Co-authorship and productivity: insights from Parish et al. (2018)

The following is a selection of quotes from the following paper: Parish AJ, Boyack KW, Ioannidis JPA (2018) Dynamics of co-authorship and productivity across different fields of scientific research. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0189742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189742 You can find here something I wrote co-authorship in the area of applied linguistics where I call for a re-evaluation of … Read more

Empleo y aprendizaje de lenguas en el Reino Unido

  I Jornadas Vocational Guidance In Clil (VGCLIL). Universidad de Murcia. 23 October, 2018. CLIL en contextos profesionales.Acceso a la presentación online. Links: Languages for the future. British Council 2017. The value of languages. Cambridge Language Sciences. 2017. SMEs language survey. British Academy. 2015   Algunos datos sobre VGCLIL (Prof. Purificación Sánchez Hernández, Coordinadora en España … Read more

Corpus linguistics & vocabulary learning

  Recently, one of my students asked for some pointers in corpus linguistics and vocabulary learning. Here´s my top 5 impromptu list. Sinclair, J. (2003). Reading concordances. An introduction. Harlow: Longman. This is a great resource to fully understand the implications of using concordances to derive (linguistic) meaning. Leńko-Szymańska, A. (2015). The English Vocabulary Profile as … Read more

Free copy of our latest paper in Computer Assisted Language Learning

Our article, Language teachers’ perceptions on the use of OER language processing technologies in MALL, has just been published on Computer Assisted Language Learning Journal, Taylor & Francis Online. 50 free eprints can be downloaded from the following URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/epWFWhVAGFZ4yRSIaMcA/full Get yours now!!!! Abstract Combined with the ubiquity and constant connectivity of mobile devices, and with … Read more