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CGE Research Seminar today: Launching the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place today, Wednesday 11th October 2017 from 5:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar celebrates the launch of the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca by Will Baker, Martin Dewey and Jennifer Jenkins. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: Last month, Routledge published the first ever Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca. Continue reading →

Modern Languages PhD students published in special issue of SiSAL Journal

Two of our Mexican Modern Languages distance PhD students, Ma. De Lourdes Rico-Cruz and Magdalena Ávila Pardo, have contributed to a recently published special issue of SiSAL (Self-Regulation in Foreign Language Learning) Journal, with an article entitled ‘Self-Regulation within Language Learners’ Dialogues’. To read this article and others from this special issue, visit the SiSAL Journal website. Continue reading →

Language teachers – 2014 EUROCALL proceedings now available

Language teachers may be interested in reading these latest studies about technology in the context of language teaching. The articles from the 2014 EUROCALL (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning) proceedings are now available in the form of an open e-publication as individual downloadable PDFs. The complete proceedings can also be purchased as a paperback. Continue reading →

New publication of Case Studies of Openness in the Language Classroom launched today!

Launched today – a new volume of case studies, which showcases some of the ways in which language practitioners in different settings are engaging with the concept of openness in language teaching and learning. Contributors include no less than five University of Southampton staff. The book covers: open tools for collaboration; sharing resources; sharing practices; collaborative learning and student-generated content; and learner autonomy. Continue reading →

New publication of Case Studies of Openness in the Language Classroom launched today!

Launched today – a new volume of case studies, which showcases some of the ways in which language practitioners in different settings are engaging with the concept of openness in language teaching and learning. Contributors include no less than five University of Southampton staff. The book covers: open tools for collaboration; sharing resources; sharing practices; collaborative learning and student-generated content; and learner autonomy. Continue reading →

The voice of Easter Island in the British Museum

Over the past year myself, Hembo Pagi and Graeme Earl from the ACRG have been working with Mike Pitts, editor of the British Archaeology Journal, on the Hoa Hakananai’a statue at the British Museum. The work included the production of a virtual model, through photogrammetry and a series of Reflectance Transformation Images to study the petroglyphs found on the statue. Continue reading →