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
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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 moreSpecial 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
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Read moreConference 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 moreAs 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 […]
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¡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 moreLast 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 moreThis 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 […]
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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 moreThis 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 moreExciting 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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World Refugee Day was on June 20th, a few days ago now, but the stories and statistics don’t disappear once the day is over. This year the focus was on the 10 million or so displaced children and their urgent need for education. Find out more here. Here is a link to the UN Refugee Agency
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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: […]
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