Γλωσσολογικές Αναζητήσεις
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Time in Language Learning and Teaching
This is a summary of the articles that make up the Special Issue on Time in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.
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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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Individuals in Contexts – Psychology of Language Learning 2
Update (July 2018) This is a post about an academic conference that took place in 2016. The content is no longer current, and it is maintained here for archival purposes only. At the conference, Anita Lämmerer and I presented ongoing work on language teacher resilience. These presentations were later developed as: Kostoulas, A. and Lämmerer,…
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Is there a talent for language learning?
This post discusses Language Learning Aptitude, a psycholinguistics construct which refers to a ‘talent’ for learning foreign languages effortlessly.
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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: Second Language Acquisition: Implications for language sciences (EUROSLA 25)
The 25th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA 25) will take place on 27th – 29th August 2015 at Aix-Marisaille University (France). The conference is organised by the Laboratoire Parole et Langage, in association with the Département de français langue étrangère of the Aix-Marseille University). The general theme of the Conference is “Second Language Acquisition:…
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Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2
About this post: This is a post advertising an academic conference about the Psychology of Language Learning, which took place in 2016. The content is no longer current, and it is retained here for academic purposes only. You can read more about the conference at the website of the International Association for the Psychology of…
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Fee waivers for new submissions to Language Testing in Asia
Open access journal waives publication fees for submissions sent in by 25 December.
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Positive Psychology in SLA
In what ways can Positive Psychology inform the theory and practice of language education. This edited collection attempts to give some answers.