Open Access Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness of Open Access as a new form of disseminating research output. This year, it takes place from 20th to 26th October. To mark the occasion, I have cross-posted some information about Open Access from my blog, which I hope may be of use to members of the community. […]
Read moreAfter a one-month wait finally we (me and Richard) received the good news that the abstract we submitted for ELTWO Special Issues – CLIL in ELT has been accepted. This is still the preliminary step though as we have to still prepare the full manuscript (fingers crossed that things will go very well 🙂 ). Here is the abstract and […]
Read moreRecherche et Pratiques pédagogiques en langues de spécialité – Cahiers de l’APLIUT,vol. XXXIV N° 2 What does the term “success” mean in the field of LSP (Languages for Specific Purposes)? What do we mean by “failure”? If the concepts of success and failure seem to be interdependent, are they mutually exclusive? Is failure a necessary step on the route to success? And […]
Read moreAfter going through my review panel, I am thinking that it’s time for me to push myself more to develop my academic writing skill and also the skill to express my ideas to the academic community. Therefore, I ventured to start writing for publications. Here is the abstract which I co-write with Richard which we submitted for the forthcoming edition […]
Read moreI’m adding this short note because I can’t find the joint post I wrote with Magdalena and Mariam (May 2013) about having our chapter proposals accepted for a forthcoming book on teacher identity. Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education is a book edited by Paul Breen, to be published by IGI Global by the end of […]
Read moreI’ve had news today of acceptance (with revisions) of an article I submitted to International Journal of Research and Method in Education. The article is called ‘Beyond member-checking: A dialogic approach to the research interview’, and is based on my methodological approach to my doctoral work. The reviewer comments were very thorough and helpful (which is not always the case!), […]
Read moreThe Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes is a new open access journal published by the University of Niš. The journal publishes double-blind peer-reviewed articles reporting on original research in the fields of General and Applied Linguistics, ESP and EAP. The Table of Contents for the latest issue (Vol.1, No.1) can be found here, and authors interested in submitting are encouraged to read their editorial […]
Read moreThis blog post has been prompted by Open Access 2013, which began on Monday (21st October) and will run until 27th October. What I aim to do in the paragraphs that follow is describe what Open Access publication is, discuss some salient advantages and concerns, and provide readers with resources which I have found useful. It is by no means an […]
Read moreMy chapter for the Sage Cases in Methodology collection looks like it will be published, perhaps later in the year. The chapter is called “An ethnography of academic writing: on the very idea of an ethnography”, and it essentially about my struggles in characterising and naming (not to mention conducting and writing) my doctoral research. The SCM project itself looks […]
Read moreDear All I thought I’d write this fairly urgently as many of you may have been in the same position, or are likely to be in the near future… This morning I arrived to find an email in my work inbox from Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), an arm of VDM. They are offering to publish my PhD thesis; in fact, […]
Read moreSome of us responded to Paul Breen’s call (LTE blog, “Miscellaneous News”, March 2013) for chapter proposals for a book edited by him, entitled Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education. It is to be published by IGI Global some time towards the end of 2014. Several of our proposals have been accepted. They include Magdalena de Stefani’s, […]
Read moreThe latest developments in the publishing world especially regarding Open Access have left many researchers confused. This link will (hopefully) offer some clarification in this respect.
Read moreEquinox is pleased to announce a new journal Language and Sociocultural Theory edited by James Lantolf (The Pennsylvania State University). Language and Sociocultural Theory is an international journal devoted to the study of language from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural theory. Articles appearing in the journal may draw upon research in the following fields of study: linguistics and applied linguistics, […]
Read moreApples: Journal of Applied Language Studies is a peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal in the field of applied language studies. The full volume of 2012 is now online. The first issue includes four articles that deal with language education and language teaching in different contexts. Jörgen Tholin problematizes equality of language education within the so called SvEn education, where goal […]
Read moreThe Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research (JSLTR) is a new, open-access journal which hopes to provide a platform both for established and early-career researchers. JSLTR is engaged with building a community of practice (both online and offline) and supports debate and scholarship in second language teaching and research. Issue 2 is available here: www.uclan.ac.uk/jsltr
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