Achilleas Kostoulas (PhD alumnus) is taking up a post at the University of Graz on 1st October in the ELT Research and Methodology centre. Huge congratulations from all of us in the LANTERN community Achilleas, and we look forward to following your new journey. Do come back and visit us from time to time. You can read Achilleas’ blog post about his move here.
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Thanks to all of you who came today. It was so nice to see everyone again after the summer and meet our new colleagues, Lada, Olga and Elisa. Apologies for the awful photos. Next time, we’ll find someone who’s good with the camera! Lada, Diane and Susan B.
Read moreCALICO Journal — Issue 32.3 (2015) table of contents Available to subscribers at: http://equinoxpub.com/CALICO Special issue: Qualitative Research in CALL Editorial Qualitative Research in CALL — Ursula Stickler, Regine Hampel http://equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/CALICO/article/view/27737 Articles Second Language Teacher Development through CALL Practice: The Emergence of Teachers’ Agency — Keiko Kitade http://equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/CALICO/article/view/26637 Using Netnography to Explore the Culture of Online Language Teaching Communities — Derya Kulavuz-Onal http://equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/CALICO/article/view/26636 Reflexive […]
Read moreSome of you may have noted Susan Dawson’s absence from bloggery and our Ellen Wilkinson corridors this week – she had a planned operation on Monday and is convalescing for two weeks – I am sure you will join me in wishing her well as she recovers.
Read moreApplying visual methods in research on language use and learning/teaching has gained popularity in recent years. The use of visual methods has provided new ways of examining language users’ and learners’ experiences in and approaches towards languages and language learning. Visual methods have also provided language teachers new possibilities to e.g. raise language awareness. The analysis of visual data such as drawings, photos, […]
Read moreThey wish to appoint the following posts: Lecturer A/B in Language and Intercultural Communication (open-ended, full-time). The application will be closed on Sunday 18 October 2015. Lecturer A in Linguistics (fixed-term, 0.5 FTE). The application will be closed on Sunday 6 September 2015. The details for the posts can be found at the following links: For Lecturer A/B in Language and Intercultural Communication For Lecturer A […]
Read moreSome LANTERNers could be interested in this one-day symposium at the University of Oxford: The Department of Education, University of Oxford invite you to participate a special event on “English Medium Instruction: Global Views and Countries in Focus” on 4 November, 2015 (10am to 5pm) at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. More information can be found here.
Read moreA continuing look at the methodology of ethnography as used in Alice Goffman’s book ‘On the run: Fugitive life in an American city’. See too an earlier post on this.
Read moreAn interesting story entitled ‘How I finished my PhD …just 30 years after I began“. I haven’t quite decided if this is an encouragement or not. What I think it does do though is show the emotional investment in the data collection stage and the impact that can have on the writing up. Although not comparable with this lady’s experience, […]
Read moreCheck out this nice poster on the C2 Ellen Wilkinson corridor wall to celebrate our recent doctoral graduates. You all are our inspirations!
Read more‘Englishes in Practice’ could be an interesting journal for us working within the area of ELP, EMI, CLIL, Multilingualism, and World Englishes to both look for some references (I have found two useful articles on EMI and ELF for myself) and to find opportunities for publishing our papers (with the rejection rate of 25%, quite a good opportunity) (It does say Open […]
Read moreI came across this clip yesterday about a 14 year-old Peruvian girl who has managed to transform the socially accepted view that Quechua, the language of the Incas, is only spoken by the uneducated and indigenous populations. Her version of Michael Jackson’s ‘The way you make me feel’ has gone viral on YouTube and has had a particular impact on the way […]
Read moreA new bilingual ‘immersion’ app primarily aimed at children is currently available in Spanish, French and English. An interesting concept with its goal being ‘immersion not translation’. If you are interested you can get involved in the development of the product, so if you fancy an ‘immersion experience’ with Spanish or French, why not give it a go!
Read moreAn interesting post in which Anita Lewicka reflects on both her native and non-native teachers of English and Italian.
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