Hi everyone. Last week I had the opportunity to share some aspects of my research at the Narrative workshop. The workshop served as a platform for me to share my methodological thinking and receive constructive feedbacks from other doctoral students. Here are some highlights of my experience. My presentation was divided into two parts: The first part consists of some theoretical […]
Read moreAt Cultnet this year I presented a paper entitled “The goal is to teach English, not London is the city with diverse culture. No.” : Some Implications for ELF Teacher Education. It was my second Cultnet and as Min and Susan have said, attending and presenting at the Cultnet is beneficial in many ways. For me, I used the opportunities […]
Read moreDear all, I’ll be talking about my thesis in three minutes at the 3MT Manchester final round on Monday, 23 March from 16:00 to 18:00. The tickets are now sold out but if you’re interested (there’s a drink reception after the competition!), you can apply to be on the waiting list here. Thank you 🙂 Khwan
Read moreThanks to all who presented yesterday and everybody who came. It all added up to a great day! We suggested yesterday that all presentations were uploaded. Either send them to me and I can upload them or you can upload them here yourself. Richard’s Presentation Khwan’s Presentation Magda’s Presentation Mariam’s Presentation Achilleas’ Presentation Susan’s Presentation Fitris Presentation
Read moreThis blog post has two parts: the first is about my CultNet experience and the second is about how I plan my presentations. My first CultNet seminar (hosted by Durham University) was a very enriching experience. I joined the CultNet mailing list last year but I didn’t join the 2013 Seminar because I didn’t know what I could talk about […]
Read moreBAAL Abstract accepted! My abstract has been accepted for the 2014 Annual BAAL IC SIG (British Association for Applied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication Special Interest Group). The conference will be held at the Moray House School of Education, the University of Edinburg during May 22nd-23 2014. I feel grateful to Richard for his time, thoughts and advice on how to write […]
Read moreCultNet 2014 My symposium contribution – entitled “The Challenges and Possibilities of Investigating English Language Teaching from an Intercultural Perspective” – has been accepted for the 2014 CultNet meeting hosted by Durham University from April 25th – 27th 2014. CultNet, originally established by Professor Michael Byram, a leading figure in the fields of intercultural communication/education and foreign language education, is […]
Read moreOn the 22nd of February, I presented a talk at the Qatar TESOL conference, Promoting a Culture of Reading (21-22 Feb, 2014, College of the North Atlantic, Doha, Qatar), entitled It’s long, it’s hard, it’s boring: Student Voices on Reading. In my presentation I aimed to approach the issue of reading as an academic skill and a cultural activity from […]
Read moreI gave a presentation at the Interdisciplinary Symposium here at the Manchester Institute of Education on January 31st, 2014. In my presentation titled “The challenges and possibilities of investigating English language teaching from an intercultural perspective,” I started off by briefly introducing myself and my topic before moving on to talk about the possibilities and challenges I have found from […]
Read moreIn the course of these two weeks I have taken (and have been trying to be) a small part in this research community in three main events. So I think it’s time for me to reflect my views on my participation and of course what I learn from them. The first event was when I took part as a participant […]
Read moreI have always thought myself as a digitally literate person, but after attending the Digital Humanities Conference at the University of Manchester, I believe that I do not have adequate digital skills. The conference was absolutely an eye-opening experience for me to explore how digital humanities have advanced in recent years. Digital Humanities can be defined as multiple emerging domains […]
Read moreHaving benefitted so much from all your posts on experiences of various kinds, I thought I should share one of my own. A couple of weeks ago I went to a conference in Poland entitled ‘Classroom-oriented research: reconciling theory and practice’. My main reason for going was not the great line up of plenary speakers, or the chance to visit […]
Read moreI joined the poster competition as a part of Methods Fair 2013 on Wednesday, 9th October 2013 and won the second place! I felt thankful for everyone who stopped by, read my poster, asked me questions and voted for me (this included my hubby and myself too). 🙂 The poster presented the provisional findings of my pilot study titled “English […]
Read moreSeminar: Intercultural Communication in Higher Education – Principles and Practices, Newcastle University, May 16-17, 2013 I attended a seminar organized by the British Association for Applied Linguistics, Special Interest Group in Intercultural Communication. It was my very first UK conference of my PhD student life outside the University of Manchester. Unfortunately, I did not give a presentation there because I’m […]
Read moreI had an opportunity to present a poster for the first time in my life at the SEED 2013 Conference. I presented my plan for my pilot study which will take place in June – July in Thailand. Participating in our research community and in wider communities is what I plan to achieve during my PhD studies. Although this was […]
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