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Jason Anderson has published an article exploring the relationship between project-based learning and task-based language teaching.
The article examines the continuities and differences between these two approaches to language education and considers how they may be integrated to support effective language learning and teaching.
The article, published in Educational Linguistics, is titled:
Anderson, J. (2026). Project-based learning and task-based language teaching: continuities, differences and the potential for integration. Educational Linguistics (Advance Online Publication).
Suji Ko and Troy McConachy have published a new article examining how intercultural learning is supported in two English Conversation textbooks used in Korean high schools.
The study analyses the cultural representations presented in the textbooks, alongside the activities they include, to explore how they may support students in developing intercultural understanding and awareness.
The article, published in Language, Culture and Curriculum, is titled:
Ko, S., & McConachy, T. (2026). Examining intercultural learning in Korean high school 'English Conversation' textbooks: The role of cultural representations and textbook activities. Language, Culture and Curriculum.
Dr Jason Anderson travelled to Assam, India on the invitation of the Government of Assam to deliver an invited talk: "Translingual English-medium instruction (EMI): A pathway to multilingual and multidisciplinary efficacy for international higher education institutions", and signed a research MOU with Padmini Boruah of the University of Gauhati as part of the conference: International Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Education and Attainment of SDGs in Higher Education, Guwahati, Assam, 29-30 Jan, 2026.
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Dr Anderson also delivered an invited lecture at the University of Gauhati entitled: "Exploring the potential of AI with project-based learning: Pedagogy for higher education in the 21st century."
Congratulations to Winnie Shum for passing her viva with minor corrections. The title of the thesis was 'Developing Tertiary Students' Intercultural Interactional Competences: An Investigation of the Effectiveness of a Conversation Analysis-based Blended Pedagogy'. Winnie's examiners were Zhu Hua (external, UCL) and Duncan Lees (internal), and her supervisors were Tony Liddicoat (first) and Fiona Copland (second), replacing Troy McConachy.
Congratulations to Meifang Zhuo for passing her viva with minor corrections. The title of the thesis was 'A teacher-research intervention to promote language teacher wellbeing and professional development in China: the promise of an EPAR design' Meifang's examiners were Judith Hanks ( external, University of Leeds) and Steve Mann (internal), and his supervisors were Annamaria Pinter ( first) and Neil Murray (second).