Category: Interesting books/articles

{New Book} Transcultural Communication Through Global Englishes

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Transcultural Communication Through Global Englishes :An Advanced Textbook for Students by Will Baker and Tomokazu Ishikawa just got published. Here’s a brief introduction: This textbook introduces current thinking on English as a global language and explores its role in intercultural and transcultural communication. It covers how English functions as a lingua franca in multilingual scenarios alongside other languages in a […]

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{New Textbook} Intercultural Communication: Pathways to Better Interactions

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The book is a language and social interaction-focused intercultural communication textbook for undergraduate students with no background in language or (inter)communication studies – the kind of student the author has been teaching for about a decade and a half. It was designed to engage specifically those students who enroll in intercultural communication to satisfy their universities’ general education or core […]

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{useful book} 4th Edition Intercultural Communication An advanced resource book for students

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Author(s) Biography Adrian Holliday is a professor of applied linguistics at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Martin Hyde is an international education consultant. John Kullman is a sessional lecturer in applied linguistics at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Book Description Intercultural Communication provides a critical introduction to the dynamic arena of communication across different cultural and social strata. Throughout this book, topics are revisited, […]

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{New Book} Pedagogical Translanguaging: Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Perspectives

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Edited by: Päivi Juvonen, Marie Källkvist   Summary:With increasing mobility of people across the world, there is a pressing need to develop evidence-based teaching practices that lead to high-quality education, which serves the needs of inclusive societies and social and epistemic justice. This book presents cutting-edge qualitative case-study research across a range of educational contexts, research-method contributions and theory-oriented chapters […]

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{new issue} ELT Research February 2021 Issue 36

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Link About IATEFL Research SIG The IATEFL Research SIG (ReSIG) is a unique forum for the discussion of issues connected with research into (or relating to) ELT, bringing together teachers, teacher-researchers, teacher educators and researchers from around the world. In this active community, members share their experiences of research, as well as findings from and interpretations of research, and network […]

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{new volume} Innovations and trends in early foreign language context

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Link Research Papers in Language Teaching & Learning (RPLTL) The new volume of the online academic journal “Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning”, which is a Special Issue on “Innovations and trends in early foreign language context”, with guest editor Assoc. Prof. Thomai Alexiou, has been published on the website http://rpltl.eap.gr/. You will find it in the “current issue ” section.  

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{publish with IJLTS} international journal of linguistics and translation studies

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS AND TRANSLATION STUDIES Publish process: Manuscripts submitted to IJLTS go through an internal review and if they meet the basic requirements, they are sent out for double blind review from experts in the field, either from the editorial board or identified reviewers. Comments from the external reviewers are sent to the authors and […]

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{new book} Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future

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Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future Explores the benefits of teaching reflection upon one’s own culture to develop intercultural competence Sheds light on teacher’s feedback and students’ cultural differences and expectations Shows the closeness between language learning motivation and interculturality Editors: López-Jiménez, María Dolores, Sánchez-Torres, Jorge (Eds.) About this book: This […]

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{interesting webinar} Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics

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Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics Time: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM GMT Show in My Time Zone Join Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter as they talk about their book Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Approaches.  To register: http://Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistic […]

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{Interesting book} The essential guide to doing your research project

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The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project FOURTH EDITION Zina O’Leary – The Australia and New Zealand School of Government The new edition of Zina O’Leary’s practical book is filled with guidance for tackling research in the real world, taking the reader through how to approach every stage of the research project. The new edition includes: Print and online […]

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{interesting article} Written by Jeremy Slagoski & Published in Korea TESOL Journal

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The Culture Learning of Sojourning English Language Teachers Korea TESOL Journal Jeremy Slagoski University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Abstract: This qualitative study was designed to explore the culture learning of sojourning English language teachers (ELTs) in Japan and South Korea. Qualitative research methods were used to design the study and to collect the data. Using Holliday’s Host Culture Complex model […]

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{Call for Chapters} Understanding Rural Education (Bill Reynolds, Series Editor)

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Call for chapters in Understanding Rural Education (Bill Reynolds, Series Editor),a new volume in the book series: English Language Education in Rural Contexts: Theory, Research, and Practices. The deadline for abstracts is Feb. 1st, and full chapter deadline is June 1st. Possible topics might address one or more of the following (but not limited to these topics): ·  Effectiveness of […]

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{NEW BOOK} Byram’s ICC revisited

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Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited Michael Byram ISBN: 9781800410237 Published: 8th Dec 2020 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Availability: Available (recent release) Price: £21.95 This revised edition of Michael Byram’s classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching […]

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{Research report} Hybrid learning in language teaching organisations

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I’m happy to share a research report on a collaborative project on hybrid learning with  our MA alumna (Sophia Mavridi who is now a digital learning specialist and lecturer in English teaching at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK) involved in. In her report on the hybrid classroom, the new teaching methods emerged during COVID-19 are addressed. In order to […]

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