Artful Prose: A writing and visual thinking course for postgraduate researchers (MRes, MPhil, PhD), nurturing academic writing and making
Min has sent me information for a very interesting (free!) course that is being led by Dr Amanda Ravetz and Dr Myna Trustram, Manchester School of Art, MMU. It is a series of four day workshops looking at the writing experience using art, drama and even bookmaking! To me it sounds like a very novel approach to thinking about writing and […]
Read moreFixed term Research Assistant post at University of Stirling
This is a research assistant post (part-time, fixed-term) at the University of Stirling to help us on the project the British Council funded project entitled “Master’s programmes in ELT: A survey of UK provision and student experiences”. The closing date is 13 January 2016, and interviews are scheduled for 21 January 2016. Click here for more details.
Read moreJob hunting? A good website for academic posts
Gary posted this link in the MA TESOL Facebook page, and I though it would be good to make it available here too. It’s for educaloxy.com and seems to advertise posts all over the world – teaching and academic. I’ll also add it to the Links tab above so that it is easily available.
Read moreLANTERN Lunchtime Talk No.2. Ecologies of Emerging English Language Curricula: Learning from three different contexts
LANTERN (Lunch-time) Talks in 2016
So, with many thanks to Susan (organiser-in-chief), Paul and Alex, and Khwan, Elisa and Fitri (our speakers), to Peter (technological support), we have made a good start on this community-building, research-in-progress sharing, LANTERN profile-raising endeavour – thank you one and all as well as to those who have supported the events with attendance and questions and discussion afterwards – it […]
Read moreNew Book: The Cultural and Intercultural Dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca
In this volume edited by Prue Holmes and Fred Dervin, there is a chapter with my long-standing Greek colleagues Nicos Sifakis and Vally Lytra: “Interculturalities of English as a lingua franca: international communication and multicultural awareness in the Greek context”. This seeks to bring to ELF teaching a combination of an outward/ international-looking EIL/EIC (English as an International Language/ English […]
Read moreCall for papers – Interculturalism: Cultures and Identities, Oxford, July 2016
This is the 9th Global Meeting of a Cultures, Traditions, Societies Project. The conference will be held from Monday 18th July – Wednesday 20th July 2016, Mansfield College, Oxford. There is an impressive and wide-ranging list of topics that are included in the conference theme. Interculturalism stands at the interface between the individual, local groups, societies and cultures. These compete, conflict, co-exist and trigger […]
Read moreInteresting workshop for those doing an ethnographic study, January 2016, University of Leeds
There are a final few places available for the Linguistic Ethnography data workshops (15-16 January, in Leeds, UK). The fee is only £20 for ECRs and free to current PhDs, and the final deadline is 14 December. Please see the call details below. You are warmly invited to join fellow PhD students and ECRs to explore different perspectives on and approaches to […]
Read moreEljee’s reflections on her post-doctoral life
The Ethnographic Encounters -workshop
El 4 de Noviembre asistí al taller denominado “Encuentros Etnográficos” en la Universidad de Southampton. En esta conferencia, algunos ponentes (profesores, autores de libros, etc.) hablaron sobre la importancia de las estancias en el extranjero para los estudiantes de lenguas modernas. Se hablo también sobre sus beneficios y los resultados obtenidos al colaborar entre universidades. De hecho dos ex-alumnas presentaron el […]
Read moreLANTERN Lunchtime Talk No.1
Here is the video of Paul and Alex’s talk. And also the Q&A session. Note that this part is only available to university staff and students.
Read moreThe language of the emoji: ‘face with tears of joy’ is Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year
Did you know that this year’s Oxford Dictionary word of the year is actually an emoji? Read the article to find out more. Anything in this for the interculturally inclined members of our community?
Read moreCall for Papers: John Dewey’s “Democracy and Education” 100 Years On, 28 Sept 28 – 1 Oct 2016, University of Cambridge
John Dewey’s “Democracy and Education” 100 Years On: Past, Present, and Future Relevance September 28 – October 1 2016 Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge “Democracy and Education” argues that democracy is a necessary way of living together to protect the individual and maintain social equity. The book’s publication in 1916 was designed to promote a philosophy of education to […]
Read moreA proposal for a book chapter (ELF4EFL)
A proposal to contribute in a book chapter by Richard and I have been accepted. The chapter will be in a volume edited by Nicos Sifakis and Natasha Tsantila (and we were informed that Professor Henry Widdowson, Professor Barbara Seidlhofer and Professor Suresh Canagarajah have agreed to contribute chapters in this volume as well!) The tentative title of the book is “ELF […]
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