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8 Keynote talks (2014-2018)
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Our Keynotes (2014-2018) contains 8 talks on a range of topics as follows:
Brian Tomlinson on trends and issues in materials development;
Sarah Mercer on the importance of psychology in language teaching and learning (a summary of her IATEFL 2017 plenary);
Scott Thornbury on mediation between researchers and practitioners;
Glenn Fulcher on language testing;
John Swales on Genre and English for Academic Purposes;
Diane Larsen-Freeman on Complexity theory and its implications for TESOL;
Rod Ellis on Task-based pedagogy: the what, why and how;
Stephen Krashen on Comprehensible input, explicit methods, excessive testing and more.
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Brian Tomlinson
Materials Development
in TESOL: Trends and Issues. Interviewed by Dr. Hitomi Masuhara.
Recent publication details (indicative):
Tomlinson, B. and Masuhara, H. (2017). A complete guide to the theory and practice of materials development for language learning. Hoboken: Wiley.
Tomlinson, B. (Ed.) (2016). Second language research and materials development for language learning. London: Routledge.
Duration: 31.03 (#83) LINK TO TALK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sarah Mercer
On the importance of psychology in language teaching and learning (a summary of her IATEFL 2017 plenary)
Recent publication details (indicative):
Gkonou, C. & Mercer, S. (2017). Understanding Emotional and Social Intelligence among English Language Teachers. London: British Council. LINK
Mercer, S. (2017). Boundary disputes in self research. In Barkhuizen, G. (Ed.). Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research (pp. 93-99). Abingdon. Routledge.
Duration: 6:03 (#80) LINK TO TALK
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Scott Thornbury
Mediation between researchers and practitioners
Recent publication details (indicative):
Thornbury, S. (2017). ‘The New A to Z of ELT’. Macmillan.
Duration: 20:27 (#78) LINK TO TALK
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Glenn Fulcher
Language Testing
Recent publication details (indicative):
Fulcher, G. (2015). Re-examining Language Testing. A Philosophical and Social Inquiry. London and New York: Routledge.
Browne, K. & Fulcher, G. (2017). Perception and Pronunciation in Fluency Assessment. In Isaacs, T. and Trofimovich, P. (Eds.) Interfaces in Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 37 – 53). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Genre and English for Academic Purposes
Recent publication details (indicative):
Swales, J. and Feak, C. (2012). Academic Writing for Graduate Students. 3rd edition. University of Michigan Press.
Swales, J. and Feak, C. (2007). Navigating Academic: Writing Supporting Genres. University of Michigan Press.
Duration: 16:29 (#69) LINK TO TALK
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Complexity theory and its implications for TESOL
Recent publication details (indicative):
Larsen-Freeman, D. and Tedick, D. (2016). World language teaching. Handbook of Research on Teaching. 5th edition. American Educational Research Association.
Larsen-Freeman, D. and Celce-Murcia, M. (2015). The Grammar Book: Form, Meaning and Use for English Language Teachers, 3rd edition. Boston: National Geographic Learning/Cengage.
Duration: 23:14 (#65) LINK TO TALK
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Task-based pedagogy: the what, why and how
Recent publication details (indicative):
Ellis, R. (2005). Instructed Second Language Acquisition A Literature Review. Wellington: Ministry of Education, New Zealand.
Ellis, R. (2003). Task-based Language Learning and Teaching. Oxford: OUP.
Duration: 23:38 (#61) LINK TO TALK
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Comprehensible input, explicit methods, excessive testing, standardisation, privatisation, poverty... and more!
Recent publication details (indicative):
Krashen, S. (2013). Second Language Acquisition Theory, Applications, and Some Conjectures. Mexico City, Mexico: CUP.
Krashen, S. (2011). Free Voluntary Reading. Libraries Unlimited.
Duration: 24:51 (#59) LINK TO TALK
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