motivation – LANTERN

New publication – an edited volume entitled ‘Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration’

25/01/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

The book contains a selection of peer-reviewed case studies, research studies and reflective pieces related to a number of languages (e. g. German, French, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, EAP); topics include e. g. motivation, classroom discourse, assessment and feedback, intercultural competence, CLIL, and CALL / technology-enhanced teaching and learning, but the hope is that all chapters are transferable to other languages and […]

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Inspiring English teachers: a comparative study of learner perceptions of inspirational teaching by Martin Lamb and Martin Wedell

21/11/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

An interesting paper on what makes an inspiring teacher, based on research done in China and Indonesia. You can access it here.

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SoE conference funding

08/04/2011 4 comments

Lou writes: I found out today that I’ve been awarded School of Education funding to partially cover the New Dynamics conference in Finland. Splendid news! And I’ve finally set up my website and my PhD blog – please take a look: https://sites.google.com/site/ltharvey http://louharvey-phd.blogspot.com

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New Dynamics of Language Learning 2011

21/03/2011 One comment

I’ve recently been accepted to present at the New Dynamics of Language Learning conference in June in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Harvey, L. (forthcoming 2011). The social and pragmatic parameters of L2 motivation: EAP teachers’ perceptions. Paper (to be) presented at New Dynamics of Language Learning (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland: Monday 6th – Thursday 9th June 2011).

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