Category Archives: The interculturalist

This blog is for all postings related to intercultural matters of relevance to TESOL practitioners. It’s led by Richard Fay (from the LTE Group (MA TESOL) at the University of Manchester) but contributions are welcome from fellow interculturally-minded educators.

MA TESOL pathways from September 2010

Posted on 24, June 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

From September 2010, we are introducing three ‘named pathways’ to the MA TESOL degree so that graduates from it can exit with one of the following certificates:

MA TESOL
MA TESOL (Intercultural Education)
MA TESOL (Teacher Education)
MA TESOL (Educational Technology)

These options are for the MA TESOL programme only at the moment - the MA EdTech & TESOL programme continues as before.

For all three of these pathways, MA TESOL participants will take:

the two core course units (i.e. Beyond approaches, methods, techniques + Language learning and technology);
the pathway flagship course unit (i.e. respectively, Language education as intercultural practice, The education of language teachers, or one of the other educational technology course units);
the Developing researcher competence course unit with a study focused in the ICE pathway area; and
the Dissertation with a study focused in the ICE pathway area.

They complete the remainder of the programme (i.e. 3 x 15-credit course units) with electives of their own choice from the menus available (e.g. MA TESOL menu, MA EdTech & TESOL menu, MA AppLing menu, ISS, etc).

This development targets important dimensions of TESOL practitioner development as well as foregrounding the LTE areas of expertise/specialism in: educational technology & TESOL; (language) teacher education; and intercultural education.

Any/all reactions/feedback, most welcome.

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PhD Scholarship – World Englishes

Posted on 16, February 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

Please find below details of the following PhD studentship at Northumbria University (deadline for applications is 18th March 2010). Please forward to potential applicants:

English Language and Linguistics, The Department of Humanities at Northumbria University invites applications for a PhD studentship in Language Attitudes and World Englishes/English as an International Language.

Applications are welcomed in relation to the investigation of outer/expanding circle Englishes and especially in the following areas: attitudes towards varieties of English; language and identity; spread of English; language policy and planning; second language acquisition.

The successful applicant will receive:

A full fee waiver (home and EU students only);

£5k per annum bursary for 3 years (all students, including international);

A 30-hour teaching preparation course involving teaching practice and shadowing of experienced staff;

Guaranteed teaching hours in years 2 and 3 of the programme;

A dedicated work station within a good quality working environment;

Access to funds to support research expenses (conferences or library visits).

Eligibility

Applicants are normally expected to hold a MA degree in Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics or a closely related field.

Further information about the PhD studentship is available here:

English Language and Linguistics at Northumbria University is a diverse subject that covers a wide range of topics from language evolution and change to language spread and metaphor, with particular strengths in language learning and teaching, sociolinguistics and the psychology of language. While most of our research focuses on English (including historical varieties and world Englishes), our staff members have also worked on or have an active interest in a number of other languages, including Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, French, German and Polish.

For further information about the Department of Humanities and the English Language and Linguistics group at Northumbria University please visit us and more specifically here:

For additional information about the PhD studentship and an application form, interested applicants should contact:

Gill Drinkald, Senior Research Administrator,

Email: gill.drinkald@northumbria.ac.uk Tel: 0191 227 3880

Dr Robert M. McKenzie

Senior Lecturer

English Language and Linguistics

School of Arts & Social Sciences

Northumbria University

Lipman Building

Sandyford Road

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

Tel: +44 (0) 191 227 3122

email: robert.mckenzie@northumbria.ac.uk

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Linguistics for IC education in language learning and teaching

Posted on 8, February 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

Call for chapters:

(deadline for abstracts: 1st March 2010)

Linguistics for intercultural education in language learning and teaching

Editors:

Fred Dervin & Anthony J. Liddicoat

available at:

http://users.utu.fi/freder/CFClinguisticsinterculturaleducation.pdf

Dr Fred Dervin,

Adjunct Professor (Sociology, University of Joensuu, Finland)

Adjunct Professor (Language and intercultural education, University of

Turku, Finland)

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Who cares about Britishness?

