The Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research (JSLTR) is a new, open-access journal which hopes to provide a platform both for established and early-career researchers. JSLTR is engaged with building a community of practice (both online and offline) and supports debate and scholarship in second language teaching and research. Issue 2 is available here: www.uclan.ac.uk/jsltr
Read morehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/19/thomas-kuhn-structure-scientific-revolutions?INTCMP=SRCH Thomas Kuhn: the man who changed the way the world looked at science Fifty years ago, a book by Thomas Kuhn altered the way we look at the philosophy behind science, as well as introducing the much abused phrase ‘paradigm shift’ …. John Naughton The Observer, Sunday 19 August 2012
Read moreWe would like to bring colleagues’ attention to a change to UK migration law. The British Government has decided to raise the level of English language and literacy required for British citizenship and settlement in the UK. This will have profound implications for migrants who are language and literacy learners. Under the current arrangements those with a level of English […]
Read moreIn no particular order, I will upload the contributions one by one as they are formulated by you in coming days: Eljee Javier – ”That restorying thingy” In my contribution, I want to facilitate a discussion exploring what it means to ‘restory a narrative’. It seems that, in different kinds of narrative-based research, there are different varieties of restorying. I […]
Read moreOn May 23rd, I had the privilege of attending the Researching Multilingually seminar that was organised by The University of Manchester, where I presented a brief talk about the various alternatives available for representing bilingual data in research output. In a nutshell, my argument was that there are many different considerations (intentionalities) that need to be taken into account when […]
Read moreAlthough I am not at the dissertation stage yet, I’ve read this article with interest and thought others might enjoy it, too. http://chronicle.com/article/My-Terrible-Horrible-No/131438/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Magda
Read morePost-Panel reflections Experiencing education as a cultural other: Qatari students on an English preparatory course for US/UK universities I propose to undertake a study of Qatari students’ educational experiences on the English language course in an American-accredited institution, the Academic Bridge Program (ABP), Education City, Doha, Qatar, which prepares local students for entry into English-medium universities in Qatar, the US […]
Read morehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/may/07/56-up-its-like-having-another-family?INTCMP=SRCH ——– of interest to the narrativists amongst you? 56 Up: ‘It’s like having another family’ It began as a one-off look at how the class system defined the hopes and aspirations of British children. Now, almost half a century later, the Up series has evolved into one of the world’s great documentary projects. But how have these films affected […]
Read moreto Helen Hou (supervised by Diane) who has now passed her PhD and to Magda Rostron (supervised by Richard) who has now passed through the Panel process.
Read moreSee below for a message from Olwen about the latest recipients of these awards. The alert amongst yuo will note Miri’s name, but also I am also pleased to see Dimi (co-supervised by Zeynep, a member of the LTE team in some ways) and also Su (who has now started attending Narrative Natters, the fortnightly onsite discussion and support group […]
Read moreThe Five-Minute Linguist – Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages (Second edition) Edited by E.M. Rickerson and Barry Hilton HB 9781908049940 £50; PB 9781908049490 £13.99; 320pp The Five-Minute Linguist has been a popular introduction to the subject of language because it is succinct, clear, accurate, — and fun to read. Now in its second edition, updated and expanded, the book has […]
Read moreHello everyone, This piece is dedicated to members of the Doctoral Community who are approaching the end of their journeys. Well Done! You have made it to this final stage. I thought I would share with you some tips for getting ready for the big day, and you are more than welcome to add your own insights, suggestions, and even […]
Read moreInformation about the second AHRC Researching Multilingually Seminar in Bristol (25 & 26 April) can be found here. .. We also managed to have a picture taken of this Researching Multilingually group.. with The University of Manchester DNA in common 🙂
Read moreGuardian 28th April 2012, Sports section, p.8 Win or lose …… (David Conn) “Amid all the dizzying narratives as Manchester faces up to its most momentous of derby matches one central theme is how rapidly sport can chnage and with it the apparent job security of the modern football manager” So, here we have the (apparent) storyline of football manager […]
Read moreI participated in the recent Qatar TESOL Conference (13-14 April, 2012), on Student Motivation, Involvement and Autonomy, at the College of the North Atlantic in Doha, Qatar. My paper was entitled Are we teaching / are they learning? Academic writing blues. Here is the ppt summarising the paper: QTESOL April 2012 Magda
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