Tag: ELT
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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…
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“Primary English Language Teaching does more harm than good”
As education systems around the world are keen to increase the English Language Teaching provision in primary schools, the ELT Journal debate examines possible drawbacks of such policies.
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Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula
[Archive] Call for papers for the edited volume “Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula” (Buckingham, 2016).
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Arizona Working Papers in SLA and Teaching [Call for Papers]
Update (January 2015) This is a post advertising a call for papers issued by Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching in 2014. The issue advertised below was published in Volume 21, and you can access it by following this link. You can find more Calls for Papers on linguistics, applied linguistics, language education and…
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Free content from ELT Journal
This post dates back to 2013, when sharing links to open-access materials was a central aim of this blog. The Key Concepts in ELT series continues to be a valuable primer for anyone wanting to explore core ideas in language teaching — and it stands as a reminder of the field’s enduring interest in connecting…
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ELT Journal Special Issue: Teaching English to Young Learners
English is taught to learners of increasingly younger ages. A Special Issue in ELT J explores this trend.
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EFL teachers’ language use for classroom discipline
Kang, D.-M (to appear). EFL teachers’ language use for classroom discipline: A look at complex interplay of variables. System. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2013.01.002 This study reports on the implementation of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in the Korean context, focusing on the question of classroom discipline. Kang notices that communicative activities have the potential to subvert classroom discipline because…
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CLIL in Greece: Uncritical and Unhelpful
The Greek ELT apparatus suddenly become obsessed with CLIL. This post looks into its critical adoption and asks uncomfortable questions.
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Revisiting MATE
In 2011, I presented a paper at a conference, where I made the case for Developing Multicultural Awareness Through English. This was an idea that I picked up from Richard Fay at the University of Manchester, who has also published about MATE with colleagues Vally Lytra and Maria Davaliagkou. I did not pursue this idea…