foreign language education

New collection with free access to articles on international and Foreign language Students

30/09/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

International & Foreign Language Students International education and foreign language learning is an area of education that has evolved dramatically in the last few decades. This collection covers many contemporary issues surrounding international and foreign language students, such as: Language learning Student experience Teaching Technology Curriculum Education policy Download articles here.

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“Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom”

14/07/2015 Richard Fay Leave a comment

Special Topic Issue of Language Teaching Research: Call for Papers “Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom” Guest editors Melina Porto, Stephanie Ann Houghton and Michael Byram http://ltr.sagepub.com/site/includefiles/CFP-International.pdf

Professor Nazmi Al-Masri’s visit to Manchester

28/06/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Last Thursday we were very privileged to have Prof. Nazmi Al-Mari from the Islamic University Gaza (IUG) with us for an hour or so. Nazmi, an alumnus of the University of Manchester, had managed to leave Gaza for a few days in a seemingly rare opening of the borders. We are very grateful that he managed to make Manchester a part of […]

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Special issue of L2 journal: Critical Perspectives on Neoliberalism in Second/Foreign Language Education

08/06/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Critical Perspectives on Neoliberalism in Second/Foreign Language Education With guest editors Katie A. Bernstein, Emily A. Hellmich, Noah Katznelson, Jaran Shin, and Kimberly Vinall Accountability, competitiveness, efficiency, profit: While it is not surprising to hear these terms in corporate offices around the world, it is slightly alarming to hear these terms in reference to schools, teachers, and students. Second/foreign language […]

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