北京师范大学外文学院外语教育与教师教育研究所将于2014年10月29日至10月30日邀请著名语言教育专家Julian Edge和Anne Burns为广大师生做讲座，讲座具体时间、安排及简要内容如下：

讲座一

时间：2014年10月29日 9：00-11：30

地点：北京师范大学，后主楼914室

讲座专家：Julian Edge （University of Manchester, UK）

讲座题目：Non-judgemental and critical discourses for personal/professional development

讲座内容：Workshop 1: Cooperative Development 

This interactive workshop will introduce the use of non-judgemental language in exchanges between colleagues, where both colleagues focus on the development of the ideas and plans of only one of them. Rather than exchange ideas in a pair, one partner tries to carry his/her own ideas forward, while the other partner encourages him/her by demonstrating acceptance and understanding. This produces an unusual and potentially powerful dynamic. Participants craft their own next best step forward by searching inside themselves. Outcomes can include individual professional development and an increase of collegiality among those people working together. If you want to do a little reading about this work before our session, you will find a short article of mine attached to this message.

·   Article 1: Edge, J. 2003. Collegial self-development. English Teaching Professional 27: 58-60.

讲座二

时间：2014年10月30日9：00-11：30

地点：北京师范大学，后主楼914室

讲座专家：Julian Edge （University of Manchester, UK）

讲座题目：Non-judgemental and critical discourses

for personal/professional development

讲座内容：Workshop 2: In search of the hybrid

The learning of language is an ability common to all humanity, but teaching is an activity that is rooted in a variety of contexts. I suggest that what we, as teachers, are looking for are ways of teaching that respect and take advantage of our human commonalities and our contextual differences. That is to say, we need to develop hybrid approaches to our work. In this workshop, we shall explore how we can well use the international literature of our field in this endeavour. We shall also take a critical look at what we mean by such terms as ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ and the relationship between them. We will take a case-study approach to the topic, based on the following article:

·  Article 2: Zhang, X-Q & Head, K. 2009. Dealing with learner reticence in the speaking class. ELT Journal 64/1: 1-9.

In order to take part in this workshop (Workshop 2), you need to have read this article. As you read, ask yourself — or even better, discuss with others — at least the following two questions:

· What can I learn from this article, methodologically, as a teacher?

· What can I learn from this article about how to use the international literature of our field?

Please come to the workshop ready to discuss these questions.

I look forward to working with you, to learning from your participation in these workshops, and to seeing what kind of hybrid approaches make sense to you — individually and as a group.

讲座三

时间：2014年10月30日， 星期四，（14点-16点半）

地点：北京师范大学，后主楼914室

讲座专家：Anne Burns, Ph.D.（University of New South Wales，Aston University, Birmingham）

讲座题目：Action Research

讲座内容：Workshop (1.5-2 hours)

Exploring your classroom through action research

This session is designed for teachers who are interested in knowing more about action research and how to do it in their classrooms. It will be interactive and participatory and will take you through some steps to begin the action research process. We will be looking first at the meaning of action research, what it is about and why it can be appealing to teachers. We will then look at some processes for doing action research and you will get an opportunity to share ideas about issues, puzzles or challenges in your classroom that you would like to explore further.  We will then look at some ways that you can begin to focus your ideas and to learn more about your students, yourself as a teacher and your classroom.  There will be several opportunities in this workshop to share your ideas about teaching with other teachers and to develop some new ways of understanding what goes on in your classroom.

专家介绍

 Dr Julian Edge, University of Manchester, UK

Julian Edge began teaching English to speakers of other languages in Amman, Jordan in 1969. Since then, he has lived and worked in Germany, Egypt, Singapore, Lebanon, Turkey and Australia, as well as Britain. He has also made shorter working visits to a large number of other countries. He has a Diploma in the Teaching of English Overseas from the University of Manchester, an MA in English Language and Education from the University of London and a PhD in the fields of discourse analysis and language teacher education from the University of Birmingham. He has published widely, mostly in pursuit of his interest in the continuing self-development of teachers through reflective practice, action research and the disciplined use of non-judgemental discourse. In more recent years, he has allied these interests with an increased recognition of the sociocultural, political and ideological impact of the teaching of English worldwide. His keynote talk will address all of these issues.

Anne Burns, Ph.D.

Dr Anne Burns is Professor of TESOL in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and Professor Emerita in Language Education at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. She has published approximately 15 books and over 100 journal articles and now works mainly with doctoral students who are conducting research on English language teaching and learning. She is an academic advisor to the Applied Linguistics Series published by Oxford University Press and a senior consultant to Cengage/National Geographic Learning for the online ELTeach course. She enjoys working with teachers all over the world who are interested in reflecting on their teaching practice and using action research in their classrooms to explore issues that puzzle, challenge and excite them about their teaching.