Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to let you know that Richard Fay has been awarded a Distinguished Achievement Medal – Teacher of the Year 2013. Yay!! A heartfelt congratulations to Richard for a well-earned recognition. I don’t think it has ever happened in the history of this university that an academic was nominated by fifteen former and current […]
Read moreThis March I had the excellent opportunity to attend The TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo 2013 held in Dallas, Texas (USA) which was due, in part, to contributions from The David Nunan TESOL Institute Travel Award and The School of Education conference fund. This conference is one of the biggest annual events in the English language teaching industry and I […]
Read moreHello there, My name is Dylan Williams and I’m a PhD Eduction in context student (the context being South Korea). I’m at this stage half way through my first year of a 6 year offer and I’m writing this to reflect on my first 6 months in the hope that it might be an insight to other students who are […]
Read moreAn interesting article has recently appeared in the NYT. My institution (Academic Bridge Program) is mentioned :). Here is the link: Magda
Read moreIn February 2013 I attended the Council for Australian Universities Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference (CAUTHE). I had heard of this event for a number of years and was recommended to go by peers in the UK. I presented a discussion paper at this conference as I have been working on my primary research for PhD. My presentation below is […]
Read moreThe 2013 Qatar TESOL Conference took place on the 22nd and 23rd of Feb, 2013 in the ABP building (LAS) in Education City, Doha, Qatar. Its theme was: 21st Century Education – What’s Changing? What’s Not? It was a great event, attended by nearly 300 people, well organized and with really inspiring plenary speakers (Dr Deborah Healey: “Gamification – […]
Read moreEquinox is pleased to announce a new journal Language and Sociocultural Theory edited by James Lantolf (The Pennsylvania State University). Language and Sociocultural Theory is an international journal devoted to the study of language from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural theory. Articles appearing in the journal may draw upon research in the following fields of study: linguistics and applied linguistics, […]
Read moreAfter one month full of worry, finally we received the results and formative feedback on three of our assignments: Critical Reading and Writing, Introduction to Quantitative Methods, and Planning of Research. The first thing we checked when these were launched into BB9 was certainly the grade 🙂 , but I realise that there is another highly essential part that can […]
Read moreApples: Journal of Applied Language Studies is a peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal in the field of applied language studies. The full volume of 2012 is now online. The first issue includes four articles that deal with language education and language teaching in different contexts. Jörgen Tholin problematizes equality of language education within the so called SvEn education, where goal […]
Read moreLink Engaging home and international students: a guide for new lecturers Download this PDF (730kb) This guide is for those new to teaching who work with diverse groups of students on mainstream undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses in UK higher education (HE). This guide will be useful to those who want to: learn about cultural diversity in approaches to […]
Read moreAfter completing my panel in October I have been working through completing the ethics forms for my PhD study. Originally it was seen to have a low risk level. However, from my panel feedback and discussions with colleagues in the department it appears that from the wording on the ethics form my study is actually medium.The primary reason for this? […]
Read moreThis quote caught my eye: “Time and memory are a fussy firm on interior decorators, always shifting the furniture about and redesigning and even reassigning rooms” (p.28) Banville, John (2012). Ancient Light. London: Viking/Penguin. A timely reminder, if ever we needed it, of the great importance of maintaining a Research(er) Journal THROUGHOUT the process and not rely on memory and […]
Read more“How many points would Louis Pasteur, Henri Poincaré, Claude Shannon, Tim Berners-Lee and others nowadays earn within the new academic evaluation system?” The latest issue of Computer Assisted Language Learning carries a thought-provoking editorial on the “publish or perish” syndrome. Jozef Colpaert, the editor, argues that the evaluation practices currently in place in the academe are ultimately self-defeating, resulting in what he […]
Read moreUps! It has been three days after the assignments submission….Time really flies…but I still can feel and taste the hustle bustle of the process….:D On her reflection, Khwan mentioned that she has learned more during the “doing-her-own-job” session. It was similar to me. I learned a lot during the sessions of my research training but it was when I had […]
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