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Dr Paula A Barrowcliffe

@paulaalcbar.bsky.social

🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺Lecturer in EAP, University of the West of Scotland ✨Research on Intersectionality and ESOL teacher identity.

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Cats, smiles, and thought provoking conversations can be a good summary of the 3rd International Symposium on Social Justice in ELT in Istanbul 🇹🇷 What an excellent event! @elinet-lsj.bsky.social @bahcesehir.bsky.social

03.06.2025 10:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tough immigration talk ‘but no plan for ESOL’ ESOL leaders have questioned the government’s 'vague' promise to make it easier to attend language classes in its immigration white paper.

No plan for ESOL …. feweek.co.uk/tough-immigr...

19.05.2025 12:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Have you voted yet?
Remember to vote in your consultative ballot.
Don't wait until later - Now is as good a time as any 😊
#EISULA #UNISON #UNITE

01.05.2025 14:07 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Select tickets – Gig for Gaza 🇵🇸 – The Bungalow Paisley for Palestine is pleased to present a benefit gig to raise money for the people of Gaza. Come along to enjoy an evening...

Paisley for Palestine is hosting a benefit gig to raise money for the people of Gaza. Come along to enjoy an evening of music and solidarity - all for a good cause! All proceeds from the event will go directly to Medical Aid for Palestine.

More info⤵️
www.tickettailor.com/events/paisl...

30.04.2025 13:45 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Some brilliant speakers now confirmed for the Social Justice in ELT symposium:

📅 Date: 30-31 May 2025
📍 Location: BAHÇESEHIR UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey

www.socialjusticeinelt.com/Home/Symposi...

@elinet-lsj.bsky.social

16.04.2025 13:49 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pleased to announce that I’ll be in Istanbul next month attending and presenting at the Symposium on Social Justice in ELT. Who else is coming? It’ll be nice to meet you there!

15.04.2025 11:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Paisley was looking beautiful this morning. #StoptheFarRight #Refugeeswelcome @standuptoracismuk.bsky.social

13.04.2025 13:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I am delighted to share this article regarding neoliberal governments (Conservative/Labour 1997-2024) framing of ESOL provision in the UK.

17.03.2025 12:31 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Linguistic Injustice and Inequality in the Public Domain Bringing together interdisciplinary experts and focussing on linguistic justice and inequality, this conference will examine how individuals and communities experience discrimination due to their lang...

Tomorrow I’ll be at @stir.ac.uk talking about Otherness in ESOL : www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti... @britishacademy.bsky.social

05.03.2025 21:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Eliminate an accent ❌

Eliminate accent prejudice ✅

04.03.2025 22:35 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Implementing academic reading circles in higher education: Exploring perceptions, motivation and outcomes Academic reading is an essential yet challenging skill to teach in higher education. Research shows that academic reading circles (ARC) is a promising…

Newly published research on Academic Reading Circles by
Ament, Tort-Cots, & Pladevall-Ballester (2025) - Great to see this positive work continuing with positive results!

#tleap

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

03.03.2025 19:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New publication which discusses ways to increase staff diversity in #ESOL . Available to all #NATECLA members in the latest edition of Language Issues Journal ⬇️⬇️

04.03.2025 10:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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La Pasionaria on the Clyde Waterfront in Glasgow. Featuring a statue of Dolores Ibarruri, it's a memorial to the volunteers of the Internarional Brigade who fought and died in the fight against the forces of fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

#glasgow #statue #warmemorial #lapasionaria

04.03.2025 08:40 — 👍 117    🔁 34    💬 6    📌 3

Great blog post about language ideologies in British education.

04.03.2025 10:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Lovely event yesterday at St Andrew’s University. Lots of interesting presentations and conversations with EAP practitioners from various British Universities (and beyond!)

09.02.2025 09:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe I should post something on here….
I’ll be talking about ‘Tailoring and enhancing EAP to support students across the wider university’ on the 8th February at the ‘EAP and Beyond’ Conference organised by the University of St Andrew’s. How exciting! 🥳

27.01.2025 16:34 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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