We are pleased to announce the launch of the new European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL is a refereed scholarly publication which aims to disseminate information, knowledge and expertise in the broad area of applied linguistics, with a strong preference for contributions relating to second language acquisition, as well as foreign […]
Read morePlease add your details to this page by logging in and then editing this page. As the months tick by, I will transfer the past papers to the Archived LTE papers category. December 2011 Lou Harvey – Critical English for Academic Purposes: Creating connection and community. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Newer Researchers’ Conference, Newport, Wales, 6th-7th December 2011. […]
Read moreHere is a link to a ppt version of my presentation at a Georgetown University faculty seminar on the 22nd of Sep, 2011, in Doha, Qatar. Ppt for GU seminar Magda I have now modified the slide with an equation. I hope it’s clearer. Here it is: Frustrated fascination
Read moreI couldn’t resist sharing this one …. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14788731
Read moreMark Shurz contacted me (‘cold’ after coming across our community) with the following links if anyone is interested: I write articles for http://www.phdprogramsonline.org/, a website dedicated to providing students with the information and tools needed in order to pursue their Online PhD Programs. I ran across your site, and I thought that your readers might be interested in the latest […]
Read moreYesterday we had our BAAL colloquium in Bristol: Jane Andrews ppt Xiaowei Zhou (and Richard Fay) ppt Mariam Attia ppt Richard Fay & Leah Davcheva ppt The Colloquium went really well. We did not have a large audience but those who came seemed interested in the work as reflected in the questions asked. Ros Mitchell, for example asked a question about […]
Read moreHere is a link to an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/defining-internationalization/28615 Magda
Read moreThe Australian Review of Applied Linguistics has published a special issue on English as an International language, which is available free of charge from the link below: http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aral/issue/view/175 There are articles by all the ‘usual suspects’ (Phillipson, Pennycook, Kirkpatrick, Seidlhoffer and others).
Read moreThis is the first newsletter in what I hope will become a monthly endeavour p?sted towards the end of the month concerned. If you want me to include any items, let me know as and when the item arises, and I will include it in the next Newsletter. Alternatively, you can add you news as a comment to my postings. The […]
Read moreOn Friday the 19th of August, the British Council office in Kabul was attacked by two suicide bombers. Several people were killed, mostly Afghani policemen. The attack took place on the day marking 92 years of Afghanistan’s independence from the British rule in 1919. Although the Guardian said that “it was unclear whether the attack was related to the […]
Read moreI am putting this under ‘Research Methods’ although it’s really about supervisory cultures/approaches. I am currently reading the following book: Lee, Anna (2012!). Successful research supervision: advising students doing research. London and New York, Routledge. In it, Lee identifies five (potentially interconnected) supervisory approaches as follows: (institutionally-oriented) functional (relating to Code sof Practice, contractual obligations, organisational matters Panels etc); supporting enculturation; developing critical thinking; enabling […]
Read moreLast May, I submitted a proposal for a paper “English Language, Arab Students, Polish Teacher: Hybrid Identities in a Globalised Qatari Classroom” to be presented at the 4th International Adriatic-Ionian Conference, ACROSS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1-3 September, 2011. The proposal was accepted in June for presentation at the Intercultural Education/Cultural Identity and Globalisation session. […]
Read moreHere’s some info on a new journal I litterally stumbled upon. The topic of the journal is (obviously) English as a Lingua Franca, and it’s edited by Jennifer Jenkins, Barbara Seidlhoffer and Anna Mauranen. There doesn’t seem to be a page anywhere with information for authors, but I thought it might be interesting nonetheless
Read moreHere are the latest Shanghai rankings. The University of Manchester appears to be in the 5th place in the UK table, 5th in Europe (used to be 9th) and 38th in the world ranking (used to be 44th).
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