Category: Other
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Recently Read: Scottish Independence and Higher Education
A collection of articles and views on the impact of Scottish Independence on Higher Education.
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![Teaching ESP & New Language Learning Technologies [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/synergies.jpg)
Teaching ESP & New Language Learning Technologies [Call for papers]
This post refers to a call for papers in 2015. Although the deadline for submissions is in the past, the post is retained here as part of the blog’s historical record on language education publishing. Update: Selected papers from this conference have been published in a special issue of the Journal of English for Specific…
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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…
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![Language and Sociocultural Theory [New Journal]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9450783_7ceb63cd91_o.jpg)
Language and Sociocultural Theory [New Journal]
If you’re doing research in linguistics and Vygotskian sociocultural theory, you may be interested in this new journal.
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![Special Issue on Business English [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4241003279_aecbe00ecd_o.jpg)
Special Issue on Business English [Call for papers]
The Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic English are inviting papers for a thematic issue on Business English.
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Chapter published: Understanding and Challenging ‘the Known’
In this post I summarise the chapter Understanting and Challenging the Known from a Complexity Perspective (Kostoulas, 2014)
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Music and Cognition in Language Learning [Call for papers]
The symposium Music and Cognition in Language Learning, which will be hosted by the Research in Affective Language Learning (ReALL) research group of the University of Huelva, will take place on 6th-7th November 2014 in Huelva (Spain). According to the organisers, the symposium will focus on “analyzing ways of experiencing language learning that take advantage…
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Highlights of BAAL LLT 2014
Last week I was at the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Annual conference, where I talked about how constructs such as intentionality and dynamics of intentions can be used in the study of complex adaptive systems. I hope I’ll have time to write a fuller post soon, where I might try to convey the diversity…
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Psychology and Language Learning (Call for papers)
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching are planning a special issue which will focus on the psychology of language learning and teaching. The issue will be guest-edited by Stephen Ryan (Senshu University) and Sarah Mercer (University of Graz). UPDATE July 2018: This call for papers appears to have been spectactularly successful, led to the publication of two…