CALL FOR GUEST EDITOR PROPOSALS TESOL in Context 2026 Special Issue TESOL in Context (TIC) invites Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from prospective guest editors for its 2026 Special Issue, the second issue of the calendar year. This issue is an opportunity to bring together a collection of scholarly and practice-oriented articles that address a theme of current […]
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The inaugural meeting of ACTA’s new Teacher Education Consultancy Group took place on 15 April 2025. Co-convenors, ACTA President, Chris Davison and ACTA Vice President, Ronan Kelly, welcomed members from universities across Australia. The meeting began with a presentation by Carly Steel (with Julian Chen, Kim Andreassen, Toni Dobinson, Stephanie Dryden, Curtin University; Leonardo Veliz,
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How long does it take to learn English? On April 8, 2025, members of the combined ACTA Schools/Indigenous EALD Consultancy Groups attended an important presentation by Dr Lucy Lu from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO). Dr Lu presented a summary of recent AERO research into how long it takes EAL students in NSW schools to develop
ACTA has just launched a Tertiary Education Consultancy Group, an expansion of the Refugee Youth group which focused on tertiary entry. This consultancy group aims to provide leadership and advocacy for English as an additional language/dialect students in Australian tertiary education, and to advance quality English language provision from pathway programs to graduation from degrees.
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Media Release Released Thursday 27 March, 2025 An Opportunity Lost- Adult Migrant English Teachers ask: “When Will The Truth Be Told? “We are sadly disappointed”, said Emeritus Professor Chris Davison, President of the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA), the peak association for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, responding to the report
AGM NEWS: Thanks to all who attended ACTA’s AGM last night. We’re pleased to announce the names of the ACTA executive committee for 2025: President: Chris Davison Vice-president: Ronan Kelly. Thanks to Dr Helen Moore for her tireless work in the VP role in the previous year(s), and welcome and congratulations to Ronan! Secretary: Marg
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We are thrilled to start publishing articles for the 2025 Special Issue on EAL/D and Initial Teacher Education in TESOL in Context! Guest-edited by Dr Mei French (University of South Australia) and Associate Professor Julie Choi (University of Melbourne), this special issue explores critical perspectives on Initial Teacher Education and schooling for multilingual learners. Several
Doctoral Dissertation Grants – International Research Foundation for English Language Education TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition. Grants of up to US $5,000 will be made to successful applicants investigating a range of topics in English language education. The application
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CALL FOR PAPERS – TESOL in Context 2025 (Vol. 34, No. 1 General Issue) TESOL in Context is calling for manuscript submissions for the first general issue for 2025, which will be overseen by Dr Ward Peeters Dr David Wei Dai and Dr Sal Consoli. TESOL in Context is an internationally refereed, diamond open access,
Hot off the press! TESOL in Context Vol. 33, No. 1 (2024) is now available! Dive into the latest research and insights shaping the TESOL and EAL/D fields. Click here to access and download the full issue for FREE. TESOL in Context is a diamond open access, Scopus-indexed, internationally refereed journal, the official publication of
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