Melanie van den Hoven, PhD

@drmvdhoven.bsky.social

Independent researcher

⚡ What can you learn in five minutes? Join us for five lightning talks from emerging scholars whose work connects intercultural communication, language teaching, storytelling, literature, and young learner education across diverse international contexts. October 30th. Use QR code to register.

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Fiodhna Hyland-Gardiner from Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick, Ireland and I are co-presenting on how teacher education can support multilingual learners in Irish classrooms, and we offer tips on plurilingual, inclusive practices. See you at Salt Lake City on March 26! #TESOL2026

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Going to TESOL26 in Salt Lake City? Schedule in this session co-hosted by the Intercultural Communication Interest Section. Three former TESOL presidents will discuss global power shifts shaping the future of English language teaching. Details in the flyer.

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Attention scholars interested in world Englishes and/or the Gulf states. Next week there is a gathering at the IAWE conference in Giessen, Germany. Here is my presentation with Rizwan Ahmad. Looking forward to hearing about your perspectives.

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