May 24, 2016 The 14th Asia TEFL and 11th FEELTA international conference places emphasis on working towards expertise in English Language Teaching through being connected professionally in Asia and worldwide. Professional networks link teachers from a variety of educational contexts, helping to foster research, advance expertise and update knowledge. We invite educators and scholars, policy makers and practitioners to collaborate and share pedagogical theories, excellent teaching ideas and relevant practices developed in diverse ELT contexts. Continue reading “Connecting Professionally on ELT in Asia: Crossing the Bridge to Excellence” to be held 30 June – 2 July 2016→
May 17-20, 2016 The 5th International Scientific and Practical Conference was held under the state financial support allocated for the implementation of the project “Development and Implementation of Demonstration and Promotion Tools of Research and Technological Works and Achievements in Science and Education, Stimulating the Formation of a Positive Assessment in the Light of Current Processes in the Field of Research and Intellectual Technologies” within the framework of the Federal Target Program “Research and Development in Priority Areas of Scientific and Technological Complex of Russia for 2014-2020″. Continue reading NEICON Сonference-2016 «World-Class Scientific Publication: Publishing Ethics, Peer-Review and Content Preparation»→
May 18, 2016
On May 17, 2016 a meeting of the working group “Support for expatriates” was held at NUST MISiS. During the meeting, the participants got acquainted with the experience of the University, and the work being carried out at the University to attract, support, and integrate employees of the university from abroad. Continue reading “Global Universities” Association Working Group Meeting→
May 10, 2016
As a writing coach, I work with academic writers and see how often they feel isolated. Yet, for a variety of reasons, many of them hold back from asking for feedback on their projects. Some don’t yet have an established network of colleagues to tap. Others fear being scooped or having their ideas stolen. Many simply hesitate to bother busy colleagues with a request for a critique. But I suspect the biggest barrier may be fear of receiving harsh, or just unconstructive, criticism. Continue reading How to Get a Useful Critique→
April 30, 2016 The workshop covers issues related to the internal text structures intrinsic to a research article. In addition, it suggests a number of strategies to avoid obvious negation. We will also look at Anglo-American style of outlining, paragraphing, and argumentation to make the reading process easier for the reader. Continue reading Effective Writing and Strategies workshop at HSE on May 18→
April 21-23, 2016 The three-day conference was held in Smolensk on April 21-23 and discussed the latest developments in the field of information technologies in FL teaching, cross-cultural communication, integrating basic and additional language programs, research in language theories and practices, translation and interpreting, teacher development as well as innovative approaches, methods and techniques in ELT. This annual event embraced a wide range of academic and hands-on educational activities such as plenary sessions, presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panel discussions and ELT resources exhibitions aimed at sharing and disseminating the best innovative EFL teaching practices. Continue reading XXII NATE-Russia International Conference in Smolensk: “The Evolving Roles of the Modern Language Teacher”→
21 April 2016
Science can easily be misreported, especially for the wilder headline seeking claims. How can a good science article be structured? Digital Journal’s science editor-at-large provides some top tips. Digital Journal has recently discussed the differences between “good science”, which is evidence based and reproducible, and “bad science”, which can’t be replicated or makes claims beyond what was actually found with the research. But what about science writing? Continue reading Op-Ed: How to write a good science article→
25 March, 2016
Adam Ruben’s tongue-in-cheek column about the common difficulties and frustrations of reading a scientific paper broadly resonated among Science Careers readers. Many of you have come to us asking for more (and more serious) advice on how to make sense of the scientific literature, so we’ve asked a dozen scientists at different career stages and in a broad range of fields to tell us how they do it. Although it is clear that reading scientific papers becomes easier with experience, the stumbling blocks are real, and it is up to each scientist to identify and apply the techniques that work best for them. The responses have been edited for clarity and brevity. Continue reading How to (seriously) read a scientific paper→
