New Dynamics of Language Learning (Complexity papers)

There is, I think, very little point on trying to complete or complete with Lou’s comprehensive and engaging narrative on the Jyväskylä conference, so I will confine myself to reporting on a few papers that were of particular interest to me. The theme which links these papers is that they are all informed by complexity thinking, which involves -in brief- […]

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Some reflections on BAAL ICSIG event

We gave the following paper this week: Leah Davcheva and Richard Fay —– “Linguistic Identity-Play Amongst Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria: A Narrative Study”. Paper presented at the Language, Identity, and Intercultural Communication joint conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics Intercultural Communication Special Interest Group and The Annual Bloomsbury Round Table, 9th -10th June, 2011, Birkbeck College, University of […]

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Schedule for Fri

So, as the event fast approaches, it’s time to decide a runing order. We’ll be in C2.18 unless there is last minute change (so go there first)  …. First Session: 9.30 – 11.00 Paper 1 (9.30-9.50 + Qs) — Mariam Attia Paper 2 (10.00 – 10.20 + Qs) — Eljee Javier Paper 3 (10.30 – 10.50 + Qs) — Paul V […]

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Reflections on the Peking University paper ….

Some reflections on our experience of the following recently given paper: Zhou, X. and Fay, R. (April, 2011). Using a Small-Culture Narrative Approach to Explore Intercultural Communication: A Departmental Approach and a Chinese-focused Case study. Paper presented at the “Linguistics Salon” at Peking University, Beijing, China, April 25th 2011. Richard: For me, one thing about this seminar paper was that, despite […]

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Stasis and change…

The paper I am presenting at the LTE event in early June is (tentatively) titled Stasis and Change: conceptualising ELT as a complex dynamical system. The paper was originally written for the New Dynamics conference in Finland, where it will be presented as ‘Places for Pedagogy, Spaces for Innovation: the emergence of eclectic pedagogy in ELT settings‘. The paper reports on […]

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Arts and Education: Creative Ways into Languages

On Saturday (7th May) I am presenting a paper at a conference Arts and Education: Creative Ways into Languages in Athens. This international conference is organised by the University of Athens (Department of Primary Education) and the Greek Association of Primary Music Education, a professional body which represents music education specialists that teach Art in the primary education system. To provide […]

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