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How can complexity inform ELT? (Video by Diane Larsen-Freeman)
Yesterday, I blogged about this symposium that aims to explore the ‘connectivities’ of English Language Teaching (ELT), i.e, how ELT bridges languages, cultures and disciplinary boundaries. The more I think of the symposium topic, the more interesting it seems; but at the same time, I am becoming increasingly conscious that ELT theory has perhaps failed…
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Call for papers: Strengthening connectivities in ELT: Pedagogies, disciplines and cultures
If you landed on this page looking for information on interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to language education, you may be interested in reading about Challenging Boundaries in Language Education, an edited collection that I edited (2019, Springer). Strengthening connectivities in ELT: Pedagogies, disciplines and culturesSingapore 25-27 May 2016 One of my PhD supervisors used to…
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Innovative writing in English language teacher education and development
Update 2016 The special issue described below has been published and can be accessed from the link below. ELDED 20: Innovative Writing in English Language Teacher Education and Development; Table of Contents I hope you enjoy reading the articles as much as I did. Call for papers Of all the calls for papers that find…
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On Grexit and Solidarity
There are two reasons for writing this post: One is to express my sincere gratitude to colleagues and friends who have come forward with generous offers of help, at what has been a challenging time for people in Greece; and the other is to pass along a very kind offer that may be of interest…
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13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016)
ALA 2016 The 13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016) is to be held at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna) on 19-22 July 2016. The topic of this year’s conference is Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts. Plenaries Confirmed plenary speakers include: Veronika Koller (Lancaster University) Almut Köster (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Aneta Pavlenko (Temple…
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Tissue rejection in language education
Tissue rejection is a metaphor that helps explain why innovations in language education sometimes fail. Originally used by Holliday in the 1990s, it describes the way new methods are resisted when they do not align with the ecology of classrooms. This post revisits the metaphor to explore its relevance for AI, psychology, and teacher development…
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My thesis listed in EThOS
Just a short note to say that my PhD Thesis is now listed in the British Library Electronic Thesis Online Service (EThOS). Registered users can download a pdf copy from EThOS. Alternatively, you can download a copy from eScholar, the University of Manchester institutional repository. Clicking on the link below will take you to the…
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Critical Perspectives on Language Education
A review of Critical Perspectives on Language Education: Australia and Asia Pacific.
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Call for Papers: Language Learning Technologies
This post refers to a call for papers in 2015. It is retained here as part of this site’s historical record of developments in language education publishing. I recently received a call for papers that may be of interest to anyone of you who’s doing English for Specific Purposes, or English for Academic Purposes, and has…