Adrian Holliday gave a guest lecture at the Centre for Applied Linguistics, Warwick University last week in which he revisited his ‘original thinking about appropriate methodology and social context, and re-examine[d] the concepts of BANA, TESEP and context’ arguing for a need to look at the wider picture. Click here for the video of his talk and here for the […]
Read moreEljee has blogged about her viva experience on her personal blog, but is happy to share the link with us. It’s an interesting, honest and encouraging account, so I do recommend you click on the link and read it 🙂
Read moreAlex Baratta and Paul Smith (University of Manchester) and Lydia Reid (Nottingham Trent University) have been awarded funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education (a grant of £5000) to investigate the interplay of two identities – academic and religious – in students who profess a faith. We wish to investigate how students manage these two identities, especially […]
Read moreRecently, I have applied to share my research ideas to the Cultnet meeting at Durham University. The topic I will talk about is: Mindfulness in Intercultural Communication: A Visual Narrative Exploration of Postgraduates’ Experiences at a UK University My research is about ‘mindfulness in intercultural communication’ at an internationalised university setting in the UK. I use visual narrative to explore students’ understanding […]
Read morePaul Breen posted this in the old blog on November 16th 2014. I have now copied it over so that we can all benefit from his insight and wisdom. Thank you, Paul! Hello everyone, Having had my viva on Friday, and passing with minor corrections, I wanted to share some ideas that might benefit other people – following a fine […]
Read moreMichelle Kohler ‘Teachers as mediators in the foreign language classroom’ is a study of how ‘foreign language teachers in Australian schools … mediate intercultural language teaching in their teaching practice’ . It is a research study which also contains teaching materials from the 3 participating teachers.(Published by Mutlilingual Matters in the LICE series)
Read more… on a strong Viva performance and Aii result as the almost final moves of a doctoral career. Just a few pesky minor corrections left now ….
Read moreHappy (belated) New Year! I hope you had a great break and I wish you all a great year. Now that I have completed my 4-month fieldwork in Thailand, returned to the beautiful city of Manchester, got over the jet lag and re-entry shock (mostly the wintry weather+ language+ er.. procrastination), it’s time to get back to work again. Richard […]
Read moreThis is a new journal exploring all aspects of language exchange/study abroad programmes, from SLA issues to policy and planning issues in study abroad programmes. See the PDF for more details. SAR Journal_Call for papers
Read moreThis is just to share my discovery that has helped me immensely in my work and that I hope will be of use to others. One of the main challenges that I have faced in my PhD so far was keeping my PhD work organised and tidy. Before, I used to keep everything on my laptop in one folder proudly titled ‘PhD’. However, […]
Read moreOne of the huge advantages of being a GTRA (apart from the fact that you actually get paid for being a student), is that you get an opportunity to experience and learn from a variety of teaching and research situations. For me, the most exciting opportunity by far to this point is being involved with a large, interdisciplinary research project. I […]
Read moreAn interesting blog in the popular ‘The Thesis Whisperer’ on how to write 10,000 words a day. Before you get too excited and imagine your whole thesis being written in less than 2 weeks and graduating a whole year earlier than expected, it does say that this is only possible if you know exactly what you want to write about first (which in […]
Read moreThese are recordings made at the 3rd ELT Malta Conference ReSIG Supported Pre-conference Event
Read moreTESOL International Association have just published their latest research agenda – the last was in 2004. It outlines trends in research as identified by its members and directions for future research. It also includes a section on ethics. You can find it here.
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