As they say, you wait at the bus stop for 20 minutes and then three buses come at once. Same apperas to be the case with journals. Not that this one is new, but it is new to me.
This is a peer reviewed plurilingual journal of Language and Literature Teaching Methods from the Faculty of Education of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). Good to see articles on language teaching published in languages other than English.
The 5th International Symposium on Digital Technologies in Foreign Language Learning will be held on 31st March 2012.
Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Japan
Keynote Speaker: Professor James Paul Gee (Arizona State University, USA)
Call for Papers: 10th November 2011 – 31st January 2012
Contact: Dr Mark Peterson (digitalkyoto@gmail.com) Dr Michael Thomas (mthomas4@uclan.ac.uk)
Webpage: http://digitallanguagelearning.wikispaces.com
Call for Papers
Abstracts of no more than 250 words are now being accepted on the following or related themes:
Proposals will be accepted in the following categories: papers (20 minutes); poster sessions (ongoing); workshops (40 minutes). Abstracts should be sent to: digitalkyoto@gmail.com by no later than 31st January 2012. Successful participants will be notified of acceptance by 7th February 2012.
Posted in The educational technologist
Tagged Conferences, digital, Educational Technology & TESOL, ICT, TESOL
Just discovered this online journal to do with language teching and technology. It appears to have been going since 2001 and has lots of interesting people on its editorial board.
Gary Motteram
The Learning Technologies Special Interest Group (SIG), the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English (MATE) and The British Council, Morocco are pleased to announce the 1st International Conference of ICT in Education in Marrakech, Morocco from 8th-11th February 2012.
The CALL for papers is available on the LTSIG website. The cut off date for proposals is 16th December.
This will be an exciting and interesting event, taking place in North Africa at a time of momentous change, make sure that you can say that you were there!
Gary Motteram
Event Organiser for the LTSIG.
Posted in General links, TESOL, The educational technologist
Tagged Conferences, EdTech, Educational Technology & TESOL, IATEFL, ICT, TESOL
‘Online context-related and critical thinking materials for the ESOL classroom’
by The British Council ESOL Nexus Team
‘Evaluating classroom materials is something we do everyday as ESOL tutors. However, with a shift from paper-based to internet resources there are new questions to ask of what we use and what will work with our learners. Presented by ESOL resource specialists from the British Council’s ESOL Nexus team, this workshop will take a critical look at the issues raised by the use of the internet in the ESOL classroom. In the workshop you will have the opportunity to apply what you learn to evaluating some selected web materials and relate this to the contexts within which you teach. An online CPD Module will soon be available, which will allow you to explore some of the issues covered in the workshop in greater depth.’
Additional information with be posted on the NATESOL website at www.natesol.org
Thursday, 8th December, 2011
5.30pm – Registration. 6 -6.15pm – Start..
Venue:
The British Council
Bridgewater House
58 Whitworth Street
Manchester M1 6BB
Pre-registration is required with Jonathan Nicolson at jtnicolson@hotmail.co.uk or 0161 789 4970.
NATESOL’s programme consists of 6 sessions during the academic year.
* Individual membership per year: £10 – Free attendance at each session
* Institutional membership per year: £50.
* Non-members pay £4 per session, concession £3
To renew your membership, become a new member, or just receive information about future sessions, then please contact:
Jonathan Nicolson at 6 Stafford Rd. Eccles. jtnicolson@hotmail.co.uk or 0161 789 4970.
Posted in TESOL, The educational technologist
Tagged Educational Technology & TESOL, ICT, TESOL
LT SIG Webinars
Online seminars for teachers interested in technology
The Learning Technologies SIG will be holding regular online workshops (or ‘webinars’) which are open to the general public. These webinars will take place in the online video conferencing platform (Adobe Connect) and last approximately one hour. The webinars feature well-known and experienced practitioners talking about technology in English language teaching, and are of interest to all teachers.
More detail here: http://www.ltsig.org.uk/online-events.html
Gary Motteram
Posted in General links, The educational technologist
Tagged Educational Technology & TESOL, IATEFL, ICT, technology, TESOL
As more of our current and past students are keeping blogs, I have taken out some of the more general blog links that were there before. If you would like your blog included, please let me know.
Gary Motteram
Posted in General links
Here is a link to a discussion that I took part in about the use of social media in teacher education. This was part of a conference that was happening at the time in Moscow: http://connectpro10829081.adobeconnect.com/p84tr9d2eyd/. This talk uses Adobe Connect Professional.
Gary Motteram
IATEFL next year is in Glasgow, from Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 March 2012.
If you’re thinking of going, ask yourself:
Adapted from an email from Herbert Puchta, Chair, Publications Committee, and Vice President, IATEFL
Posted by Gary Motteram
Interesting report in the online Guardian about the role of English in development. A report commissioned by the British Council.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jul/05/research-backs-english-language-delotbiniere
Gary Motteram
