I have just booked my place for this interesting panel presentation on English as a Lingua Franca. It could be relevant for most of us as they will discuss the implications of EFL for English language teaching and teacher education. Panel presentation by Alan Firth (Newcastle), Dr Andy Harris (MMU) and Dr Huw Bell (MMU) Monday 16th March 2015 5.30pm […]
Read moreEnglishes in Practice is the title of the working papers of the Centre for Global Englishes, University of Southampton, UK. It provides a forum for both members of the Centre and other scholars to present research and explore matters related to global users and uses of Englishes, including English as a lingua franca (ELF). The journal welcomes submissions which report […]
Read moreKenneth Gergen is disseminating three papers on aspects of qualitative research that he has written, one as sole author and two as co-author. He writes: I humbly attach three papers that I hope could be useful in supporting our qualitative endeavours. The first is the recent American Psychologist article by Ruthellen Jossleson, Mark Freeman and myself on the rich potentials […]
Read moreThis link was posted on Facebook by Debbie Ralls and I thought it would be interesting to post it here too for anyone who doesn’t do Facebook! Any comments? Here’s how the climate you live in affects the way you speak
Read moreAn eclectic mix of papers in this new volume, the full version of which can be found here. In this issue, authors address topics that spread across the EFL and applied linguistics board. There are papers on evaluating teacher education courses, on authors’ perspectives about ghost-authoring research papers, on individual differences, learning styles and learner motivation, on the role of […]
Read moreThis blog post has been written by Julien Danero Iglesias on his return to Romania for fieldwork after an absence of several years. It is a very interesting read on the concept of native-speakerism and what it means to be a native speaker both linguistically and socially.
Read moreThe talk will take place in the School of Education, Durham, Friday 27th February at 1pm Abstract: The notion of interculturality is both empty and polysemic, full of ready-made assumptions which force us to be more critical than ever towards it and to use interdisciplinarity to propose a de-/re-/construction of the notion more adapted to today’s realities. This first requires […]
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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 moreNarrativists@SEED, a narrative research learning group is hosting a series of 7 free ‘Narrative workshops’ for SEED postgraduate students which culminate in a full day event in summer 2015. Workshops are run by students for students. The aim being to share and learn how narrative is being used in research generally and SEED as a discipline as well as a […]
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 […]
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 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 moreAlex Baratta and Paul Smith (University of Manchester) and Lydia Reid (Nottingham Trent University) have been awarded funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education (a grant of £5000) to investigate the interplay of two identities – academic and religious – in students who profess a faith. We wish to investigate how students manage these two identities, especially […]
Read moreRecently, I have applied to share my research ideas to the Cultnet meeting at Durham University. The topic I will talk about is: Mindfulness in Intercultural Communication: A Visual Narrative Exploration of Postgraduates’ Experiences at a UK University My research is about ‘mindfulness in intercultural communication’ at an internationalised university setting in the UK. I use visual narrative to explore students’ understanding […]
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