Steve Brown
@steve11brown.bsky.social
Lecturer in TESOL, Doctor of Education, based in Glasgow, Scotland.
The TESOL team was well-represented at the IATEFL 2026 conference in Brighton last week. @danielmklam.bsky.social, @vmcdonagh.bsky.social and @steve11brown.bsky.social gave talks on various topics such as expanding the L2 listening skillset, teachers’ professional knowledge, etc.🤩🥳
As well as presenting at the #IATEFL2026 #TDSIG and #ESOLSIG PCE on Monday, I’m also presenting at the main #IATEFL26 conference. My talk has the cheery title “What have we done? ELT, global destruction and a more transformative model”. Thursday 23 Apr at 11.20 in the Charlotte Room. See you there!
Looking forward to this!
TDSIG@iatefltdsig.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us at the ESOL & TD SIG Pre-Conference Event at IATEFL Annual Conference 2026. In this session, Steve Brown invites us to rethink the relationship between ELT methodology and social justice. 📍 Brighton 🗓 20 April 2026 🔗 Register now and join us. #IATEFL2026 #PCE2026 #TeacherDevelopment #ESOL
Teaching the Teachers. Innovation. Challenges. Teacher Development. Join Steve Brown, Naeema Hann, and Harry Kuchah at the IATEFL 2026 Pre-Conference Event, brought to you by ESOL SIG & TDSIG. 📅 20 April 2026 | 📍 Brighton 👉 Register now: Pre-Conference Event
This joint Pre-Conference Event, organised by IATEFL ESOL SIG and IATEFL Teacher Development SIG, brings together teacher educators, researchers, and practitioners to explore how teacher development responds to innovation, inequality, and real classroom challenges. 📍 Brighton 🗓 20 April 2026 #PCE
Who might benefit from a sudden rise in oil prices? Maybe a country that recently used force to take control of another country that happens to have the world’s largest oil reserves..? Is this what the war with Iran is really about?
Our first event for the Future Skills for TESOL project! This is a series of events that we are integrating into our courses, designed to give our students opportunities to engage with local English language learners in order to develop useful language teaching and research skills. Thanks to all!
This initiative adds a useful practical dimension to our #MScTESOL, allowing students to engage meaningfully with local #ESOL learners to gain insight into their needs, priorities and lived experiences. I think the ESOL learners are benefitting too 😃
UofGTesol@uofgtesol.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur first event for the Future Skills for TESOL project! This is a series of events that we are integrating into our courses, designed to give our students opportunities to engage with local English language learners in order to develop useful language teaching and research skills. Thanks to all!
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We are pleased to announce that the Language Curriculum SIG is working together with the University of Edinburgh on the Second Language Teacher Education (SLTED) Conference to be held in Edinburgh on....
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My bit on why languages are brilliant and multilingual education is good for all www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Alison Phipps: Monolingualism was invented to serve capitalism and colonialism
THE majority of the world’s mother tongue is multilingual. The vast majority of the world’s people are multilingual people. Indeed, the idea of…
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People fleeing war and persecution aren’t asking for much - just to be treated with dignity and given the chance to rebuild their shattered lives. Everyone has the right to be safe and to feel like they belong.
In light of recent protests trying to prevent local residents from attending ESOL classes in the Glasgow area, an open letter has been published in defence of ESOL. If you work in education and support ESOL provision for local residents, please sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ed...
EDUCATION FOR ALL - We will not be divided
Join the over 75 educators and educational organisations in signing the open letter below to show that we will not be divided. ✊️ Join us on Monday 8th December for an online public meeting - 'Educat...
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Scotland’s leading academic on refugees warns that British political rhetoric is taking the UK ‘into the foothills of genocide’ Professor Alison Phipps, Unesco chair in refugee integration at Glasgow University, says demonisation will end in deaths www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544663...
Professor Alison Phipps: "We’re in foothills of genocide" as far-right threat grows
Professor Alison Phipps is the nation’s foremost authority on asylum. She tells our Writer at Large demonisation has gone too far and Westminster…
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No surprise here
Andrew Cutting@andrewcutting.coe.int · 11mo agoWell, there's a thing. New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
I’m at the #baal2025 conference at @uofglasgow.bsky.social . Lots of the sessions are taking place in the GU Union, and I’m getting flashbacks to my undergrad years. I’m pretty sure I saw the Tom Robinson Band here back in the day.
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
Smiles all round at graduation! ♥️ We love see our happy graduates on campus. All your hard work has paid off. Enjoy this moment! #UofGgrad25 #TeamUofG
🚨 Join the 1st #BAAL #LanguageCurriculum SIG Symposium! 🗓 19 June 2025 | ⏰ 9am–12pm BST | 💻 Online & Free for #BAAL members🎤 Plenary: Dr Suha Alansari + 6 talks 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/baalsig2025 @dariobanegas.bsky.social @mqueroljulian.bsky.social @tomaszjohn.bsky.social
Great to watch some of my former students from @uniwestscotland.bsky.social and current students from @uofgtesol.bsky.social presenting their research at the Scottish TESOL/Applied Linguistics Research Conference
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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High point of #IATEFL2025 coming up, Neil McMillan’s plenary on #tblt followed by @seburnt.bsky.social’s talk on inclusive materials 😬😃
All set for #IATEFL2025. Edinburgh this year, which seems strange to me for some reason. Lovely weather - so far.
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IATEFL@iatefl.bsky.social · 2y agoOur Conference Preview Brochure, sponsored by TOEFL®, is now available: www.iateflconference.org/about-the-co... In it you'll find: - Our plenary speakers - Our sponsors & exhibitors so far - The outline of our academic sessions & speakers - Our Pre-Conference Events - How to book and much more!
At this year’s #IATEFL2025 conference in Edinburgh, I’ll be exploring the concept of “empowerment” and “empowering ELT”, a popular phrase which, in my view, doesn’t adequately encapsulate what needs to be done. Come and join me on 8th April at 3.05pm.
Last year I reviewed 5 books for the #ELT journal, which you can read here: academic.oup.com/eltj/article/7… Next Thursday at 4.30pm I’ll be presenting and discussing the relevance of these books to the UK #ESOL context. You can register free here: forms.office.com/pages/response���
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Day 11 ResearchAdvent I am excited for the January meeting of the ESOL Research Community, where @steve11brown.bsky.social will be exploring the relevance & application of current literature for ESOL. Deets and sign up here padlet.com/kathrynsidaw...
Your ESOL Research Community
Connecting ESOL teachers with research through online events - co-ordinated by Cathy Clarkson and Kathryn Sidaway
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Jo FletcherSaxon 🎙️ 👩🏻🎓 🐑 📚 💄 💻@jofletchersaxon.bsky.social · 2y ago#ResearchAdvent Join in by quote posting or replying with your response to each prompt during December. Don’t forget the hashtag! (Please use this original post with its alt text 😃 Repost or reply ✅ using #ResearchAdvent)