Posted on 18, January 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

I quite recentlyattended a stimulating IALIC (International Association of Languages and Intercultural Communication) symposium on the Intercultural Writer (a spin-off term from Mike Byram’s term ‘Intercultural Speaker’) at which I came across:

Ware, V. (2007). “Who cares about Britishness? A global view of the national identity debate”, London, Counterpoint, British Council. [1-905147-58-9]

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Some online resources of interest to interculturalists?

Posted on 18, January 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

When I was in Sofia recently for a workshop, I met up with María del Carmen Méndez García from the University of Jaen in southern Spain who reminded me some work of relevance for this course unit undertaken under the auspices of the Council of Europe. Specifically, you might want to check out:

See the results section of this set of webpages for the Intercultural Competence for Professional Mobility project.

Mari-Carmen is also heavily involved in the Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters

Further, a former MA participant Rafn Kjarkasson took this course unit and then applied some of his learning from it in this set of European-funded resources

Finally, I came across a video clip which I really like which addresses the sense of ‘home’.

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New(ish) Books of interest to interculturalists?

Posted on 18, January 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

Byram, M. (2008). From foreign language education to education for intercultural citizenship, Clevedon, Multilingual matters. [978-1-84769-078-4]

Council of Europe (2009). Bergan, Sjur & Restoueix, Jean-Philippe (eds). Intercultural dialogue on campus, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing. [978-92-871-6503-9]

Fairclough, Norman (2006). Language and globalization, London, Routledge. [978-0-415-31765-8]

Jackson, Jane (2008). Language, identity and study abroad, London, Equinox. [978-1-84553-142-3]

Pennycook, Alistair (2007). Global Englishes and transcultural flows, London, Routledge. [978-0-415-37497-2]

Riley, Philip. (2007). Language, culture and identity : an ethnolinguistic perspective, London, Continuum. [978-0-826-48629-5]

Spencer-Oatey, Helen (2009). Intercultural interaction: a multidisciplinary approach to intercultural communication, Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. [978-1-4039-8631-3]

Weedon, C. (2004). Identity and culture: narratives of difference and belonging, Maidenhead, Open University Press. [0-335-20086-9]

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IAWE 2010 – Call for Papers (July 2010)

Posted on 18, January 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS: IAWE 2010

16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes
Date: 25-July-2010 – 27-July-2010
Location: Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Contact Person: Suzanne K. Hilgendorf
Meeting Email: iawe2010@sfu.ca
Web Site

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CLIE 2010 Conference: Linguistic and Intercultural Education

Posted on 16, January 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

The 2nd CLIE Call for Papers is now out, accompanied by the message below from Professor Cornelia Ilie, a conference convenor and plenary speaker.

The following paper was given at the previous CLIE conference by:

Ntavaliagkou, M., Fay, R., and Lytra, V. (2008). Multicultural awareness through English: An opportunity for repositioning TESOL in Greek schools. Paper presented at CLIE 2008 (1^st Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education): Multilingualism and Plurilingualism, Migrants’ languages, Minority Languages, 27- 29 November 2008, Alba Iulia, Romania. Published in the Proceedings, pp.362-374.

Maria Ntavaliagkou is an alumnus of the onsite MA TESOL programme.

Dear colleagues,
On behalf of ENIEDA (European Network for Intercultural Education Activities) and the CLIE2 Organising Committee I am pleased to invite you to the 2nd International Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education hosted by the University of Montenegro in Herceg Novi, 10-12 June 2010.

Please find attached the call for papers for CLIE2 – 2010.

We would be grateful if you could forward this email to anyone who might be interested.

Best regards,
Cornelia Ilie–
Cornelia Ilie
Professor of English Linguistics
Malmö University, Sweden
E-mail: cornelia.ilie@gmail.com

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Book chapter by Paul Smith and Xiaowei Zhou (LTE PhD students)

Posted on 4, January 2010 by Richard Fay | Leave a comment

Smith, P.V. and Zhou, X. (2009). The dissonance between insider and outsider perspectives of the ‘Chinese problem’: Implications for one of the UK’s largest undergraduate programmes. In T. Coverdale-Jones and P. Rastall (eds.), Internationalising the university: The Chinese context, Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 130-146.