Daniel Xerri
@danielxerri.bsky.social
Associate Professor in #AppliedLinguistics & #TESOL | #ELT Council Chairperson | Researches teacher development and creativity.
Tomorrow I'm going to be delivering an invited talk at the annual conference organised by ANP, an association for school leaders in Italy. This will be my first conference talk in Italian so I'm feeling more excited than usual 🙂
www.anp.it/convegno-ann...
www.anp.it/convegno-ann...
October 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Tomorrow I'm going to be delivering an invited talk at the annual conference organised by ANP, an association for school leaders in Italy. This will be my first conference talk in Italian so I'm feeling more excited than usual 🙂
www.anp.it/convegno-ann...
www.anp.it/convegno-ann...
Our special issue on 'Technology-Enhanced Language Teacher Education: New Findings and Future Concerns' has now been published in the journal Technology in Language Teaching & Learning (volume 7, issue 2).
Open access: www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...
Open access: www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our special issue on 'Technology-Enhanced Language Teacher Education: New Findings and Future Concerns' has now been published in the journal Technology in Language Teaching & Learning (volume 7, issue 2).
Open access: www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...
Open access: www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...
For those interested in Aviation English, this is a newly published chapter co-authored with my colleague Nicole Falzon.
If you don't have access, send me a direct message.
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
If you don't have access, send me a direct message.
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For those interested in Aviation English, this is a newly published chapter co-authored with my colleague Nicole Falzon.
If you don't have access, send me a direct message.
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
If you don't have access, send me a direct message.
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
The tenth and final part of a leadership series that started two years ago shows how school leaders can harness culture to spark creativity, innovation & belonging.
📖 Read the full article in Modern English Teacher (Vol. 34 No. 5): www.pavilionelt.com/met
#Leadership #ELT #Culture
📖 Read the full article in Modern English Teacher (Vol. 34 No. 5): www.pavilionelt.com/met
#Leadership #ELT #Culture
September 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The tenth and final part of a leadership series that started two years ago shows how school leaders can harness culture to spark creativity, innovation & belonging.
📖 Read the full article in Modern English Teacher (Vol. 34 No. 5): www.pavilionelt.com/met
#Leadership #ELT #Culture
📖 Read the full article in Modern English Teacher (Vol. 34 No. 5): www.pavilionelt.com/met
#Leadership #ELT #Culture
The latest issue of Modern English Teacher contains an article that develops some of the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year.
pavilionelt.com/met/
pavilionelt.com/met/
September 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The latest issue of Modern English Teacher contains an article that develops some of the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year.
pavilionelt.com/met/
pavilionelt.com/met/
This newly published open access article examines the affordances of technology when seen as a reflective partner in language teacher education. It proposes a five-principle framework for technology-enhanced reflection.
doi.org/10.29140/tlt...
doi.org/10.29140/tlt...
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This newly published open access article examines the affordances of technology when seen as a reflective partner in language teacher education. It proposes a five-principle framework for technology-enhanced reflection.
doi.org/10.29140/tlt...
doi.org/10.29140/tlt...
I enjoyed this morning's plenary at the EdYOUFest Conference in Malta. The session focused on the intersection of reflection and technology in enhancing teachers' professional learning.
Thanks to Giovanni Rottura for the invitation and to the ELT Council for supporting the event.
📸 Juan Ellul
Thanks to Giovanni Rottura for the invitation and to the ELT Council for supporting the event.
📸 Juan Ellul
September 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I enjoyed this morning's plenary at the EdYOUFest Conference in Malta. The session focused on the intersection of reflection and technology in enhancing teachers' professional learning.
Thanks to Giovanni Rottura for the invitation and to the ELT Council for supporting the event.
📸 Juan Ellul
Thanks to Giovanni Rottura for the invitation and to the ELT Council for supporting the event.
📸 Juan Ellul
August 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
On 23rd November, I'll be speaking about classroom research at the #TESOL25 PreK-12 Day, a post virtual convention event for primary and secondary mainstream and EAL teachers and administrators.
Registration is now open: www.tesol.org/virtual/prek...
Registration is now open: www.tesol.org/virtual/prek...
