I am an applied linguist, specializing in language teacher education and TESOL.
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On theories, practice, and opportunism in Foreign Language Education
Some thoughts on theory and practice, how this tension is abused in teacher discourse to rationalise inaction, and how they can create knowledge,
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6th Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics [Call for Papers]
This is a post advertising an event that took place in the past. The information in this post is no longer current, but it is retained here for archival purposes. The 6th Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics European Conference on Language Learning & Teaching 12-14 May 2014, Jyväskylä (Finland) The 6th Junior Researcher Meeting in…
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Productive Foreign Language Skills for an Intercultural World [Call for Chapters].
Update Update: The book announced in the call for chapters below has been published as part of the Peter Lang ‘Foreign Language Teaching in Europe’ series. The full reference is: Paradowski, M. (ed.) (2015). Productive Foreign Language Skills for an Intercultural World: A Guide (not only) for Teachers. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Call for Chapters This…
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Likert scales: Four things you may not know
If you use quantitative methods in your research project, you may want to read this first.
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Online Language Teaching Research [Call for papers]
Chapter proposals are invited for a peer-reviewed volume on online language teaching to be edited by Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University), Susana Rivera-Mills (Oregon State University) and Regina Morin (The College of New Jersey). In the editors’ words: Our goal is to gather a collection of innovative, unpublished research that highlights current research on the topic,…
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Cambridge English Funded Research Programme Round 5 [Call for Proposals]
About this post: This is a post announcing a funding opportunity in 2014. The content is no longer current, and it is retained here for archival purposes. You can find more up-to-date information about calls for papers on language teaching and learning in this page. Cambridge English Language Assessment have announced their intention to fund various…
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Language revitalisation
That the English language is dominating international communication is hardly news. As if more confirmation was needed, recently the European Parliament introduced a new helpline, where Members of the European Parliament and staff can find answers to the finer points of English grammar and style. This is hardly a negative development, but the lack of…
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Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines 2014 [Call for Papers]
Update July 2018 This is a post advertising an academic event that tool place in 2014. The content and links are not current any longer, but are retained here for archival purposes. If you’d like to receive updates on upcoming academic conferences, you may want to subscribe to this blog by clicking on the ‘Follow’…
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Corpus Approaches to Discourse Studies
[Archive] A post announcing a list of references for Corpus Analysis