Dear Colleagues At the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick we have recently launched a new citation app (Mastercite). We really hope this app will be of help not only to our own students, but also to those at other universities as they start to learn and practise to reference correctly. Our aim is that when students […]
Read moreCALICO Journal is now being published by Equinox Publishing Ltd. We are pleased to announce that CALICO Journal, founded in 1983, will move to Equinox in 2015. CALICO is the official publication of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) and is devoted to the dissemination of information concerning the application of technology to language teaching and language learning. The journal is published online-only, is […]
Read moreEnjoy free online access to our International and Intercultural Communication collection until the end of August. This year we are offering free access to articles from our Communication Studies journals exploring a different theme each month. Explore this month’s collection on International and Intercultural Communication with free online access until the end of August. This collection provides an important input to the latest research on […]
Read moreBy Anne Marie Devlin This book investigates the study abroad profile of non-native speaker teachers of English, exploring the impact of studying abroad on the acquisition of sociopragmatic variation patterns and the relationship between such patterns and identity development. Introducing the concept of ‘loci of learning’, the book provides a compelling insight into the relationship between the duration of study […]
Read moreI found the experiences in this BBC news article quite interesting and would love to know what you all think. I do remember coming back to the UK after having lived in Spain for 4 years, going to a job interview with BT and really struggling to find some simple words in English – ‘vandal’ for example. Have any of […]
Read moreHere is the link to an interesting article in the Guardian newspaper Lack of languages stifles Brits and Americans and the Final report, action and plan from America.
Read moreMy abstract I submitted for a CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) specialist conference in Venice (28-30 August 2014) has been accepted. So I will hopefully be in Venice on the dates to learn more about CLIL, to share what I have learnt about CLIL, and to enjoy some warm summer sunshine (hopefully as Diana Busra, my friend, told me […]
Read moreWe are pleased to let you know that Volume 16 of English Language Teacher Education and Development (Spring 2014) is now available on-line at: www.elted.net? This volume, edited by Gerard Sharpling and Gosia Sky, contains the following articles: · “Seeing” second language pre-service teacher learning through the conceptual metaphor of teaching and learning in teaching practicum dialogic blogs – Ekaterina Arshavskaya · The authenticity continuum: Empowering international […]
Read moreHi everyone, Hope the sunshine is as bright in Manchester or whatever part of the world you are in, as it is in London today. I am just back at work after spending 2 and a half weeks at the Irish seaside writing up the (closer-to) final draft of my thesis. It was great to get away from the world in […]
Read moreThis year’s Jenny Cheshire Lecture is less than two weeks away – on Friday 13th June at 6.30pm (in London). As a reminder, thelecture will be delivered by Prof. David Britain and is entitled ‘English in Paradise?: a new variety in the Pacific’. It will take place in the MathsLecture Theatre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Mile End Campus. There will be a reception after the event as well. […]
Read moreBelow is a call for chapters for what looks like a very interesting publication. If you are interested in ‘-isms’ and oppression, check out the details below. Deadline for abstracts: September 1st 2014 Call for Chapters
Read moreVice-chancellor Leszek Borysiewicz wants education system to allow children to strive to become as bilingual as they can be. Magda sent in this interesting post from the Guardian on bilingualism. You can read the article here
Read moreI have just read this post on ‘The Thesis Whisperer’ (you can tell how easily distracted I am from writing my panel proposal!) and thought I must share it with you all as it is so reminiscent of Magda’s last post. This might all come in useful as we gear up for and then emerge from panel!
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