Congratulations ….
… are due to Sahar Abdulelah (who is supervised by Juup) who successfully negotiated the viva today 🙂
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Raising the status of indigenous languages – the case of Quechua
I came across this clip yesterday about a 14 year-old Peruvian girl who has managed to transform the socially accepted view that Quechua, the language of the Incas, is only spoken by the uneducated and indigenous populations. Her version of Michael Jackson’s ‘The way you make me feel’ has gone viral on YouTube and has had a particular impact on the way […]
Read moreAbstract accepted for ‘Voices from the TESOL classroom’ series
A few weeks ago, myself and two of my learners submitted an abstract for the series ‘Voices from the TESOL classroom’. I was really excited about this series as they were specifically asking for contributions between teachers and academics, or teachers and learners. One thing I have wanted to do for some time is to find a way for the […]
Read moreAn online course in ‘How to survive your PhD’ by The Thesis Whisperer
This course is aimed at both PhD students and supervisors, as well as family and friends who might be interested in how to support us through the PhD journey. The author writes: ‘How to Survive your PhD’ runs for 10 weeks, but it’s designed to be lightweight and easy to manage and should take you no more than an hour […]
Read moreNewsletter #8 (July 2015)
I am sitting on a patio, drinking coffee in the early morning sunshine in southern Spain, high up in the mountains but looking in the distance to the Med, reflecting on all that has happened recently and is set to happen soon. First of all, this is the moment to again congratulate all our new doctors: —- from the D […]
Read moreOPEN-MINDED WALKING: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INSPIRATION TO STRIKE
(Some of) Our Doctoral Graduates July 2015
Gaza online seminar series?
As reported in recent blog postings, PhD Education alumnus (from 1993), Professor Nazmi Al-Masri, from the Islamic University of Gaza, recently visited us as part of his UK trip to connect with colleagues (me included) from the AHRC-funded Researching Multilingually at Borders project – http://researching-multilingually-at-borders.com One idea that arose during Nazmi’s visit was that of our doctoral community developing a […]
Read moreProfessor Nazmi Al-Masri’s visit to Manchester
Last Thursday we were very privileged to have Prof. Nazmi Al-Mari from the Islamic University Gaza (IUG) with us for an hour or so. Nazmi, an alumnus of the University of Manchester, had managed to leave Gaza for a few days in a seemingly rare opening of the borders. We are very grateful that he managed to make Manchester a part of […]
Read moreSlides from the Bring it Back Home presentations
As we get your permission, we’ll be posting all the presentations from Bring it Back Home 2015 here. Gary Motteram Paul Breen Magda Rostron Lada Smirnova Sutraphorn Tantiniranat (Khwan) Siti Fitriyah (Fitri) Eljee Javier
Read moreBring it back home 2015
It is now less than a week before the 2015 ‘Bring it back home’ event. Last year, eight of our community (2 staff, 5 current students and one postdoc) presented a conference paper they had given in some location around the world during that year. Achilleas was one of those students, and joined us via Skype. This year we are going bigger and […]
Read morePosters presented at the IATEFL Research SIG Pre-conference event
Both Volha and I presented posters at this year’s Research SIG event. The theme was about developing as a researcher. The day was divided into three strands, with each strand given an ‘impulse’ by David Nunan, Sue Garton and Cynthia White. Volha’s poster formed part of Strand 1: A researchers’ journey: Challenges, issues and strategies. Mine was part of Strand 3: Identities, […]
Read moreReflections on a week of conference experiences
Last week was a bit of a whirlwind: IATEFL, followed by the Roundtable on Complex Systems Theory and ELT, both here in Manchester, and then the CultNet seminar in Durham at the end of the week. Apart from the many great conversations and meals (I think I have been to more restaurants in Manchester in the last week than the last […]
Read moreNew Multilingual Matters volumes (2015)
www.multilingual-matters.com Some new volumes here that might be of interest, including: “Second language students in English-medium classrooms” (Coreen Sears) — of interest maybe Fitri? “Emerging self-identities and emotion in foreign language education- a narrative-oriented approach” (Masuko Miyahara) — of interest Lou? “Sociocultural theory in second language acquisition: an introduction through narratives” (2nd edn) (Merrill Swain, Penny Kinnear, and Linda Steinman) […]
Read moreCongratulations ….
…. to Min and Fida for successfully negotiating the “Progression to Main Study rite of passage … now the joy of ethics forms awaits 🙂 … and to Khwan for getting to the Finals of the 3-Minute Thesis and acquitting herself so well in them.
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