Blog post by Anita Lewicka on the native, non-native teacher issue
An interesting post in which Anita Lewicka reflects on both her native and non-native teachers of English and Italian.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced Project Manager to lead a unique and growing English Language project (called Action Language) run by an award winning charity: http://www.actionfoundation.org.uk/news_events_rec_projectman.html
Read more(Some of) Our Doctoral Graduates July 2015
IALIC 2015: “Intercultural Communication in Social Practice
Dear all, Greetings from Edinburgh! I reckon my name might sound unfamiliar to some of you, slightly because I completed my PhD at Manchester a few years ago, and largely because I have been quiet on this forum for a long time as I was drawn to the various adventures in the early stage of my academic career in a […]
Read more“Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom”
Special Topic Issue of Language Teaching Research: Call for Papers “Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom” Guest editors Melina Porto, Stephanie Ann Houghton and Michael Byram http://ltr.sagepub.com/site/includefiles/CFP-International.pdf
Read moreClaire Kramsch — online intervew
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Read moreConference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016)
Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016) Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) July 19-22, 2016 General Information WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) is calling for proposals for papers and posters for the conference ALA 2016. The submission deadline for both is 15 November 2015. We welcome abstracts that address […]
Read moreGaza 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 more12th ELIA Conference reflections
¡Hola! I have just come back from the sunny, beautiful and civilized city of Seville, Spain where I attended and presented my paper (please see the abstract here): http://lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/?p=7265#comment-2295). Last month Richard, Fitri and I also participated at a conference at the University of Cordoba, Spain. Some of the experiences I gained from participating at these two “international” conferences were […]
Read moreReflections on BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Conference 2015 – Edinburgh
Last week, I presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG in Edinburgh. (See abstract here) It was my second conference presentation out of the university this year after the one in Cordoba, and coincidentally, it was also my second visit to Edinburgh. Before telling you about my presentation and the conference, I will tell […]
Read moreCall for papers: Special issue on ‘Time in language learning and teaching’
This special issue of the journal ‘Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching’ (Routledge)is being guest edited by Anne Feryok and Sarah Mercer. See below for their call for papers: Time has always been a part of second language acquisition and language learning and teaching research. Acquisition and learning and teaching are essentially about change, and change is about being in […]
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 moreCall for papers – 13th International Language Awareness Conference (ALA 2016) Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts
This call for papers is from Association for Language Awareness for their 13th International Conference which will take place in Vienna from July 19-22, 2016. The submission deadline for both is 15 November 2015. below are the conference themes and plenary speakers and note that there is also the possibility of scholarships for PhD students and early career researchers. For more details […]
Read moreNews from Gaza – PhD alumnus Prof. Nazmi Al-Masri visits ….
Exciting opportunity to hear Professor Nazmi Al-Masri from the Islamic University Gaza. Nazmi is an alumnus of the University of Manchester and is working ‘under siege’ in Gaza, developing amongst other things an online teacher education programme for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL). The event will take the form of a conversation on ‘Developing education in challenging contexts’, […]
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