Recording of Live Facebook discussion
This is a recording of our live Facebook discussion. Paul Braddock and Kate Borthwick answered questions from the course and talked about online learning. This took place on Thursday 25th …
Course: Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching
Goodbye!
We hope that you have enjoyed your journey with us. We really enjoyed meeting you and hearing your thoughts and experiences of language learning. We learned a lot, and we …
Live session recording: online teaching and learning
This is the recording of the live session held on Tuesday 6th November, featuring Josh Underwood, Kate Borthwick and Anne Foreman answering questions related to online learning/teaching. The Question-and-answer session …
Video update on the week’s activities
Jo Dixon will provide feedback on the week’s activities in a short video update. The video will appear here by Sunday 8th November.
A year in the life of the Centre for Global Englishes
In this article, Will Baker gives a picture of life as a researcher in the Centre for Global Englishes. He reflects on the activities which have taken place over the …
Become a part of our research community and join a live research project
In this video, Will Baker invites you to join our live and current research project. You can be part of our research by telling us about language policies and practices …
Next steps in research: English the ‘multilingua’ franca
In this video, Jennifer Jenkins outlines her recent research and thinking on the use of English around the world. Jennifer talks about three phases of thinking about how English is …
English used as a medium of instruction in universities: the growing trend
In this video, Jennifer Jenkins interviews Anna Mauranen, from the University of Helskinki, about the use of English as a lingua franca in universities. Jennifer and Anna are pioneers of …
Video update on the week’s activities
Jo Dixon provided feedback on the week’s activities via a near real-time video update. Watch the video review in youtube Conversations to join Connectivititillating, a new term coined by our …
Introduction to week 5
In this video, Darren Paffey introduces the ideas you will explore in this final week of the course. You will hear about the latest developments in Global Englishes’ research from …
Recording of BeLive Facebook chat
A recording of the BeLive Facebook chat. If you missed our live session this week, watch this recording to catch up with what happened! Participants were Josh Underwood (British Council) …
Recording of BeLive Facebook chat
This is a recording of the live Q and A held on 13th May. This discussion was hosted by the British Council in their Teaching English Facebook page. It featured …
Introduction to week 4
This week, you will consider a case study of the most widely taught and learnt language: English. What is the role of English in the world today? What are the …
Further study with the University of Southampton and British Council
We hope you’ve enjoyed Week 1 of this course. You can check your progress on the course so far. Next week we’ll explore language teaching in the classroom and we …
Responding to questions and controversies in ELF research
Responding to questions and controversies in ELF This session was recorded live with a panel of ELF specialists from the University of Southampton on Friday 29th April 2016. We discussed …