{"id":2719,"date":"2011-08-18T13:18:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T12:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edtechandtesol.info\/phd\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2011-08-18T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T12:18:13","slug":"publication-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=2719","title":{"rendered":"Publication plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last May, I submitted a proposal for a paper <em>\u201cEnglish Language, Arab Students, Polish Teacher: Hybrid Identities in a Globalised Qatari Classroom\u201d<\/em> to be presented at the 4th International Adriatic-Ionian Conference, ACROSS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, at Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice, 1-3 September, 2011. The proposal was accepted in June for presentation at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Intercultural Education\/Cultural Identity and Globalisation<\/span> session.<\/p>\n<p>I was looking forward to the event (not to mention Venice!), especially that the conference coincides with my Eid al-Fitr break in Qatar, but in the meantime we encountered a rather big tax-related problem in Poland which swallowed up\u00a0my Venice fund among other things. So, the sad end result is that I had to withdraw from the conference,\u00a0but am left with a paper (in the final stages of revision) which I would like to offer for publication. I\u2019ll be looking at some journals I am familiar with \u2013 such as <em>Intercultural Education<\/em> where I have published before, <em>Perspectives<\/em> (TESOL Arabia), TESOL Quarterly, and others. The links posted recently by Achilleas also seem worth investigating. Anyway, here is the abstract I initially sent to Venice. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a non-native English speaking teacher of Polish national and educational background working in Qatar\u2019s Education City, I teach English to Arab students preparing for American\/British universities. Thus I operate in a <em>third<\/em> \u2013 non-English, non-Polish \u2013 cultural setting, with the content of my teaching negotiated through my students\u2019 and my background affiliations. I find this unique situation as advantageous and inspiring as it is challenging and paradoxical. I also feel a growing need to investigate in greater depth issues related to the resulting areas of cultural dialogue and tension.<\/p>\n<p>In this paper, related to my doctoral research at The University of Manchester\u2019s School of Education, I first examine the position of English as the language of instruction in the Qatari classroom and the <em>lingua franca <\/em>of the internationally-oriented Education City, and discuss its increasingly controversial role in the local context. I then take a closer look at my students\u2019 liquid (Bauman) cultural identities via Holliday\u2019s typology of small classroom cultures and the host culture framework. Finally, I explore my own intercultural experience as a Polish teacher of English working for an American institution in an Arab country, identifying the consequences of this situation for my teaching approach and methodology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Magda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last May, I submitted a proposal for a paper \u201cEnglish Language, Arab Students, Polish Teacher: Hybrid Identities in a Globalised Qatari Classroom\u201d to be presented at the 4th International Adriatic-Ionian Conference, ACROSS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, at Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice, 1-3 September, 2011. The proposal was accepted in June for presentation at the Intercultural Education\/Cultural Identity and Globalisation session. 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