I am an applied linguist, specializing in language teacher education and TESOL.
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My paper, my way :)
Starting this July, all academic journals published by Elsevier will adopt the “Your paper, your way” policy that has been piloted since mid-2011. The policy is pretty much what the name says: contributors to any journal are welcome to submit papers in any format they choose, rather than have to adhere to the preferred styles of…
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Reporting data inaccurately: why, when and how to confidentialise data?
Research, we surely agree, is about finding the truth and accurately reporting it. In this post, however, I will talk about those cases when we might have to actually distort the truth while reporting on a research project. This is normally done in the interest of protecting research participants, and it is called ‘confidentialising’. In…
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Oppressive language education
In recent years, Modern Foreign Languages in Greece have been taught in accordance with the ‘mother language+two’ policy, which has held that learners should receive instruction in two modern foreign languages, namely English plus one of the following: French, German, Italian or Spanish. I have, in the past, expressed reservations regarding the selection of these…
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“Beware the author mills”
This recent blog post by Paul V. Smith on the topic of disreputable publishers may be of interest to some. Paul, whose PhD thesis was recently solicited by a publishing house of controversial repute, reminds us that predatory publishers: aim at a high output of material, with unfavourable conditions and low publishing standards, aiming at current…
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“Are you ELF?” [Reading notes]
Summary of an article about English as a Lingua Franca (Jenks 2013)
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English as a Lingua Franca 6
Intercultural communication: New perspectives from ELF The 6th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF6) will be held in Rome between the 4th and 7th September 2013. The conference will be organised by Roma Tre University, and will focus on Intercultural Communication, as seen from the perspective of ELF. Conference themes Some possible topics…
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Special Issue on Complexity and TESOL
A collection of articles on complex systems theory and applied linguistics / language education.
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Free content from ELT Journal
This post dates back to 2013, when sharing links to open-access materials was a central aim of this blog. The Key Concepts in ELT series continues to be a valuable primer for anyone wanting to explore core ideas in language teaching — and it stands as a reminder of the field’s enduring interest in connecting…
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ELT J Special Issue: Teaching English to Young Learners
Information about the Special Issue on TEYL, that appeared in ELTJ 68(3) in 2014.