Language, Linguistics, International Higher Ed
May 30 is the TESL Nova Scotia spring conference, one of my favourites. I m presenting on the topic of language policy-making as key teacher competence, an adaptation of the talk I delivered at IATEFL in April. Here s the abstract: Classroom teachers are important language policy brokers. However, language policymaking is a competency rarely found in [ ]
I led an online workshop on May 6 via the Universidad Católica de Manizales, open to EMI lecturers from UCM and institutions across the Sistema Universitario de Manizales (SUMA) network. Thank you to the UCM Global team for the invitation. Workshop description: Design deliberately sequenced and scaffolded lesson plans for your EMI course to help [ ]
This year s Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning features a pre-conference workshop on May 5 focused on language education, entitled: Building Inclusive Language Classrooms: Cooperative Learning, Task-Based Pedagogy, and AI in Multilingual Higher Education . I will be delivering the opening keynote at this workshop, entitled The Challenges and Opportunities of Task-Based…
I m in the UK at my 11th IATEFL Conference since I started attending in 2013. It s one of the main events in my own personal PD calendar every year.I m presenting as part of a forum on Forum on Critical Perspectives in EMI Education, on Tuesday, April 21 at 2:20pm, alongside Here s the abstract: EMI content [ ]
English-Medium Instruction (EMI) en la Educación Superior Colombiana La instrucción por medio del inglés (o EMI por sus siglas en inglés) ha sido adoptado en más de 40.000 cursos universitarios a través del mundo. Esta modalidad está cada vez más presente en las universidades colombianas debido a sus contribuciones a la internacionalización institucional y a [ ]
I ve had the luxury of designing and delivering my own curriculum for the faculty training work in English-medium instruction I m carrying out at the Universidad Católica de Manizales, supported by the ICETEX Expertos Internacionales program. One thing that was very important to me as I designed this program was that it be critical. I sought [ ]
I m in Colombia, about to lead English-Medium Instruction training for faculty at the Universidad Católica de Manizales (more on this project to come!) I ve been involved in faculty development in English-medium instruction for the Colombian context before, notably in the Global English-Mediated Classrooms project with Universidad Católica de Manizales (Colombia), Universidad Católica de Colombia,…
First, I want to say that I m a bit of an LPP nerd. (That s language policy and planning to you non-nerds out there). My doctoral research was on LPP, and the Canadian Multidisciplinary Approaches to Language Policy and Planning conference is one of my favourites to attend and present at. So I can t help but [ ]
Or, The Value of Your Institution’s Language Centre My presentation with Valerie Kilgour of Languages Canada is Nov. 5 at 8:30am at the CBIE Conference in Quebec City. Here s the abstract: This session highlights Canada’s first multi-institutional study on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs, showing how high-quality language instruction, academic preparation, and integration support [ ]
Managing new vocabulary—be it general academic vocabulary, discipline-specific vocabulary, new instruction-related language, and emergent language—is a major concern for both content and language learning in English-medium instruction (EMI) contexts. (Or if you prefer, Coyle, Hood and Marsh s (2010) Language Triptych, the language of learning, language for learning, and language though learning.)…