In this reflection, I want to share my experience of presenting and participating in the one-day event on Language Research, Performance and the Creative Arts at the University of Leeds. It was one of my most enjoyable academic experience as the event provided a rich space of critical discussions. I have got inspired from the researchers of different fields who are interested […]
Read moreThis is a conference organised by ELT Department of Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey and being held in Istanbul from March 10-12, 2016. Please note that the deadline for proposals is November 1st Check out the conference website: www.languageinfocus.org for more details. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by November 30th, 2015. From their website: The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers, teachers and […]
Read moreMultilingual CALL: Multilingual Language Learning with Digital Media in Primary and Secondary Classrooms Frankfurt, February 17-18, 2016 Learners of a second or foreign language are not homogeneous with regard to their linguistic backgrounds and their degree of fluency in different languages. Students often have skills in more than one language, including languages previously studied at school, as well as heritage […]
Read moreSpeaker: Prof Andy Kirkpatrick (Griffith University, Australia) Thursday 29 October, at 17:00 in room RHB 137 (Richard Hoggart building) Location: Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/ Abstract In this presentation I shall consider the implications of the development of English as a lingua franca in East and Southeast Asia with a focus on two specific issues: first, what are […]
Read moreThis is an all-day performance workshop run by award-winning poet Tawona Sithole of the Researching Multilingually at Borders project that Richard is part of. They are asking for participants to go up to Glasgow and test out some of the materials that Tawona is writing for the final project performance. If you have always fancied a go at acting, then why […]
Read moreI have now attended three classes in Koine (New Testament) Greek in the space of 8 days. In that time I have had to come to grips with a completely new alphabet (learn the names of the letters, how to write them and pronounce them, diphthongs, breathings, punctuation, subscripts …), learn how to conjugate two different verb types, decline one type of noun […]
Read moreThis symposium “Strengthening connectivities in ELT: pedagogies, disciplines, cultures” is being organized by The Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore. The Symposium will be held on 25 to 27 May 2016. It invites abstracts from ELT practitioners and scholars, with the deadline for submissions 15th November, 2015. To submit an abstract or register as a participant, please check […]
Read moreThe 8th International Conference on TESOL, organised by The English language Centre (ELC), Shantou University has opened its call for papers. You can get more details from the conference website The conference theme is: Bridging ELT Theory and Practice: Innovations and Reservations in the Digital Age. As the development of technology has brought both opportunities and challenges to the ELT […]
Read moreAn interesting article that claims “Researchers are ‘not doing enough’ to explore options outside academia” What do you think? Is anyone planning on exploring other options?
Read moreThe Applied Linguistic and Communication group at Newcastle University are active through a variety of online and social media accounts. They say that through these they provide news, updates and discussions related to their research activities and interests, mostly in the areas of Applied Linguistics, language learning, TESOL, Cross-/Inter-Cultural Communication, and Discourse and social interaction. They invite us to have a […]
Read moreA freshly minted book written by Anne Swan, Pamela Aboshiha, and Adrian Holliday. For us interested in Native-Nonnative speakearism issues in English Language Teaching. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/encountering-nativespeakerism-anne-swan/?isb=9781137463494
Read moreLanguage Research, Performance and the Creative Arts Friday 16 October 2015 Coach House, School of Education, Hillary Place, University of Leeds Programme and abstracts 9.30 Registration & coffee 10.00 Welcome – Lou Harvey & Jessica Bradley 10.15 Presentations Jessica Bradley, University of Leeds “Why street performance? Linguistic ethnography in multilingual community arts” Zhuomin Huang, University of Manchester “Through the Eye […]
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The Manual for the Intercultural education resources for Erasmus students and their teachers developed in the frame of the IEREST project has just been published and can be downloaded from academia.edu
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International & Foreign Language Students International education and foreign language learning is an area of education that has evolved dramatically in the last few decades. This collection covers many contemporary issues surrounding international and foreign language students, such as: Language learning Student experience Teaching Technology Curriculum Education policy Download articles here.
Read moreThis is a new book edited by Robert O’Dowd and Tim Lewis, and includes contributions by several Cultnet people. (For more information on Cutlet, see reflections by Khwan and Min) The publishers say: This volume provides a state of the art overview of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in university education and demonstrates how educators can use OIE to address current challenges […]
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