August 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
On 23rd November, I'll be speaking about classroom research at the #TESOL25 PreK-12 Day, a post virtual convention event for primary and secondary mainstream and EAL teachers and administrators.
Registration is now open: www.tesol.org/virtual/prek...
Registration is now open: www.tesol.org/virtual/prek...
Almost at the end of the international summer school being held at the University of Prizren, Kosovo. I'm enjoying the experience of mentoring a lovely group of students enrolled on a course focusing on digital tools and interactive learning in the English classroom.
August 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Almost at the end of the international summer school being held at the University of Prizren, Kosovo. I'm enjoying the experience of mentoring a lovely group of students enrolled on a course focusing on digital tools and interactive learning in the English classroom.
The penultimate instalment in my leadership series for Modern English Teacher focuses on how school leaders can:
✅ Lead with trust, openness & inspiration
✅ Build a culture of safety & collaboration
✅ Invest in creativity education
✅ Reward innovation meaningfully
✅ Lead with trust, openness & inspiration
✅ Build a culture of safety & collaboration
✅ Invest in creativity education
✅ Reward innovation meaningfully
July 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The penultimate instalment in my leadership series for Modern English Teacher focuses on how school leaders can:
✅ Lead with trust, openness & inspiration
✅ Build a culture of safety & collaboration
✅ Invest in creativity education
✅ Reward innovation meaningfully
✅ Lead with trust, openness & inspiration
✅ Build a culture of safety & collaboration
✅ Invest in creativity education
✅ Reward innovation meaningfully
Newly published study on mentoring presidents within English language teacher associations.
Thanks to the participants for sharing their experiences, and the guest editors of the Special Issue that this open access article forms part of.
doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Thanks to the participants for sharing their experiences, and the guest editors of the Special Issue that this open access article forms part of.
doi.org/10.1080/1750...
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Newly published study on mentoring presidents within English language teacher associations.
Thanks to the participants for sharing their experiences, and the guest editors of the Special Issue that this open access article forms part of.
doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Thanks to the participants for sharing their experiences, and the guest editors of the Special Issue that this open access article forms part of.
doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Newly published article in The Use of English. This is the first piece based on the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year.
Download a copy: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
Download a copy: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
July 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Newly published article in The Use of English. This is the first piece based on the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year.
Download a copy: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
Download a copy: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
In the Iatefl BESIG Conference Selections you can find an interview and an article stemming from my plenary on change and adaptability. There are many other engaging pieces there too.
🎤 Interview: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
💻 Article: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
🎤 Interview: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
💻 Article: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In the Iatefl BESIG Conference Selections you can find an interview and an article stemming from my plenary on change and adaptability. There are many other engaging pieces there too.
🎤 Interview: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
💻 Article: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
🎤 Interview: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
💻 Article: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
There were 825 participants in today's webinar on AI-facilitated critical engagement with published research. I really enjoyed contributing to the panel discussion by talking about four key competencies: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
July 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
There were 825 participants in today's webinar on AI-facilitated critical engagement with published research. I really enjoyed contributing to the panel discussion by talking about four key competencies: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...
On 8 July at 12.00 (UK time), the British Council is organising a webinar on how educators can partner with AI in a critical manner. We will be discussing the role of criticality in AI-assisted engagement with information.
Registration: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Registration: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-eve...
July 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On 8 July at 12.00 (UK time), the British Council is organising a webinar on how educators can partner with AI in a critical manner. We will be discussing the role of criticality in AI-assisted engagement with information.
Registration: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Registration: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-eve...
It’s been a long but deeply rewarding day! A new group of novice speakers has just completed the ELT Council’s ‘How to Become a Speaker at an ELT Conference’ programme by delivering a talk or workshop in front of a live audience.
🎤 What a milestone!
🎤 What a milestone!
June 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s been a long but deeply rewarding day! A new group of novice speakers has just completed the ELT Council’s ‘How to Become a Speaker at an ELT Conference’ programme by delivering a talk or workshop in front of a live audience.
🎤 What a milestone!
🎤 What a milestone!
Delivering a plenary at the Iatefl Conference in Edinburgh earlier this year is an experience I will long cherish. In the latest issue of Voices there is a review of the plenary penned by Hannah Tucker-Bloom.
