Category: Miscellaneous news etc

The Centre of Language Education Research at Aston (CLERA) invites you to its Fourth Annual Distinguished Lecture, which will take place on Thursday 13th November. This year’s distinguished visitor is Professor Jennifer Jenkins from the University of Southampton. The lecture entitled ‘Diverse Englishes, intercultural communication, and ‘international’ universities’ will start at 16.00 followed by a drinks reception at 17.30. For […]

Dear Colleague, Routledge is delighted to announce that from 2015 we will be publishing the journal Curriculum Inquiry, on behalf of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Curriculum Inquiry is dedicated to the study of educational research, theory, and practice. This leading international journal brings together the work of influential scholars and researchers from a variety of academic fields […]

There is an IATEFL webinar coming tomorrow Saturday 27 September 2014 at 15:00 BST. Susan Hillyard, a teacher, HOD, director, speaker, workshop facilitator, consultant, researcher and on-line tutor with extensive international experience, is going to give a talk on ‘Challenging ELT: Challenging Methodology to Reach Challenging English Language Learners’. The webinar is free for both IATEFL members and non-members. Check the link for more […]

The full text of my new book chapter The Role of Early Learning Experience in Shaping Teacher Cognition and Technology Use is now accessible via the Durham University depository (here). The thinking behind this chapter started on the day of my viva three years ago when Gary Motteram (my internal examiner then) suggested exploring teachers’ early experiences and technology use as a new area […]

I think this issue is relevant to most of us because taking notes on electronic devices is very common in lectures, seminars, conferences, etc. I also developed the habit of taking notes on my iPad, but I have decided to take notes by hand after reading this piece written by David Gooblar on Chronicle Vitae: Last spring, a new study […]

The first issue of Language and Sociocultural Theory is published Equinox is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of the new journal Language and Sociocultural Theory. This international journal is devoted to the study of language from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural theory. The editor is James P. Lantolf, The Pennsylvania State University. There will be two issues per volume […]