Monthly Archives: December 2010

… is never preferred by children at birth. Certainly it’s a fair way to establish that children recognise language patterns, especially intonation, by birth, but it does sound a bit satanic as experiments go, doesn’t it? A gentle day today … Continue reading →

I spent the morning grabbing my bookmarks from the wonderful del.icio.us site that is now under threat and moving them to Google Bookmarks, just to make sure that I don’t lose anything if they suddenly got rid or sold the … Continue reading →

I’m feeling a few hours out of kilter. It’s half six and I’m doing what I normally do at 4/ 4.30pm – i.e. writing up my day on this blog. That’s because I’ve been at YSJ for three hours over … Continue reading →

So my research proposal got the OK. My supervisor is happy with it being a fairly flexible thing for now and said she was excited. Probably can’t ask for much more than that. We had a nice chat about all … Continue reading →

The research proposal is completed, proof-read, checked, edited and sent. Well, it is now – my first effort was to send the unedited version, which isn’t impressive, is it? Fortunately, I needed to refer back to a particular reference later … Continue reading →

I have completed the first draft of my research proposal and I think it’s reads pretty well, actually. The lit review isn’t exactly deep, but then I don’t really see how it can be with only a couple of thousand … Continue reading →

I have now finished the very inspiring book that has set me off on this ethnographic approach. Such an intimate viewpoint from three really good writers – I feel quite emotional about their PhD journeys now! In terms of where … Continue reading →

Today has been a mighty productive day. I have a draft of my research proposal, bar the literature review, which is rather sketchily in note form of the key players at the moment. I appear to be on target in … Continue reading →

Well, I almost had a meeting with a headteacher in Leeds about my research. Almost because the seasonal weather rather scuppered it. After making it to the opticians with all my clobber for the day, including my new voice recorder … Continue reading →