Video of Professor Nazmi Abdel-Salam Al-Masr from the Islamic University of Gaza
Here is a short taster video of Professor Nazmi Abdel-Salam Al-Masr’s visit to us last June.
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Call for papers: Special issue of RPLTL on ‘Writing assignments and dissertations in distance learning within the TESOL context’
Please consider contributing to this two-volume, special issue of Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning. The subject of the Special Issue is “Written Assignments and Dissertations in Distance Learning within the TESOL Context” Please see the new CfP on the RPLTL’s website.
Read moreNew issue of Research Papers in Language Teaching and learning now available
You can access Vol 7 no 1 of RPLTL here under Current Issue This issue has two main foci: one focusing on teachers (their attitudes, development, perceptions about their learners and the curriculum), and another one focusing on learners. Of all the papers, six have an interest in the former, ten on the latter. Of the papers the focus on learners, nine (the vast majority, in […]
Read moreSecond call for papers – Crossing Boundaries: Language Learning and Teaching Inside and Outside the Classroom, BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG, June-July 2016
Crossing Boundaries: Language Learning and Teaching Inside and Outside the Classroom Annual conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG 30th of June -1st of July 2016 Hosted by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University Traditionally, language teaching and learning has been compartmentalised in many ways in our research, teaching methodology, materials, and perceptions. Boundaries and borders are now disappearing […]
Read moreCall for papers: Young language Learners Symposium, July 2016, University of Oxford.
The organizing committee of the YLL Symposium 2016 invites the submission of abstracts on any research-oriented topic relating to the learning of a foreign, second or additional language by learners of primary school age or younger. Where?: Department of Education, University of Oxford University When?: July 6th – 8th, 2016 Please see Conference website for more details Presentation Format Oral Presentations (individual […]
Read more2nd call for papers – Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts, Vienna, July 2016
The Association for Language Awareness is calling for proposals for papers and posters for the 13th International Language Awareness Conference (ALA 2016) Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts that will take place at the WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) from July 19-22, 2016. The submission deadline for both is 15 November 2015. Conference Themes LALT: Language Awareness in Language Learning and Language Teaching LAWB: […]
Read more2nd call for papers: 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND ELT Language in Focus: From Theory to Practice: New Directions in ELT and Applied Linguistics, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2016
This 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 moreLatest issue: Foreign Language Annals
This new issue is available at Wiley Online library. See below for content and links to individual articles. President’s Messages Intercultural Engagement (pages 163–164) Jacque Van Houten Article first published online: 22 JUN 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/flan.12142 Editor’s Message (pages 165–167) Anne Nerenz Article first published online: 22 JUN 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/flan.12141 Teaching Language Learners to Elaborate on Their Responses: […]
Read moreNew paper by Enric Llurda: ‘The decline and fall of the native speaker teacher’
New materials developed by MA Alumnus, Tyson Seburn: Academic Reading Circles
Tyson Seburn has published an ebook aimed at teachers who teach Academic English, focussing particularly on academic reading skills. It seems to me that it would be useful for developing critical thinking too. Here is what Tyson says about his new materials: ARC is an intensive reading approach whose components work on the basis that deep textual comprehension for language learners is developed better through initial collaboration […]
Read moreCall for papers: Special Issue of Language Teaching Research on Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom
Language Teaching Research announces a call for abstracts for a special topic issue on intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom. The issue will address empirical, conceptual, and theoretical concerns related to the development of critical cultural awareness, which is of special importance particularly in the field of English language education, considering the status of English as a global language […]
Read moreCelebrating 50 years of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck: Last event in the year
On 12 June 2015, Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck College, University of London will be hosting a one day conference as a finale to our year-long series of events to celebrate 50 years of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck. The conference will consist of talks by former and current colleagues and a Roundtable discussion where eminent scholars will […]
Read moreNew Book by David Nunan: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
This is a new book published by Routledge that the practitioners among us might find interesting. Here is what the publishers say about the book: David Nunan’s dynamic learner-centered teaching style has informed and inspired countless TESOL educators around the world. In this fresh, straightforward introduction to teaching English to speakers of other languages he presents teaching techniques and procedures […]
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