Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany
About
Jürgen Kurtz — I am a scientist who is interested in the theory and practice of foreign and/or second language learning and teaching. Within this thematic context, my blog focuses on a diverse range of issues and pressing questions, especially: approaches and methods in foreign language teaching, classroom interaction, intercultural education, neoliberal approaches to foreign language education, EFL textbook development and use, hybrid learning in pre-service EFL teacher education
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Recent Posts
- New Empirical Study on Productive Speaking and Formulaic Language Use in Primary EFL
- Enhancing Fluency through Creative Practice in the EFL Classroom: Collaborative Course Planning in the International Blogosphere (Part 1)
- TEFLhybrid@JLU: Learning to Teach English in the Digital Age
- 15th BAAL SIG LLT Conference 2019
- Neoliberalism and Global Citizenship Education
- Educating the Global Citizen: International Perspectives on Foreign Language Teaching in the Digital Age
- Evidence for the Bilingual Option: Re-Thinking European Principles in Foreign Language Teaching
- 14th BAAL SIG LLT Conference 2018
- ACTA 2018 International TESOL Conference: English Language Learning in a Mobile World
- Brian Tomlinson: Materials Development in TESOL – Trends and Issues (TESOLacademic.org)
- The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: New Companion Volume
- “I Accuse…!”
- Developing Video Game Literacy in the EFL Classroom: A Qualitative Analysis of 10th Grade Classroom Game Discourse
- Creativity for Change in Language Education: The C Group
- 53rd RELC International Conference 2018
Resources
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Companion Volume to the CEFR with New Descriptors
ACTFL World Readiness Guidelines for Learning Languages 2017
MLA Report 2007: Foreign Languages and Higher Education
National German Standards for Teaching English and French / Intermediate Level
National German Standards for Teaching English and French / Advanced Level / University Entrance QualificationsBlog Archive
NYT / EDU
- Dartmouth’s President, Sian Leah Beilock, Called in Police Quickly. The Fallout Was Just as Swift.
- How Columbia University Lost Support From the Russell Berrie Foundation
- U.S.C. Tries to Manage ‘Train Wreck’ of a Graduation
- Why Al Jazeera is the Go To News Source for Student Protesters
- Two Universities Cancel Speeches by U.N. Ambassador
- It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle
- What the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
- The Congresswoman Going After Elite Universities on Antisemitism
- With States Banning DEI, Some Universities Find a Workaround
- U.S.C. Cancels Valedictorian’s Speech After Pro-Israel Groups Object
GUARDIAN / TEFL
- Gill Stoker obituary
- A Christmas that changed me: I dragged myself to work – and had one of the best moments of my life
- Sarah Gartland obituary
- Alun Rees obituary
- Euan Reid obituary
- Wendy Sturgess obituary
- Christine Nuttall obituary
- The sorry state of English as a second language teaching provision | Letters
- Is Tefl a springboard to getting other jobs?
- A moment that changed me: when I took Ricky Gervais’s advice and quit my job | Andrew Hankinson