‘English in Paradise?: a new variety in the Pacific’: Lecture by Prof. David Britain
This year’s Jenny Cheshire Lecture is less than two weeks away – on Friday 13th June at 6.30pm (in London). As a reminder, thelecture will be delivered by Prof. David Britain and is entitled ‘English in Paradise?: a new variety in the Pacific’. It will take place in the MathsLecture Theatre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Mile End Campus. There will be a reception after the event as well. […]
Read moreCall for Chapters: -isms of Oppression in Language Education
Below is a call for chapters for what looks like a very interesting publication. If you are interested in ‘-isms’ and oppression, check out the details below. Deadline for abstracts: September 1st 2014 Call for Chapters
Read moreBilingualism offers 'huge advantages', claims Cambridge University head
Vice-chancellor Leszek Borysiewicz wants education system to allow children to strive to become as bilingual as they can be. Magda sent in this interesting post from the Guardian on bilingualism. You can read the article here
Read moreEthicality: Preparing and Revising Ethics Documents
Preparing the ethical forms is a process that needs a careful attention so that we can demonstrate how we have considered the ethical elements of our research and how we will ensure our ethicality during our contacts with our participants and in all aspects of our research. It is also a quite lengthy process to follow. For me, it took […]
Read moreEthical form revision
I personally find that the ethical approval process is quite overwhelming. After filling the forms after forms and compiling all supporting documents I submitted everything to the committee in April. I heard back from a reviewer on May 21st that I had to make some minor adjustments before my ethical forms can be approved. These adjustments are as follows: 1. […]
Read moreHow do you make sure your research is ethical? Even leaving personal details on a desk can compromise the ethics of your project
Mock Panels
This month (June 2014), we have five of our own going through the Panel experience – Susan, Olga, Bona, Duygu and Dylan – and I hope that, in due course, we’ll hear here their reflections on the safe passage through this process. But meanwhile, if any old-hands have advice to share, that would be welcome, I’m sure. I never had […]
Read moreAHRC Researching Multilingually at Borders
This project is now officially launched 🙂 https://storify.com/rm_borders/researching-multilingually-launch It involves me and former colleague and Manchester MA/PhD alumnus Jane Andrews as a Co-Investigators, PhD alumnus Mariam Attia as a post-doctoral researcher based at Durham University, and PhD alumnus Nazmi Al Masri as the leader of Case Study 5 focusing on the development of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at […]
Read moreWhy does feedback hurt sometimes?
I have just read this post on ‘The Thesis Whisperer’ (you can tell how easily distracted I am from writing my panel proposal!) and thought I must share it with you all as it is so reminiscent of Magda’s last post. This might all come in useful as we gear up for and then emerge from panel!
Read moreA One Day Symposium Celebrating the Work of Professor Rosamond Mitchell
Language Learning In and Out of the Classroom Wednesday 18 June 2014 Lecture Theatre C, Building 65 Avenue Campus, Southampton SO17 1BF Modern Languages at Southampton invites you to join them in celebrating Professor Rosamond Mitchell’s academic career in this one-day symposium which will take place on 18 June 2014. The symposium will pay tribute to Ros’s dedication and many achievements in the […]
Read morePaper by Adrian Holliday: Shared experiences, expanding cultural horizons, and problematic discourses
Cambridge Kaleidoscope Conference 2014 – MIE PGR Students' Contributions
We (Sarah, Khwan, Raiha, Me (Fitri), and Haleema) will be presenting in Kaleidoscope Conference 2014 at the University of Cambridge, 29-30th May 2014. Here are our abstracts 🙂 Anybody else attending this conference? If so see you in Cambridge.. Exploring expansive forms of learning within volunteer training in three health and social charities in England Sarah Darley-Nolan The voluntary sector is a […]
Read moreFinnish education
I’ve read a very interesting article about what educational lessons there might be for the Arab world from Finland’s continuing academic success. The article is really an interview with Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish scholar and educator, who points out some socio-cultural idiosyncrasies of their system and cautions against its wholesale transfer elsewhere. For instance, Sahlberg talks about “the power and importance […]
Read moreRejected proposal and useful lessons
I recently submitted a proposal for a book chapter (book title: The Place of English in Societies of the Arabian Gulf), but was disappointed to learn that it was rejected. The reviewer remarked that my research question wasn’t clear and she also could not see from my proposal how I intended to conduct my study. Upon more careful reading of […]
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