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Call for Chapters: English-Medium Instruction in Japan
A call for chapters has been issued for an edited collection focussing on English Medium Instruction (EMI) in Japanese higher education. The book, to be edited by Howard Brown (University of Niigata), aims to generate “a picture of EMI in Japan, its development, its current situation and its future”, by looking into topics such as “how…
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Manchester Roundtable on Complexity Theory and ELT
About this post: This is a post advertising a workshop that took place in 2015. The information is no longer current, but I am keeping it here for archival reasons. You can read more about the Manchester Roundtable by visiting our website. You may also want to read about the TESOL Journal article that came…
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Are there limits to what one can talk about?
This post discusses attempts to regulate free speech in academic contexts in 2015. The content is no longer current, but is preserved here for archival purposes.
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UK lecturers in the Greek government; open peer review; and Harry Potter marketing
About this post: This is a collection of news and articles about Higher Education and language teaching, which appeared in 2015. This week’s collection of stories, articles and blog posts about higher education, looks into topics ranging from the influence of British universities on Greek politics to the influence of Harry Potter novels on higher education…
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Five benefits of attending conferences
The latest issue of English Language Teaching Journal has an interesting article, by Simon Borg, which describes what ELT professionals perceive as the benefits of participating in conferences. Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall, but if you or your institution have a subscription to ELT J, you can follow the link below: Borg, S. (2015). The…
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Call for papers: World-Conference on Pluricentric Languages and their Non-Dominant Varieties
Update This is a post advertising an academic event that took place in 2015. The content is no longer valid, and is maintained here for archival purposes only. If you landed here looking for information on language policy, the following links about language education may be of interest: What shapes language policy in education? International…
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Paying for peer review; Nobel laureates on Raif Badawi; & dealing with retractions
This post is a collection of articles about ELT, language learning and Higher Education, which appeared in the second week of January 2015. In this week’s collection of articles, I would like to invite you to reflect on the following questions: New open-access journal promises to pay peer reviewers According to an article in the…
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This year’s ELT Journal debate
ELT Journal are holding their annual debate at IATEFL in Manchester on Monday 13 April 2015. This year’s motion is Language testing does more harm than good. In the latest issue of ELT J (unfortunately behind a paywall!), the rationale of the debate is described as follows: A remarkable amount of time is devoted to testing and…
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Call for Papers: 4th International Conference on TEYL Assessment & Learning
The Faculty of Education of the University of Kragujevac (Serbia) are organising the 4th International Conference on Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), which will take place on the 5th and 6th June 2015. The conference will focus on Assessment and Learning, and the organisers are looking forward to submissions that will focus on topics such as: Assessment…