The pre-conference event of the Research SIG at this year’s IATEFL conference in Glasgow is looking at the history of ELT to mark the 50th anniversay of IATEFL. It’s being led by Richard Smith and Friederike Klippel and if you’re interested check out the details here.
Read moreI’ve just found out about this and am posting it here in case anyone is interested. It’s being run by Vitae and the topic is: Coping with stress and anxiety: health and well-being for researchers. It will take place on the 14 March between 2-3pm (UK Time). This is an opportunity for your researchers to learn more about looking after […]
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We are delighted to announce our next LANTERN lunchtime talk, which will be give by Ana Mocanu from the University of Cambridge, 12:00 – 13:00, 31st March, 2017, C3.30, Ellen Wilkinson. In the talk, she will problematize the concept of intercultural pedagogies in relation to discourses of globalization, Higher Education (HE) internationalisation, and also UK policies on internationalising HE teaching and learning. She will further […]
Read moreIt’s been a long time coming, but at last a book chapter I wrote the first draft for back in November 2015 has been published. It is about the classroom-based research that I undertook with the learners of EUS9 (English for University Studies, class 9), and was written in collaboration with two of the learners. The chapter is titled: ‘EAP learners […]
Read moreChair in Language Education Lecturer in Language Education (two posts) The University of Leeds is seeking to appoint a Chair and two Lecturers in Language Education, to join the Language Education Academic Group in the School of Education. The deadline for applications for all posts is 27 March 2017. Interviews will be held in late April 2017. For further information […]
Read moreWorld Education Day-2017 Theme: Inheritance, Innovation, Development and Philanthropy Time: September 27-29, 2017 Place: Dalian, China Tentative Program Main Conference Part 1: Welcome Banquet and Opening Ceremony Part 2: Plenary Lectures on Education for Sustainable Development Block 1: Educational Leadership Forums Forum 1-1: New Leadership in Education -Top 100 President talking about How to Build World Class Universities Forum 1-2: […]
Read moreLecturer in Education (TESOL/Applied Lingustics) Job number ACAD102484 Division/School Graduate School of Education Working pattern Full time Closing date for applications 28-Mar-2017 Location: Bristol UK The Graduate School of Education is seeking to appoint an outstanding individual to make a significant contribution to the School’s long established Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) / Applied Linguistics provision. […]
Read moreLast year, Volha and I went on a course at Bournemouth University called ‘Creative writing for academics’. I wrote about our time there on this Blog, which also included the poem that Volha wrote as part of the course. The workshop also inspired ‘Chronicle of a teacher researcher’ which I read at our LANTERN summer event, Kaleidoscope 2016, and which is about […]
Read moreCongratulations to Eljee who has newly published a chapter on ‘Almost native-speakers: the experiences of visible ethnic-minority, native-English speaking teachers‘!! Javier, E. (2016). Almost native-speakers: the experiences of visible ethnic-minority, native-English speaking teachers. In LETs and NESTs: Voices, Views and Vignettes by Copland, F., Garton, S., and Mann, S. (eds.). London: British Council, pp. 253 – 267. You may also find more […]
Read moreDear colleagues, I am happy to inform you that the new Special Double Issue of our scientific journal, Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning, focusing on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), has just been published. You can find the new double issue here: http://rpltl.eap.gr/ > Current Issue. With many thanks to the guest editors, Dr Eleni Griva and […]
Read moreIs ‘qualitative data analysis’ too vague for you? Are you wondering how to do justice to your data? If you are researching social processes, institutions, culture or identity, but are unsure about how to analyse the discourse data from your fieldwork, then consider joining this five day research training course. The programme is designed to help PhD and post-doctoral researchers […]
Read moreWe are pleased to invite you to attend an event to celebrate International Mother Language Day on 21 February 2017. ‘Manchester Talks Many Languages’ will take place at Central Library, 5:30pm-7pm. Please find an invitation with further details here: http://mlm.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/invitation.png We would be delighted if you could join us there (RSVP to charlotte.jones@manchester.ac.uk by 8 February).
Read moreThe Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication (ALC), Birkbeck College, University of London invites applications for a lectureship with a track record and relatively extensive experience in the research area of Sociolinguistics. We would welcome applicants with expertise in the study of sociolinguistics in multilingual and intercultural contexts, particularly, in one or more of the following areas: Language variation and change […]
Read moreLecturer/Assistant Lecturer in Spanish Language Studies – School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Contract Type: Permanent Department: Spanish & Latin American Studies Closing Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017 Reference: Lec_Spanish Position Open To: All The Role Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship […]
Read moreCall for papers for the Special Issue 18.1 LAIC Due for publication February 2018 Editors: Melinda Dooly & Claudia Vallejo Working Title: Bridging across languages and cultures in everyday lives: new roles for changing scenarios We are accepting two types of submissions: • Full research articles (8000 words maximum, all inclusive). Up to eight articles may be admitted however we […]
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