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{new book} Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future

24/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future Explores the benefits of teaching reflection upon one’s own culture to develop intercultural competence Sheds light on teacher’s feedback and students’ cultural differences and expectations Shows the closeness between language learning motivation and interculturality Editors: López-Jiménez, María Dolores, Sánchez-Torres, Jorge (Eds.) About this book: This […]

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{call for papers} 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning

20/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

This is the second call for papers for the 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL 2021) hosted by The University of Brighton, UK on 23 – 24th September 2021. This call will close on 3rd March 2021. The way in which education and training is delivered has changed considerably with the development of Game-Based Learning (GBL). The European […]

{Interesting meeting} Inspiring Intercultural learning: ESL & EFL students’ experiences

20/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Facebook group TESOL Intercultural Communication Interest Section shared a new post: Please join the meeting to hear ESL and EFL students describe impacting intercultural learning experiences. Students from Italy, Spain, Cambodia, and Taiwan discuss academic and personal experiences that affected their intercultural growth. Meeting detail:

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{Interesting Webinar} IATEFL Research SIG webinar

19/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Dr Richard Smith shared a post at the facebook group Teaching English & Teaching in English in global contexts Here are the recording and slides from our IATEFL Research SIG webinar on ‘Enhancement Mentoring for Teacher-research: a hopeful response to Covid-19’ (a kind of ‘lockdown diary’ of an approach that Erzsebet Bekes, Mariana Serra Seden Tuyan and I and then a wider group including Manjusha […]

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{call for papers} International Journal of Education and Language Studies (IJELS)

18/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Exciting post from a facebook group – Teaching English & Teaching in English in global contexts Here’s an exciting new international academic journal based in Herat, Afghanistan. Please consider supporting this journal by submitting your publications. Submission deadline for the initial issue is February 20, 2021. For more information: http://www.ijels.net

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{CALL FOR PAPERS} Academic Discourse in the Outer and Expanding Circles

17/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics extended submission date Academic Discourse in the Outer and Expanding Circles Submission Date Extension Special Issue on Academic Discourse in the Outer and Expanding Circles Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics’ Special Issue on Academic Discourse in the Outer and Expanding Circles will be published in November 2021. The deadline for typescripts’ submissions is extended to September […]

{interesting webinar} Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics

15/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics Time: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM GMT Show in My Time Zone Join Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter as they talk about their book Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Approaches. To register: http://Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistic […]

{Call for abstract} Important Update for 2021 March Workshop and Conference Information

15/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Important Update for 2021 March Workshop and Conference Information We would like to inform all potential participants for this conference that the two-day event with a workshop on 20th March 2021 and an international conference day on 21st March 2021 will be run online on the same days, due to the current epidemic situation. Please notice the following changes: The workshop and conference will be run FREE for ALL […]

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{Conceptualising} Intercultural Personhood

13/01/2021 Richard Fay 2 comments

Introduction (by Zhuo ‘Min’ Huang) The concept Intercultural personhood was first coined by Kim (2008, 2015) in her work of the globalised way of being. I have adopted the concept and further expanded it in my doctoral study (Huang, 2019) and in my on-going work (e.g. Huang, 2020) about ‘intercultural personhood: an non-essentialist conception of individuals for intercultural research‘). My […]

{Interesting book} The essential guide to doing your research project

13/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project FOURTH EDITION Zina O’Leary – The Australia and New Zealand School of Government The new edition of Zina O’Leary’s practical book is filled with guidance for tackling research in the real world, taking the reader through how to approach every stage of the research project. The new edition includes: Print and online […]

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{Useful definitions} Types of Research Gaps

13/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Facebook group Applied Linguistics Research Methods–Discussion shared a post: Types of Research Gaps Miles (2017) proposed a taxonomy of research gaps, built on the two previous models. It consist of seven core research gaps: (a) Evidence Gap; (b) Knowledge Gap; (c) Practical-Knowledge Conflict Gap; (d) Methodological Gap; (e) Empirical Gap; and (f) Theoretical Gap; (g) Population Gap.Source: Miles, D. A. (2017). […]

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{Interesting article} From Journal of Teaching in higher education

12/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Professional learning for educators teaching in English-medium-instruction in higher education: a systematic review Journal: Teaching in Higher Education ABSTRACT The growing phenomenon of university courses designated as English-medium-instruction (EMI) worldwide presents new demands for non-native-English-speaking educators. However, adequate preparation and professional learning support for them to teach academic subjects in English remain a challenge. An understanding of their challenges and professional […]

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{online event} CERA Webinar Series 2020/21: Educational Research During the Covid – 19 Pandemic

12/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

CERA Webinar Series 2020/21: Educational Research During the Covid – 19 Pandemic Register here. Event Webinar 3: Virtual Academic Writing Retreat Event Date 29 Jan 2021 9:00 am – 13:00 pm About the seminar: This virtual writing retreat will be a half day event. Druing this event, we will also have some discussions around ‘personalities, strengths and motivations’ for pursuing a academic career which will […]

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{CONCEPTUALISING} Interthinking and the Value of Collaboration

09/01/2021 Richard Fay One comment

Although the Researching Multilingually at Borders project ended back in 2017, the work from it continues to inform my work with colleagues (e.g. Jane Andrews) both in terms of: content (e.g. the value of a translingual researcher mindset, and modality (e.g. the value placed on collaboration, especially interdisciplinary, interpractitionary, intercultural, and multilingual collaboration). This blog posting is mainly concerned with […]

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