Plenary recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZh...
Plenary recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZh...
June 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Delivering a plenary at the Iatefl Conference in Edinburgh earlier this year is an experience I will long cherish. In the latest issue of Voices there is a review of the plenary penned by Hannah Tucker-Bloom.
Plenary recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZh...
Plenary recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZh...
I enjoyed delivering a plenary on adaptability at the conference organised by ILCA. It was a great few days in Malaga.
Thank you to Fernanda Freytes Ramos for the visual summary of my talk, and to Ian King for the photo
Thank you to Fernanda Freytes Ramos for the visual summary of my talk, and to Ian King for the photo
June 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I enjoyed delivering a plenary on adaptability at the conference organised by ILCA. It was a great few days in Malaga.
Thank you to Fernanda Freytes Ramos for the visual summary of my talk, and to Ian King for the photo
Thank you to Fernanda Freytes Ramos for the visual summary of my talk, and to Ian King for the photo
Later this week I'll be doing the opening plenary (and two workshops) at the annual conference organised by the Kosova English Teachers' Network. It's my first time in Kosovo, so I hope to do some sightseeing in Pristina.
Thanks to the British Council for sponsoring my visit.
Thanks to the British Council for sponsoring my visit.
June 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Later this week I'll be doing the opening plenary (and two workshops) at the annual conference organised by the Kosova English Teachers' Network. It's my first time in Kosovo, so I hope to do some sightseeing in Pristina.
Thanks to the British Council for sponsoring my visit.
Thanks to the British Council for sponsoring my visit.
This month’s issue of EL Gazette has a special supplement on Malta. It also has a review of the IATEFL Conference mentioning my plenary on classroom research. Thanks for your kind words, Virginia Dooley!
www.elgazette.com
www.elgazette.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This month’s issue of EL Gazette has a special supplement on Malta. It also has a review of the IATEFL Conference mentioning my plenary on classroom research. Thanks for your kind words, Virginia Dooley!
www.elgazette.com
www.elgazette.com
Why does creativity stall in schools, and what can leaders do about it? This piece in Modern English Teacher explores the internal and external factors limiting innovation in private language schools and challenges common myths about creativity.
www.modernenglishteacher.com
www.modernenglishteacher.com
May 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Why does creativity stall in schools, and what can leaders do about it? This piece in Modern English Teacher explores the internal and external factors limiting innovation in private language schools and challenges common myths about creativity.
www.modernenglishteacher.com
www.modernenglishteacher.com
I'm looking forward to speaking to students at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza this Saturday. I'm sure there's a lot I can learn from the questions they're interested in investigating.
May 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm looking forward to speaking to students at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza this Saturday. I'm sure there's a lot I can learn from the questions they're interested in investigating.
I'm pleased to share this open access article in which I review four recent volumes that invite us to reshape how we think about language teacher education.
doi.org/10.29140/aja...
#LanguageEducation #TeacherEducation #AppliedLinguistics #SocialJustice #TeacherIdentity
doi.org/10.29140/aja...
#LanguageEducation #TeacherEducation #AppliedLinguistics #SocialJustice #TeacherIdentity
May 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I'm pleased to share this open access article in which I review four recent volumes that invite us to reshape how we think about language teacher education.
doi.org/10.29140/aja...
#LanguageEducation #TeacherEducation #AppliedLinguistics #SocialJustice #TeacherIdentity
doi.org/10.29140/aja...
#LanguageEducation #TeacherEducation #AppliedLinguistics #SocialJustice #TeacherIdentity
A brief article based on the plenary I gave last year at the conference organized by the Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês has just been published (pp. 9-18).
Thanks to Carlos Lindade and the rest of the editorial team.
repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10...
Thanks to Carlos Lindade and the rest of the editorial team.
repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10...
April 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A brief article based on the plenary I gave last year at the conference organized by the Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês has just been published (pp. 9-18).
Thanks to Carlos Lindade and the rest of the editorial team.
repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10...
Thanks to Carlos Lindade and the rest of the editorial team.
repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10...