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Online Language Teaching Research [Call for papers]
Chapter proposals are invited for a peer-reviewed volume on online language teaching to be edited by Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University), Susana Rivera-Mills (Oregon State University) and...
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6th Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics [Call for Papers]
The 6th Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics European Conference on Language Learning & Teaching 12-14 May 2014, Jyväskylä (Finland) The 6th Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied...
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BAAL Intercultural Communication SIG Annual seminar 2014
This two-day seminar will focus on the theme ‘Language Teaching and Language Learning’, taking a broad view of the diverse contexts in which intercultural communication is developed through the medium...
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Call for papers: Recognizing complexity in language learning and teaching
2014 (10th) Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Hosted by the School of Education, University of Leeds 3rd & 4th July 2014 The Language Learning and Teaching Special...
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9th Lancaster University International Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics...
The 9th Lancaster University International Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching will take place at Lancaster University on Monday 14 July 2014. The conference, which is...
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Enhancing Business English: Beyond Proficiency [Call for papers]
The English Language Department of the Higher Institute for Applied Studies in Humanities, at Kef, Tunisia are organising an academic conference on the topic of “Enhancing Business English: Beyond...
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Language Learning Strategies: Challenges for the Future [Call for papers]
The “Language Learning Strategies: Challenges for the Future” conference, organised by the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland...
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“-isms of Oppression in Language Education” [Call for chapters]
Damian Rivers (Future University Hakodate, Japan), and Karin Zotzmann (University of Southampton, UK) are putting together a new edited collection titled “-isms of Oppression in Language Education”, to...
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Primary ELT: feedback from the community
Over the past month, I posted a link to this article on several online communities in Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn, asking what ELT professionals thought about Primary ELT, i.e., the policies of...
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Call for chapters: Preparing teachers to teach English as an International...
An edited volume, tentatively titled Preparing teachers to teach English as an International Language (EIL), is being put together by Aya Matsuda, for publication with Multilingual Matters in Spring...
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Teaching English to Young Learners: some insights from the literature
In the space of the last couple of years there has been a surge of interest in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL). For instance, in IATEFL 2014 there was a debate about ELT in primary schools...
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Complexity in ELT: what it is and what it isn’t
“The last time I did this lesson, the students loved it. I tried it again today, with another class that was just like the first one, and it was an absolute disaster”. “They’ve been learning English...
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Call for posters: CERCLES 2015
A two-day international seminar titled The CEFR, the ELP and University Language Centres: New Perspectives (CERCLES 2015) will take place on 11th and 12th of June 2015 in Trinity College Dublin. The...
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Manchester Roundtable on Complexity Theory and ELT
I often circulate conference announcements in this space, but today I am very excited to announce a seminar that I am co-organising, which will focus on Complex Systems Theory and English Language...
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Call for Papers: NATESOL 2015
The Northern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NATESOL) is a Manchester-based teacher’s association that has been supporting the professional development of English...
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A journal to avoid
A few days ago, I was sent an unsolicited Facebook message inviting me to contribute to an India-based journal called LangLit. As I assume that similar messages are being sent far and wide, I would...
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Call for Papers: Time in Language Learning and Teaching
Anne Feryok (University of Otago, NZ) and Sarah Mercer (Graz University) are to co-edit a special issue of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching which will, intriguingly, focus on the concept of...
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Tissue rejection
It seems that it’s been a while since I wrote an ‘Asked and Answered’ post, but here’s an interesting question that found its way into my inbox: What is meant by tissue rejection in language teaching...
View ArticleLanguage Learning Strategies: Challenges for the Future (Call for papers)
The “Language Learning Strategies: Challenges for the Future” conference, organised by the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland...
View ArticleIsms in Language Education: Oppression, Intersectionality & Emancipation
Update (October 2017) The volume advertised in this post has now been published in the Language and Social Life series of de Gruyter Mouton. The title of the volume has been updated to Isms in Language...
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