{"id":3014,"date":"2011-10-05T18:02:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edtechandtesol.info\/phd\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2014-11-24T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T14:25:13","slug":"tesol-conference-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=3014","title":{"rendered":"TESOL conference in Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I participated in the international TESOL conference in Doha (1-3 Oct, 2011) on <em>Putting Research into Practice<\/em>. My presentation was on how Cooperative Development contributes to and enhances reflective teaching practice (\u201cCD or the Art of Teacher Maintenance\u201d), inspired by and based on Julian\u2019s work. It went very well and, for the first time, I managed to present it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">within the allocated time limits<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The link to the ppt version of my talk is below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/CD-or-the-Art-of-Teacher-Maintenance-TESOL-Doha-Oct-2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CD or the Art of Teacher Maintenance, TESOL Doha Oct 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the conference, which took place at the impressive Qatar National Convention Centre, it was quite difficult to disentangle myself from the web of networking woven under the gigantic and very expensive sculpture of a pregnant spider called <em>Maman<\/em> by its creator, a French artist Louise Bourgeois (REALLY!)&#8230; However, I did manage to attend several presentations and lectures, too.<\/p>\n<p>The ones that were directly related to my research included<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a workshop on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sociocultural Approach to Teaching Languages and Literacies<\/span> by Maggie Hawkins (who was most impressed that I knew Julian!)<\/li>\n<li>a presentation on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">College Readiness and Qatari Students<\/span> and on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Qatari Students and Reading Skills<\/span>, both by a Cornell team (Krystyna Golkowska and Rachid Bendriss)<\/li>\n<li>a talk on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cultural Literacy across the Disciplines<\/span> by Virginia Commonwealth University faculty, Hansen and Hanson<\/li>\n<li>a presentation on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deconstructing Bottlenecks in the University Research-to-Writing Process<\/span> by two English instructors and a librarian from Georgetown University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The one presentation that I would like to share in more detail here was on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Submitting Your Research to an Academic Journal<\/span> by editors and people involved in publishing \u2013 Alan Weber (Cornell, Qatar), Chris Leonard (Editorial Director, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals, Qatar) and David Palfreyman (Zayed University, UAE, notes).<\/p>\n<p>It was very informative, useful and practical and here is a summary of the tips suggested by the presenters:<\/p>\n<p>Pre-publishing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>idea (\u201cmake sure you have something to say\u201d),<\/li>\n<li>choose your journal,<\/li>\n<li>carefully read I4As (instructions for authors),<\/li>\n<li>write a draft (or drafts) and revise (with a critical friend?),<\/li>\n<li>submit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Screening:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is your article a good fit with the journal?<\/li>\n<li>Does it adhere to the journal\u2019s article format?<\/li>\n<li>Is it contextualised for the readership?<\/li>\n<li>Does it have a theoretical framework?<\/li>\n<li>Style, grammar, punctuation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Choosing a journal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe best journal for your paper may not be the best journal in the field.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Have you seen similar papers published there before?<\/li>\n<li>Is your piece a good fit with the journal\u2019s aims and scope?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Writing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Journal conventions (I4As)<\/li>\n<li>Structure<\/li>\n<li>Language<\/li>\n<li>Conciseness, clarity, coherence<\/li>\n<li>References \u2013 correct format<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most important elements: title (descriptive, not cute) + abstract (readable, not too simple but concise, explaining your work) <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the Gunning\u2019s Fox Index to improve readability of your abstract<\/li>\n<li>Include a cover letter with a brief explanation why you chose that journal<\/li>\n<li>Include key words<\/li>\n<li>Avoid self-plagiarism (all editors use iThenticate to detect all forms of plagiarism)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meeting new people and renewing old contacts while strolling around the marble, glass and leather interiors of the QNCC building (no, it is not a building, it is a STRUCTURE!) also proved very useful in professional terms.<\/p>\n<p>I met a doctoral researcher from the IOE at University of London \u2013 she teaches at a small liberal arts college for women in Saudi Arabia and has been living there for the last 35 years. She knows Marianne Alireza, author of \u201cAt the Drop of a Veil\u201d. We plan to work together on an article regarding perceptions of English language education in the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>I also met Dr Nancy Allen, a \u00a0consultant at the University of Qatar\u2019s College of Education and will be visiting and interviewing her before the end of the month (hopefully).<\/p>\n<p>An \u201cold\u201d contact fruitfully renewed was Bob Kennedy, Director of the Foundation Programme at the University of Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, meeting Dr Rachid Bendriss, professor of English at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, gave me an opportunity to invite him to participate in a writing project I do every year with my composition students on examining differences and similarities between English and Arabic (rhetoric, patterns of expression, trajectories of historical development and position in the modern world).<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it was a very productive and constructive three day event. I will post pictures as soon as I have figured out how.<\/p>\n<p>Magda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I participated in the international TESOL conference in Doha (1-3 Oct, 2011) on Putting Research into Practice. My presentation was on how Cooperative Development contributes to and enhances reflective teaching practice (\u201cCD or the Art of Teacher Maintenance\u201d), inspired by and based on Julian\u2019s work. 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