New RF publications

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I am pleased to have two book chapters out in quick succession: Davcheva, L, Fay, R. and Byram M. (Dec 2011). Zones of interculturality in postgraduate doctorate supervision. In F. Derwin, A. Gajardo A. and Lavanchy, F. (eds.), Politics of interculturality,(pp.127-149). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press. Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3365-3 / Isbn: 1-4438-3365-7 http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Politics-of-Interculturality1-4438-3365-7.htm This volume also contains chapters by: Fred Dervin, Catherine Doherty, […]

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Listing for our NM2012 Paper & Panel proposals

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First, in alphabetical author order, the full set of our nine Paper submissions, then the details of the Panel (with six potential contributions): PAPER SUBMISSIONS Mira Bekar – Co-constructing the social and interactive self in online text-based chats [abstract] Magdalena De Stefani — Reflexivity in action research: exploring the role of narratives [abstract] Richard Fay and Leah Davcheva – Being Jewish in Bulgaria: […]

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"Besides, isn't this what we always wanted?"

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In an article titled ‘Empowerment as a Pedagogy of Possibility‘ (Language Arts 64 4), Roger Simon makes the following observation: As an introduction to, preparation for, and legitimation of particular forms of social life, education always presupposes a vision of the future. In this respect, a curriculum and its supporting pedagogy are a vision of our own dreams of ourselves, […]

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Experience from ENIEDA conference on linguistic and intercultural education

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The 4th ENIEDA conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education took place in Vrshac, Serbia, 29 Sept-  , 2011. The focus was placed on negotiating and constructing European identities across language and cultures. It was a small scale conference, a combination of plenary speakers (Cornelia Ilie,  Maguelonne Dejant-Pons and Srikant Saranji), workshops and paper presentations. I personally, expected more interactivity both during workshops and […]

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A CMIC article for a Special issue of Intercultural Education

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Some good news – the editor of this Special Issue writes …. Thank you for your abstract submission for the special issue of Intercultural Education on “Media, Technology, and Intercultural Education.” Your proposed abstract “Becoming communicatively competent in the 21st century; Computer-mediated intercultural communication” aligns strongly with the goals of this special issue, and I am pleased to invite you […]

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TESOL conference in Doha

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Last weekend I participated in the international TESOL conference in Doha (1-3 Oct, 2011) on Putting Research into Practice. My presentation was on how Cooperative Development contributes to and enhances reflective teaching practice (“CD or the Art of Teacher Maintenance”), inspired by and based on Julian’s work. It went very well and, for the first time, I managed to present […]

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ENIEDA conference (Serbia)

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I have just added (to the ‘Archived LTE papers’ thread) the ppt for the paper given by Leah and myself at this event in Vrsac in Serbia. The European Network for Intercultural Education and Activities (ENIEDA) is a new-ish grouping with very strong roots in the Balkans led by the dynamic Professor Cornelia Ilie (formerly of Romania and long-time based […]

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Newsletter #2 (September 2011)

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Another month has whizzed past – I shouldn’t be surprised because, for me, Septembers tend to be a blur as we rush around getting the new academic year up and running. So, it’s time to take stock via another newsletter as I sit in a conference venue in Vrsac in Serbia, not far from Romania. I’m here for the first time in Serbia, and for […]

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Seminar at Georgetown

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On the 22nd of September I gave a presentation at the Georgetown University Culture and Politics faculty seminar. It was called Language, culture, education in a Qatari English classroom – exploring areas of dialogue and tension in the diverse environment of the Academic Bridge Program, Education City, Doha, Qatar. I posted the ppt here. I discussed the main parameters and background […]

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Erensya

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Leah gave this paper Leah Davcheva and Richard Fay — “Snatches of Spain in the stories of Sephardim in Bulgaria”, paper presented at the 1st Global Erensya Platform Summit, Bulgaria, 19th -21st September 2011 (link now takes you to a general website rather than the summit website, SD). ppt … on Monday to a particularly special (given our topic) audience in […]

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