Category: Miscellaneous news etc

Magda has alerted me to the following: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/manchester-britains-greatest-university-2101828.html

Block, D., J. Gray & M. Holborow (2012) Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics. London Routledge. Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics argues that while applied linguistics has become more interdisciplinary in orientation, it has ignored or downplayed the role of political economy, namely the way in which social, political and economic factors relate to one another within the context of a capitalist economy. […]

Some time ago, when looking to get in touch with other motivation researchers, I contacted Judit Kormos at Lancaster University. She was very friendly and supportive of my work, and invited me to talk at one of their fortnightly Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLAT) research group meetings. So, I go on Wednesday 7th March (see http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/event/3974 for abstract). I’m particularly […]

About a year ago I submitted a chapter proposal, based on my MA dissertation, for a book idea by Damian Rivers and Stephanie Houghton. After various wranglings with publishers and reworkings on the part of the contributors, their proposal has been accepted by Continuum and will hopefully go to press at the end of 2012. The full reference will be […]

In an article titled ‘Empowerment as a Pedagogy of Possibility‘ (Language Arts 64 4), Roger Simon makes the following observation: As an introduction to, preparation for, and legitimation of particular forms of social life, education always presupposes a vision of the future. In this respect, a curriculum and its supporting pedagogy are a vision of our own dreams of ourselves, […]

Here is a link to a ppt version of my presentation at a Georgetown University faculty seminar on the 22nd of Sep, 2011, in Doha, Qatar. Ppt for GU seminar Magda I have now modified the slide with an equation. I hope it’s clearer. Here it is: Frustrated fascination

I couldn’t resist sharing this one …. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14788731

Mark Shurz contacted me (‘cold’ after coming across our community) with the following links if anyone is interested: I write articles for http://www.phdprogramsonline.org/, a website dedicated to providing students with the information and tools needed in order to pursue their Online PhD Programs. I ran across your site, and I thought that your readers might be interested in the latest […]

Here is a link to an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education:  http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/defining-internationalization/28615 Magda

On Friday the 19th of August, the British Council office in Kabul was attacked by two suicide bombers. Several people were killed, mostly Afghani policemen. The attack took place on the day marking 92 years of Afghanistan’s independence from the British rule in 1919.    Although the Guardian said that “it was unclear whether the attack was related to the […]