writing – LANTERN

New volume of English Language Teacher Education and Development now available

18/12/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

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 […]

Interesting books/articles

Responding to reviewers’ comments

26/08/2015 Susan Dawson One comment

I have just finalised (I hope) the last version of a short paper I have written for the ReSIG newsletter. I was supposed to write it last year, but never quite managed to get a first attempt together. This year I went back to my drafts and had another go. I think it is the first time that I have had my […]

Getting published

OPEN-MINDED WALKING: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INSPIRATION TO STRIKE

21/07/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

An interesting post by Su Corcoran on the writing process.

Reflections in/on research(er) action

Reflections on a writing workshop

16/03/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Last week I attended a two day writing workshop in Durham run by the NEDTC. It was a bit of a mixed experience, but I would like to share some reflections on the workshop that might possibly be useful for others too. There were 45 of us from a real cross section of disciplines, with very different projects from around the UK […]

Is it possible to write 10,000 word a day?

16/01/2015 Susan Dawson One comment

An interesting blog in the popular ‘The Thesis Whisperer’ on how to write 10,000 words a day. Before you get too excited and imagine your whole thesis being written in less than 2 weeks and graduating a whole year earlier than expected, it does say that this is only possible if you know exactly what you want to write about first (which in […]

Researcher development etc

Academic Journalism: writing for readers, 18th March, Uni of Edinburgh – Registration Open

08/01/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

This looks like an interesting event for anyone who wishes to engage with a broader audience. Academic Journalism: writing for readers 18 March 2015 University of Edinburgh This one-day workshop aims to convey the skills and knowledge to be able to successfully conceive, pitch and write a newspaper comment piece. Though public writing is an increasingly important part of academic […]

Miscellaneous news etc