an interview with stephen bax
I was fortunate to meet Dr. Stephen Bax at the JALTCALL conference in Nishinomiya, Japan recently. This is the third conference I have attended and, as usual, it was well worth the trip. Dr. Bax gave a keynote talk about ‘normalisation’ in educational technology, which was informative, engaging and relevant. We talked about his keynote as well as other work he has been involved in throughout his career. If you can, seek out his articles on ‘normalisation’ if you are at all interested in educational technology.
Excellent interview and very interesting. I found the section on reading strategies and eye movement research quite fascinating. I really appreciate that you got deeper into Dr. Bax’s theory of normalisation and how we need to get beyond the “wow” factor and into the methodology of language learning. Thanks for making this available!
Thanks Darren, excellent stuff. I’ve been interested in Bax’s concept of normalisation for years, and Gavin and I have just referenced it again in a history of CALL article for the ELTJ. So it’s great to hear him talking about it in the flesh, as it were, and relating it to new tech developments. Thanks for sharing this.