research (texts) This exploratory/initial seminar took place on 25th October 2010, as attended by Tanya, Shaun (Best), Magdalena, Richard, Eljee, and Viv. Richard set the context for the event (see below) and rehearsed again his reflexivity-narrativity visual presented in the earlier discussions in this […]
Read more…. to Viv on the succcessful examination of her thesis.: A Narrative Exploration of the UK Academic Acculturation Experiences of Students from Mainland China So, Viv, shall I move you to the “Former Students” section? 🙂
Read moreNEW ENGLISH PROFILE JOURNAL: FREE AND ONLINE NOW We are delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of the free online ‘English Profile Journal’ by Cambridge University Press. This brand new journal is an initiative that will disseminate cutting-edge research emerging out of the English Profile program. Full details of the journal, including how to submit a paper […]
Read moreAlthough Achilleas announced this final outcome elsewhere in the blog, I decided to make it more prominent via this new posting – it is a noteworthy stage in the publishing process for these three in-context members of our community 🙂 Breen, P. B., De Stefani, M., and Kostoulas, A. (in press 2011). ‘Navigating a pathway to partnership through turbulent seas of […]
Read moreMasterclass with Professor Alastair Pennycook University of Technology, Sydney Tuesday 21 September 2010 12.30 lunch, 1.30-4.00pm class MOSAIC Centre for research on Multilingualism Room G39, School of Education, University of Birmingham A plurality of multilingualisms In this paper, Professor Alastair Pennycook will explore the need not only to look at the diversity of languages implied by the label […]
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