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The 4th ENIEDA conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education took place in Vrshac, Serbia, 29 Sept-  , 2011. The focus was placed on negotiating and constructing European identities across language and cultures. It was a small scale conference, a combination of plenary speakers (Cornelia Ilie,  Maguelonne Dejant-Pons and Srikant Saranji), workshops and paper presentations. I personally, expected more interactivity both during workshops and […]

I have put together a few pictures from the recent TESOL conference in Doha. Please, take a look. Doha TESOL pictures Magda

Last weekend I participated in the international TESOL conference in Doha (1-3 Oct, 2011) on Putting Research into Practice. My presentation was on how Cooperative Development contributes to and enhances reflective teaching practice (“CD or the Art of Teacher Maintenance”), inspired by and based on Julian’s work. It went very well and, for the first time, I managed to present […]

I have just added (to the ‘Archived LTE papers’ thread) the ppt for the paper given by Leah and myself at this event in Vrsac in Serbia. The European Network for Intercultural Education and Activities (ENIEDA) is a new-ish grouping with very strong roots in the Balkans led by the dynamic Professor Cornelia Ilie (formerly of Romania and long-time based […]

On the 22nd of September I gave a presentation at the Georgetown University Culture and Politics faculty seminar. It was called Language, culture, education in a Qatari English classroom – exploring areas of dialogue and tension in the diverse environment of the Academic Bridge Program, Education City, Doha, Qatar. I posted the ppt here. I discussed the main parameters and background […]

Leah gave this paper Leah Davcheva and Richard Fay — “Snatches of Spain in the stories of Sephardim in Bulgaria”, paper presented at the 1st Global Erensya Platform Summit, Bulgaria, 19th -21st September 2011 (link now takes you to a general website rather than the summit website, SD). ppt … on Monday to a particularly special (given our topic) audience in […]