I am an applied linguist, specializing in language teacher education and TESOL.
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Call for Papers: Third ASSE International Conference on British and American Studies
One of the first conferences in which I presented as a novice PhD student, and one which I remember very fondly, was organised by a group of academics in Vlora, Albania. If memory serves, these academics later became founding members of the Albanian Society for the Study of English (ASSE), and have been very active ever since…
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On being misquoted
This post revisits an old frustration: being misquoted and misrepresented in a doctoral thesis on Likert scales. I explain what I actually wrote, highlight how selective citation distorts meaning, and consider why such lapses matter for scholarship. Ten years on, I argue for more rigorous research practices and point to initiatives that foster teachers’ research…
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Using YouTube to communicate research findings
A frequent, and fair, criticism of academic research is that it is often inaccessible, either because of the way in which it is written, or because it is often locked away behind paywalls. As a result, alternative formats, such as academic blogs, social media and podcasts have become increasingly popular, but they are still far…
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Call for Papers: NATESOL 2015
The Northern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NATESOL) is a Manchester-based teacher’s association that has been supporting the professional development of English Language Teachers since 1984. They hold several events throughout the year, including an annual conference. This year’s conference, will be be held on Saturday 20th June 2015 at Salford City College, and…
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Sexist Peer Review; Non-replicable Science; and Flexible Job Searches
About this article: This is a summary of blog posts, articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning and academic writing, which were published in the last week of April 2015. The topics covered in this post include: Can you get away with sexist remarks in peer review? Is it really a…
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Non-Native Speakers of English need not apply
As the profession moves away from obsolete beliefs about the perceived advantages of ‘nativeness’, the University of Athens continues to discriminate.
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IATEFL 2015: A retrospective
During IATEFL 2015, I made extensive notes about the sessions that I attended, as I had planned to write up summaries for this blog. It seems, however, that my own recollections of, and reactions to, many sessions have become weaker in the weeks since the conference. However, there’s already quite a lot of material available online, including video…
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Our IATEFL panel: A summary
This post is a summary of the 2015 IATEFL panel discussion about Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), in which I was involved, along with Vicky Loras, Juup Stelma, Magdalena De Stefani and María Muniz.
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Upcoming events
Mariam Attia, a good friend and brilliant scholar, is delivering two presentations and a workshop at the University of Cambridge (Donald McIntyre Building, 184 Hills Road) in the coming week, which may be of interest. All the events are part of the Kazakhstan Programme Open Seminar Series (of which more here). Participation is free, and if you’d…