Γλωσσολογικές Αναζητήσεις
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Doing Classroom-Based Research
In this post I dicsuss classroom-based research as a way for teachers to explore their professional practice.
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37th TESOL Greece Annual Convention
The Conference The 37th Annual Convention of TESOL Greece will take place on the 19th and 20th March 2016, in the Goethe Institut in Athens (Omirou 14-16). This year’s convention is titled Join the Education R-Evolution and it aims to provide a venue for discussing what techniques, methods and practices could be considered ‘revolutionary’ in ELT, and “how to merge…
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Drunken Aussies, Upgrading to PhD, and the REF
I’ve been in my new post in Graz for a month now, and life seems to be settling back into a pattern of regularity. This means that I now have time to read more broadly about things academic and professional. What follows is a selection of highlights from my reading last week: David Crystal is…
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On Language Learning Strategies
A few days ago I attended a conference in Klagenfurt, which focussed on language learning strategies. Strategies are not really my field of expertise, so the conference was a good opportunity for me to learn more about the topic, and what I will try to do in this post is to summarise and synthesise what I…
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Call for papers: Strengthening connectivities in ELT: Pedagogies, disciplines and cultures
If you landed on this page looking for information on interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to language education, you may be interested in reading about Challenging Boundaries in Language Education, an edited collection that I edited (2019, Springer). Strengthening connectivities in ELT: Pedagogies, disciplines and culturesSingapore 25-27 May 2016 One of my PhD supervisors used to…
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13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016)
ALA 2016 The 13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016) is to be held at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna) on 19-22 July 2016. The topic of this year’s conference is Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts. Plenaries Confirmed plenary speakers include: Veronika Koller (Lancaster University) Almut Köster (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Aneta Pavlenko (Temple…
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Tissue rejection in language education
This post discusses what might happen when language teaching methods that are known to be effective in one context are transplanted into a different educational setting.
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Call for Papers: Language Learning Technologies
I was recently sent a call for papers that may be of interest to anyone of you who’s doing English for Specific Purposes, or English for Academic Purposes, and has an interest in Educational Technology. The Special Issue of Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes for 2015 will focus on Language Learning Technologies, and a call…
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Revisiting the Target Language Democratisation narrative
We have all been taught the history of ELT. But is it possible that the story we’ve been told is wrong?