Category: Miscellaneous news etc

CALL FOR E-BOOK CHAPTER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BIBAC 2016 lead presenters of papers or workshops who attended the 2016 conference. The E-Book will be  ‘Building Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Bridges: Where Practice Meets Research and Theory‘ (Eds) Pamela Burnard, Valerie Ross, Elizabeth Mackinlay, Kimberly Powell, Tatjana Dragovic and Helen Julia Minors (2017). The DEADLINE for receipt of submitted chapters for review is: 15 […]

In this post from the Talk to the Expert series, prof. Jennifer Jenkins talked about English as a Lingua Franca and its influence on ELT and the status of non-native English speaking teachers. Prof. Jenkins is one of the most prominent figures in ELF scholarship, and has published numerous books and articles on the topic. You can find her interview […]

The Department of Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA) invites applications from students wishing to pursue postgraduate research in language and communication (October 2017 entry).   LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION AT UEA In line with UEA’s tradition of interdisciplinary research, our research and supervision focus on four interrelated and complementary areas of enquiry: Translating and interpreting, particularly: ethics […]

ESRC Social Science Festival Talking Proper: A Discussion of Accent Prejudice in the British Workplace Dr. Alex Baratta Date: 11 November 2016 Time: 10:00 – 16:00 This event discusses how our accent contributes to our personal identity and sense of who we are, yet how we might choose to modify our accent in various social situations. Even worse, what if […]

Mastering the language of schooling is essential for learners to develop the skills necessary for school success and for critical thinking. It is fundamental for participation in democratic societies, and for social inclusion and cohesion. This handbook is a policy and working document which promotes convergence and coherence between the linguistic dimensions of various school subjects. It proposes measures to […]

Dear all, I would like to share with you information about an interesting conference that is going to take place in Glasgow in the end of February. The title of the conference is “Educational Futures and Fractures”. The conference is hosted by Professor Yvette Taylor – a leading researcher working at the crossing of sociology and education. The conference will […]

Dr Will Baker, the deputy director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton, will give a talk next Thursday, 20 October, from 14.00-15.20 in Crawford House, lecture theatre 2. You can read his abstract and bio below. If you are interested in, please you arrive early since this will be a popular lecture.   Conceptualising cultures in transcultural communication: […]

The IATEFL and TESOL International Association joint web conference will be held over three days from the 17 – 19 November 2016. The web-conference will explore the following themes: Day 1 (17 Nov) World Englishes Session 1 and Session 2 The varieties of English used by different groups and/or in different parts of the world (including varieties used among second language users), representing […]

The ICLLTL 2017 : 19th International Conference on Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning will be held in Madrid, Spain, March 26 – 27, 2017. The deadline of submission is October 15, 2016. The conference is the premier interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers […]

CHAT, identity politics and activism reading group will take place on Tuesday 18 October at 4.15pm – 5.30pm in room C2.17, Ellen Wilkinson building. We are beginning by focusing on the concept of perezhivanie, which is described by Vygotsky (1934/1994) as ‘emotional experience‘ which is ‘an indivisible unity of personal characteristics and situational characteristics’; or as Blunden (2016) describes, ‘a unit of development of the […]