TEFL Interviews 47: Jean-Marc Dewaele on Multilingualism

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In today’s episode we explore English-Medium Instruction with Dr Jim McKinley. 

Jim is an associate professor of applied linguistics in higher education at University College London IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, and Academic Head of Learning and Teaching in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. Jim's recent research agenda is focused on the teaching-research nexus in higher education and TESOL, doctoral writing and L2 writer identity, and internationalisation education policy concerning English medium instruction (EMI) and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). 

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More information about Jim can be found here. 

Details about Jim co-edited book mentioned in the episode are here. 

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

After a pause during the teaching term and summer break, we’re happy to return! In this episode we catch-up with each other about we’ve been doing during our time of absence, talk about questions from students, and reflect on our experiences with course surveys. 

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Takaaki is an associate professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, where he is in charge of a range of applied linguistics courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as supervising masters and doctoral students. His research and teaching interests include teacher education, teacher research, and qualitative research methods. 

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Information about Takaaki and his work can be found here.

Details about his book can be viewed here.

On Saturday, May the 28th 2022, they’ll be an online launch event of Takaaki’s book discussed in the show. Participation is free, however registration is required here. Details of how to purchase Takaaki’s book at 30% off will be announced during the event.

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In today’s episode we look at the topic of accessibility and inclusivity in the classroom, and are pleased to be joined in our discussion by Dr Judit Kormos.

Judit is a professor and the Director of Studies for the MA TESOL Distance programme at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, United Kingdom. She has been active in research on motivation in second language learning, and self-regulation in second language writing. Her current interest is in dyslexia in second language learning, and the discussion in this episode focused on the topics of accessibility and inclusivity in language education.

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More information about Judit and her work can be found on her website here.

To join her MOOC course, follow this link.

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. 

In today’s episode we get to grips with language assessment and testing, and are pleased to be joined by Dr Talia Issacs.

Talia principally works as associate professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL in the Culture, Communication, and Media department at University College London’s Institute of Education. She’s also involved with leading assessment and consultancy projects on assessment and communication and regularly serves in an advisory role for different educational stakeholder groups both locally and internationally. Her research interests include second language acquisition, higher education, speech sciences, psychology, medicine, and language assessment - the topic of today’s episode.

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. 

In this episode, we're joined by Dr Sin Wang Chong.

Sin Wang is an assistant professor in School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast. Sin Wang’s research interests include assessment feedback in higher education, educational/language assessment, qualitative research synthesis, and computer-assisted language learning. Sin Wang is also a project leader of the TESOLgraphics (https://tesolgraphics.weebly.com) - A website that focuses on producing infographical summaries of secondary research in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. More about Sin Wang can be found here. 

This episode discusses open scholarship, particularly the way that secondary research can be utilised by and made accessible for teachers. 

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. 

This episode marks the start of our change in format.

Today’s episode considers the environment, climate change, sustainability, and other green matters with regard to the ELT industry and teaching practice, and features our guest - Harry Waters. 

Based in Spain, Harry has been working in the TEFL world for over 14 years. He is a trainer for the ELTon award winning Pearson and BBC Live Classes project, as well as the learning guide for Pearson and BBC Studio’s Speak Out for Sustainability project. His passion for teaching and obsession with the planet led him to create Renewable English, an online English course providing free classes and materials aimed at raising climate change awareness across the globe. 

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Renewable English: www.renewableenglish.com

Speak out for Sustainability: https://www.pearson.com/english/about-us/pearson-and-bbc-studios-partnership.html 

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

After a long hiatus from podcasting, we're happy to return! In this second part of Ep. 109, we catch-up with each other's recent research interest and reading activities. 

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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

After a long hiatus from podcasting, we're happy to return! In this episode, which is the first of two parts, we catch-up with each other about we've been doing during our time of absence, and we introduce details about the new format to our show. 

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Welcome back to the TEFLology Podcast! 

In this episode, Matt speaks to Ashley R. Moore. 

Ashley is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia. His research interests include critical pedagogy, inclusive education, the role of hidden identities in language classrooms, and queer issues in language education, amongst other topics. He has published in TESOL Quarterly, the ELT Journal, and the Modern Language Journal. 

In this interview, recorded remotely, Matt spoke to Ashley about queer issues and heteronormativity in foreign language learning and teaching. 

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More information about Ashley can be found here - https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/ashley-r-moore/

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