Applied Linguistics &
Language Teacher Education
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From individual to relational resilience in ELT
Research on language teacher resilience has tended to focus too much on the ‘individual self’ at the expense of relational understandings. Is it time to rethink this?
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Thinking of TESOL as an ecology
What does it mean if everything we do in language education is connected to everything else? This post explores some theoretical and practical implications of viewing languguage education as an ecology
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Language Diversity in Greece (Book Review)
I have always had an interest in scholarship that challenges monolingual narratives. This was why I was very excited when I was asked to review Linguistic Diversity in Greece, a volume edited by four prominent Greek linguists (Skourtou et al., 2020). The edited collection looks into various marginalised linguistic communities in Greece, and showcases the…
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The Intentional Dynamics of TESOL
I have just learnt from our publishers, de Gruyter Mouton, that the book I have writing with Juup Stelma, The Intentional Dynamics of TESOL, is on the final printing stages, and that it will be available for purchase from 10th May onwards. This seems like a good time to say a few words about the…
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Ethical deliberations in multilingual education: Power relations in learning communities (Call for chapters)
Call for chapters for “Ethical deliberations in multilingual education: Power relations in learning communities” (Austin & Çelebi, Eds.)
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MA in Language Education for Refugees and Migrants
Some of you may know that I have recently become involved in teaching at the Language Education for Refugees and Migrants (LRM) postgraduate course, offered by the Hellenic Open University. I suppose it was only natural that I found an academic home where I could bring together language teacher education, an area of work where…
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A classroom observation framework
Conducting classroom observations is one of the most effective ways to develop as a teacher. But classrooms are so information-rich that the experience can be overwhelming. How do you decide what to look out for?
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Upcoming publication opportunities
Information about three upcoming calls for papers, focussing on language testing, the interface between instructional design and social justice, and the role of race and gender in ELT.
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Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching: How are they different?
Language teaching is becoming increasingly autonomous from Applied Linguistics. But has it actually cut the ubmilical cord from its disciplinary beginnings? This blog post explores the connections between the two disciplines.
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