Jerome Bruner dies aged 100
If you have ever read anything on narrative then I’m sure you’ve come across the name of Jerome Bruner. Here is an obituary by the Washington Post.
Read moreCall for papers: Language in Focus Conference, Multiple Perceptual Frames on ELT and SLA, March 2017, Cyprus
if you fancy a conference in Cyprus, then check out the following. Here is what the organisers say: Annual LIF conferences have already become an academic platform for exchanging exciting ideas, projects and scientific research results between aspiring academics, teachers, and well-known researchers. In harmony with this spirit of academic enthusiasm, LIF2017 Conference aims at providing a forum for participants […]
Read moreCall for Papers: Online Conference on Research into Using Technology for Language Learning
This is an exciting new event organised by Laureate-Cambridge OLLReN and IATEFL’s LTSIG which will bring together researchers from around the world to share their work into investigating the impact of technology on language learning. Thursday 6th to Friday 7th October 2016 To submit a proposal click here Deadline: 4th July, 10:00 (BST) Laureate-Cambridge OLLReN (Online Language Learning Research Network) is a virtual […]
Read moreConference organised by Alex Baratta and Paul Smith, Call for papers: An exploration of religious voices and identities in higher education, The University of Manchester
This one-day conference brings together researchers, lecturers and students who share an interest, be it personal, teaching or research-based, in the topic of religion in higher education. The focus is to explore the reality for university students who are also members of a faith. The broad question that derives from this is essentially, ‘can the two identities of student and […]
Read moreNew Book: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM ELF
Edited by the organisers of the ELF6 Conference in Rome, it has been published by RomaTrE-Press (Roma Tre University Press) The book is composed by 24 chapters and it is divided into three parts: 1) ELF, language teaching and teacher education; 2) Communication in plurilingual and migration contexts: attitudes and interactions; 3) ELF in business and academia. The twenty-four chapters […]
Read moreCall for chapters: various books for TESOL press
New Ways in Teaching with Music deadline June 30th New Ways in Teaching Creative Writing for the ELL Community deadline June 15th
Read moreBERA Conference, Education: A Global Perspective, University of Worcester, June 21-22 2016
The keynote lecture will be given by Gary Brace who has been Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) since its inception in 2000. There will be a variety of talks. For more information and to register see website
Read moreNew volume edited by Su Lyn Corcoran and Dimitrina Kaneva: Being “On the Margins” Exploring Intersections
Congratulations to Su and Dimi on the publication of this book. You can find details here.
Read moreLou Harvey’s new article: ‘I am Italian in the world’: a mobile student’s story of language learning and ideological becoming
Lou has just had an article published in the journal ‘Language and Intercultural Communication’, related to her thesis work. You can access it here. Congratulations, Lou!
Read moreLANTERN Lunchtime Talk No. 6, Narrative researcher praxis: Three reflections on developing doctoral practice
Call for papers: The Image Conference, Malta, October 2016
This is a pre-conference event about using images in ELT. The Image Conference will be held on 6 October while the 5th ELT Malta Conference will be held on 7-8 October at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta. Both conferences will be organised by the ELT Council. Speaker proposals for talks and workshops can be submitted until 31 May 2016 by filling […]
Read moreLANTERN Summer Event 2016: Kaleidoscope
So, I have finally thought of a slightly more inspiring name than ‘Summer Event’. ‘Kaleidoscope’ is the title of this year’s event, as opposed to the ‘Bringing it back home’ summer event of the last two years, but more fitting I think in terms of our creative theme. Here are the details so far: Thursday June 16th 10.00- 16.00 (ish) Ellen […]
Read moreReminder! BAAL Intercultural Communication SIG, 7th annual seminar, 19 – 20 May, London
Location: The Open University, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London, NW1 8NP Costs: £99 for BAAL members, £115 for non-members, two postgraduate scholarships will be available, no daily rate Theme: Intercultural communication and social responsibility in a multilingual, globalized world Keynote speaker: Professor Adelheid Hu, University of Luxemburg If you have any queries, please contact us via the following mailbox: […]
Read moreThis is Levenshulme (AllFM Radio) Calling ….
A bit of fun here …. My first attempt at being a klezmer DJ with my close friend and musical co-conspirator, Bob Shaw !! Otro Mundo Klezmer Special
Read moreIALIC 2016 Barcelona
The 16th IALIC conference on ‘Bridging across Language and Cultures in Everyday Lives: New Roles for Changing Scenarios‘ will be held in Barcelona, Spain in November 2016. The deadline for call for presentation proposals is 15 May. In a world of transcultural ‘mash-ups’, multilingual rap and multi-party videoconferencing apps for cellphones, there is a need for a theoretical shift towards an […]
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