Monthly Archives: September 2012

DoL Teaching Forum: The EPOS portfolio

Posted on 15/09/2012 by mft2

At the Department of Languages Teaching Forum held on the 06.09.12, Bärbel Kϋhn and  Jϋrgen Friedrich (University of Bremen), presented EPOS2: The Department of Languages of the University of Bremen has been successfully working with its electronic ELP ‘EPOS’ over … Continue reading →

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Collaboration with Stella Hurd

Posted on 15/09/2012 by mft2

Now that my last article submission is about to be published I can finally resume work on an article provisionally entitled Reacting to feedback on language learning tasks: A model of cognitive and affective engagement in learning contexts, that Stella Hurd and I started … Continue reading →

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Entrevistas y actuaciones

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

Mi anfitrión en Asunción, el arpista paraguayo Rito Pedersen, me brindó numerosas oportunidades de defender la causa del mutlilingüismo a través de los medios de comunicación: El 30 de julio fui entrevistada por Juan Pastoriza en su programa radiofónico La noche del folklore en Radio Monumental. … Continue reading →

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Presentación sobre bilingüismo en la canción paraguaya

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

El pasado 7 de agosto presenté en la Universidad Autónoma de Asunción una ponencia titulada Presencia del guarani en la canción paraguaya, basada en un proyecto de investigación realizada en 2005, antes de incorporarme a la Open University. Aunque actualmente mi investigación se centra en … Continue reading →

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Colaboración internacional

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

Aprovechando mi visita a Paraguay este verano, establecí contacto con los colegas de la   Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (UAA), donde fui invitada a dar una presentación sobre la enseñanza a distancia en la Open University (el 26 de Julio). También pude … Continue reading →

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Bienvenidos a mi blog

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

En este blog iré publicando diversas noticias sobre mis actividades. La mayor parte de éstas están redactadas en inglés, ya que es la lengua en la que desempeño mi actividad profesional. No obstante, traduciré al español aquellas noticias que puedan … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming publication

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

Our article entitled Are the principles of effective feedback transferable across disciplines? A comparative study of written assignment feedback in Languages and Technology (authors: María Fernández-Toro, Mike Truman and Mirabelle Walker) has just been accepted for publication in Assessment and Evaluation … Continue reading →

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On the media

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

My host in Asunción, Paraguayan harpist Rito Pedersen, gave me numerous opportunities to make a case for bilingualism on the media. I was interviewed on Juan Pastoriza’s radio programme La noche del folklore (Radio Monumental, 30.07.12) and on the TV programme … Continue reading →

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Bilingualism in Paraguayan song

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

This presentation, given at the Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (7th August 2012) was entitled Presencia del guarani en la canción paraguaya and drew on an earlier research project on bilingualism in Paraguayan song that I carried out back in 2005.  Although I am … Continue reading →

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International collaboration

Posted on 01/09/2012 by mft2

A Summer visit to Paraguay gave me the opportunity to make contact with colleagues at the  Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (UAA). I was invited to give a talk about e-learning at the OU, which took place at the UAA. On the same day … Continue reading →

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