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. […]
Read moreSome 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 […]
Read moreAbout 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 […]
Read moreCould be of interest to some? http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/esl-video-feedback?newsfeed=true
Read moreIn 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, […]
Read moreJust a note to say that next Saturaday I will be delivering a talk at an event organised by a professional association (the Panhellenic Association of State Schools Teachers of English). The overarching theme of the event is “Empowering Language Learning and Teaching”, and I will be talking about how my conceptual framework of ELT in Greece can be used […]
Read morePlease add your details to this page by logging in and then editing this page. As the months tick by, I will transfer the past papers to the Archived LTE papers category. December 2011 Lou Harvey – Critical English for Academic Purposes: Creating connection and community. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Newer Researchers’ Conference, Newport, Wales, 6th-7th December 2011. […]
Read moreHere 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
Read moreI couldn’t resist sharing this one …. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14788731
Read moreMark 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 […]
Read moreHere is a link to an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/defining-internationalization/28615 Magda
Read moreThe Australian Review of Applied Linguistics has published a special issue on English as an International language, which is available free of charge from the link below: http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aral/issue/view/175 There are articles by all the ‘usual suspects’ (Phillipson, Pennycook, Kirkpatrick, Seidlhoffer and others).
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read moreHere are the latest Shanghai rankings. The University of Manchester appears to be in the 5th place in the UK table, 5th in Europe (used to be 9th) and 38th in the world ranking (used to be 44th).
Read moreBy now, I think all of you will know that Julian will be retiring from the LTE group from the end of September. For his ‘take’ on this, see Edgeblog #18 . More, much more, can and will not doubt be said on this theme, but for now I just want to wish him well in all that comes next.
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