{New article} Congratulations on Edd’s new paper published in Teaching and Teacher Education Volume 113, May 2022, 103662

Research paper The affordances beyond what one does: Reconceptualizing teacher agency with Heidegger and Ecological Psychology Abstract There has been a recent growth in interest in the concept of teacher agency. However, teacher agency remains somewhat ill-defined and is also difficult to map onto everyday teaching practice. This article attempts to outline a model of teacher agency which is rooted […]

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{Interesting Webinar} IATEFL Research SIG webinar

Dr Richard Smith shared a post at the facebook group Teaching English & Teaching in English in global contexts Here are the recording and slides from our IATEFL Research SIG webinar on ‘Enhancement Mentoring for Teacher-research: a hopeful response to Covid-19’ (a kind of ‘lockdown diary’ of an approach that Erzsebet Bekes, Mariana Serra Seden Tuyan and I and then a wider group including Manjusha […]

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{Interesting article} From Journal of Teaching in higher education

Professional learning for educators teaching in English-medium-instruction in higher education: a systematic review Journal: Teaching in Higher Education ABSTRACT The growing phenomenon of university courses designated as English-medium-instruction (EMI) worldwide presents new demands for non-native-English-speaking educators. However, adequate preparation and professional learning support for them to teach academic subjects in English remain a challenge. An understanding of their challenges and professional […]

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ELTRA webinar-25th November 2020

Hi guys, I hope you are doing well. You might be interested in this webinar organised by the British Council where Susan Dawson and Gary Motteram will be presenting one of their research projects: ELTRA webinar is on Wednesday 25th November at 12pm UK time: Teacher professional development through WhatsApp-based Communities of Practice in challenging contexts (Gary Motteram & Susan Dawson, Manchester […]

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New volume of English Language Teacher Education and Development now available

The latest volume of English Language Teacher Education and Development Journal(Volume 18) is now freely available on-line. This volume contains the following articles: Developing teacher language awareness via in-service training: trainers’ beliefs – Daniel Xerri Becoming a better teacher in the writing class: a case study of a writing tutor in a university in China – Fu Bei Transnational English language teaching: opportunities for teacher learning and […]

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A proposal for a book chapter (ELF4EFL)

A proposal to contribute in a book chapter by Richard and I have been accepted. The chapter will be in a volume edited by Nicos Sifakis and Natasha Tsantila (and we were informed that Professor Henry Widdowson, Professor Barbara Seidlhofer and Professor Suresh Canagarajah have agreed to contribute chapters in this volume as well!) The tentative title of the book is “ELF […]

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ELTED Vol 16 (Spring 2014) now available on-line

We are pleased to let you know that Volume 16 of English Language Teacher Education and Development (Spring 2014) is now available on-line at: www.elted.net?  This volume, edited by Gerard Sharpling and Gosia Sky, contains the following articles: ·         “Seeing” second language pre-service teacher learning through the conceptual metaphor of teaching and learning in teaching practicum dialogic blogs – Ekaterina Arshavskaya ·         The authenticity continuum: Empowering international […]

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