Tag: TESOL

Call for papers – Bridging ELT Theory and Practice: Innovations and Reservations in the Digital Age to be held from 15 to 17 April, 2016, Shantou, China

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The 8th International Conference on TESOL, organised by The English language Centre (ELC), Shantou University has opened its call for papers. You can get more details from the conference website The conference theme is: Bridging ELT Theory and Practice: Innovations and Reservations in the Digital Age. As the development of technology has brought both opportunities and challenges to the ELT […]

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Social media and online accounts for the Applied Linguistics and Communication group at Newcastle University

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The Applied Linguistic and Communication group at Newcastle University are active through a variety of online and social media accounts. They say that through these they provide news, updates and discussions related to their research activities and interests, mostly in the areas of Applied Linguistics, language learning, TESOL, Cross-/Inter-Cultural Communication, and Discourse and social interaction. They invite us to have a […]

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Newsletter #8 (July 2015)

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I am sitting on a patio, drinking coffee in the early morning sunshine in southern Spain, high up in the mountains but looking in the distance to the Med, reflecting on all that has happened recently and is set to happen soon. First of all, this is the moment to again congratulate all our new doctors: —- from the D […]

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Call for papers: TESOL Convention 2016, deadline June 1st

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Next year’s TESOL convention will be held from 5 – 8 April 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and is being hosted by Maryland TESOL. The deadline for proposals is next week, Monday June 1st. Below are details of the theme, and you can get more information from their website and call for participation. 2016 Convention Theme: Beyond Borders TESOL has changed greatly over its […]

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Job opportunity: Tutors/Markers required for Distance MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL

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The School of Education, University of Leicester are seeking to expand our team of  experienced postgraduate tutors and markers for our large, well established distance Masters programme. Preference will be given to applicants with previous experience of working in distance, online education and with a broad range of expertise in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. For further information about the programme, please […]

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New Book by David Nunan: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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This is a new book published by Routledge that the practitioners among us might find interesting. Here is what the publishers say about the book:   David Nunan’s dynamic learner-centered teaching style has informed and inspired countless TESOL educators around the world. In this fresh, straightforward introduction to teaching English to speakers of other languages he presents teaching techniques and procedures […]

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A One Day Symposium Celebrating the Work of Professor Rosamond Mitchell

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Language Learning In and Out of the Classroom Wednesday 18 June 2014 Lecture Theatre C, Building 65 Avenue Campus, Southampton SO17 1BF Modern Languages at Southampton invites you to join them in celebrating Professor Rosamond Mitchell’s academic career in this one-day symposium which will take place on 18 June 2014. The symposium will pay tribute to Ros’s dedication and many achievements in the […]

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Who am I?

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This is a question I have been asking myself over the last couple of days as I started my pilot study. I am doing classroom-based research which means that I am researching my own learners. I’m using normal pedagogic activities to collect my data, so I’m not interviewing students or running focus groups or anything like that, I’m just doing […]

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New Book from Cambridge: Teaching English Spelling

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20% off Teaching English Spelling   English spelling – often a bit of a challenge for native speakers as well as learners of English! Help is at hand, with Teaching English Spelling by Ruth Shemesh and Sheila Waller, from theCambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers series. With a wealth of activities for practising common spelling patterns in English, each unit concentrating on a particular sound […]

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TESOL 2013 experiences and feedback

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This 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 […]

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New Dynamics of Language Learning (Complexity papers)

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There is, I think, very little point on trying to complete or complete with Lou’s comprehensive and engaging narrative on the Jyväskylä conference, so I will confine myself to reporting on a few papers that were of particular interest to me. The theme which links these papers is that they are all informed by complexity thinking, which involves -in brief- […]

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