Enhancing teachers’ professional identities with technology January 2, 2017 0 Comments latl Kim, D., & Jang, S. E. (2014). Dialogic practices in using podcasting and blogging as teaching tools for teachers seeking ESOL Certificate. J Educational Computing Research, 51(2) 205-232. Research Findings The aim of this research was to evaluate how ESOL teachers, who ranged in age from twenty-three to their late fifties, utilised podcasts and blogs […] Read More
Empowering the Shyer Students 0 Comments latl In 2014, the journal Language Learning & Technology, 18(2) published a tribute to Mark Warschauer who has consistently written thought provoking articles about using technology in the language classroom http://llt.msu.edu/issues/june2014/tribute.pdf Here is one of his early articles, which demonstrates how technology can empower the weaker, shyer, less able students and help the vociferous ones sit […] Read More
Do multilingual global citizens need to learn standardised English? 0 Comments latl adults,ESOL,integration,Language Li, L. & Simpson, R. (2013). Telling tales: Discursive narratives of ESOL migrant identities. Novitas-ROYAL, 7(1), 1-16. Research findings This study involved five adult European ESOL learners in Belfast. Although this is not an Australasian context, the issues are similar. As Li & Simpson point out “a language learner’s identity is multiple (rather than unitary), […] Read More