Thanks to all who presented yesterday and everybody who came. It all added up to a great day! We suggested yesterday that all presentations were uploaded. Either send them to me and I can upload them or you can upload them here yourself. Richard’s Presentation Khwan’s Presentation Magda’s Presentation Mariam’s Presentation Achilleas’ Presentation Susan’s Presentation Fitris Presentation
Read moreWe have a tentative date for our mini in-house conference: Wednesday 25th June. Just to remind you that the aim of the day is for those of us who have given conference presentations somewhere this year to share them with the rest of the LTE family. I know that both Richard and Juup have contributions, as well as Khwan, Fitri, […]
Read moreFollowing on (three years later!) from the LTE researcher conference “From here to there and back again” which took place in 2011, we are exploring the possibility of running something similar this year. The idea is that all researchers (students and supervisors) involved in our community who have given a seminar or conference paper they would like to share, could […]
Read moreI wanted to highlight this website, especially for all those of us at the beginning of this PhD process. It has some very helpful, accessible articles. I particularly liked this one on Meanings of Theory. It seemed to link very well with what we were talking about in Data Analysis last week, especially in relation to Rob’s theoretical framework. I have […]
Read moreI am delighted to report recent success by Susan Dawson and Volha ‘Olga’ Arkhipenka in securing these studentship awards. Their profiles will be appearing soon I hope. Please welcome them. they will be joining us in September. R
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 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 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 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 moreCould be of interest to some? http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/esl-video-feedback?newsfeed=true
Read moreIf you haven’t already got a copy, the latest special topic issue is out now. Haven’t read through it all yet but it is quite exciting to see several articles on narrative in TESOL!
Read moreThis is the first newsletter in what I hope will become a monthly endeavour p?sted towards the end of the month concerned. If you want me to include any items, let me know as and when the item arises, and I will include it in the next Newsletter. Alternatively, you can add you news as a comment to my postings. The […]
Read moreAll of you may be interested in the resources for supervisors to which staff are now being directed in our Faculty, i.e. the Training for Supervisors webpage. Richard
Read moreSee below a copy of the earlier posting for this conference. As Narrative Matters is a key narrative conference (which comes around every two years) and as it will be in Europe for a change (not north America), it seems to me to provide a perfect opoortunity for all those of us with a narrative bent to take part and […]
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