Category: Announcements
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Join us for Prof Werner Delanoy’s seminar in Graz!
Those of you who are in Graz or nearby might be interested in attending a seminar by Assoc. Prof. Werner Delanoy, which will be hosted by Fachdidaktik Anglistik at the University of Graz. In this seminar, titled Transculturality as a New Paradigm for Culture Learning, Prof. Delanoy will discuss the concept of Transculturality, defined as…
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New job, new beginnings
As some of you might already know, next month (October 2015) I am moving to a new academic home at the University of Graz, where I will join the Department of English Studies (Institut für Anglistik). Among other things, I’ll be responsible for teaching two undergraduate courses to future language teachers: an Introduction to Foreign Language Didactics, and an…
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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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A thank you note!
What I want to do in this post is thank everyone who attended our TEYL panel in IATEFL, and the Complexity Roundtable that followed the conference. It was truly great to meet many of you in person, and we – my colleagues and I – learnt a lot from the insights and feedback that you all…
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Meet our IATEFL panel!
As I announced a couple of months ago, I am proud to chair a panel discussion focussing on Young Learners in this year’s IATEFL convention. The panel is titled: Teaching English to Young Learners: Some International perspectives and you can read more about it here. In this post, I want to introduce the brilliant teachers and scholars who…
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How I became a book salesman
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that, in recent posts, whenever I mention a book, I link to Amazon.com rather than Google Books. Here’s what this is all about: Maintaining this blog involves two kinds of investments. The first is an investment in time, for researching, writing and publicising the posts. Your readership, support and kind comments are…
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Our IATEFL 2015 presentation: “Teaching English to Young Learners: Some International Perspectives”
I am very happy to announce that I will be chairing a panel discussion that will focus on Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) in the upcoming IATEFL conference. The discussion will take place on Saturday, 11th April 2015 (time and location, TBA). Our panel aims to bring together perspectives of TEYL from a variety of contexts around the world.…
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Viva outcome
I am happy to announce that I successfully defended my PhD thesis yesterday. Professor Adrian Holliday and Dr Richard Fay, acting in the capacity of external and internal examiner respectively, were satisfied that the thesis meets the criteria for the degree, pending minor corrections that will be implemented in due course. I thank them both for their feedback…
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Thank you!
Earlier today I submitted my thesis for examination, and I think that this is a good time to reflect on the all the invaluable help I was kindly offered throughout the many years it took me to plan, conduct and write up my PhD. It would have been impossible to thank everybody in writing, not least because many…