Making sense of not making sense: Novice English language teacher talk
Journal Article
Stanley, P., & Stevenson, M. (2017)
Making sense of not making sense: Novice English language teacher talk. Linguistics and Education, 38, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2017.01.001
This qualitative study critically examines the intelligibility of the teacher talk of novice native speaker English language teachers. It focuses on difficulties teachers face...
Remediation of asyntactic sentence comprehension using a multimedia microworld.
Journal Article
Beveridge, M. A., & Crerar, A. (2002)
Remediation of asyntactic sentence comprehension using a multimedia microworld. Brain and Language, 82, 243-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X%2802%2900015-9
We report the evaluation of a new automated protocol for the treatment of asyntactic comprehension. This is a follow-up study to the “Microworld for Aphasia” work of Crerar, E...
The verbal and the visual in language learning and teaching: insights from the ‘Selfie Project’
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2021)
The verbal and the visual in language learning and teaching: insights from the ‘Selfie Project’. Language Learning Journal, 49(2), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2018.1484797
That ‘a picture can stimulate a thousand words’ aptly summarizes the role of the visual in the field of language learning and teaching. The power of the image to generate lang...
A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai
Book
Stanley, P. (2013)
A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai. Taylor & Francis
Tens of thousands of Western ‘teachers’, many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Littl...
Deconstructing 'Mono'-Lingualism: considerations of value for 'English' 'language' education in a global setting.
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Pilcher, N., & Richards, K. (2014)
Deconstructing 'Mono'-Lingualism: considerations of value for 'English' 'language' education in a global setting. In L. T. Wong, & A. Dubey-Jhaveri (Eds.), English language education in a global world: practices, issues and challenges, 81-90. Nova Science Publishers
Traditionally, language speakers are categorised as mono-lingual, bilingual, or multilingual. It is traditionally assumed in English language education that the ‘lingual’ is s...
‘Qualified’? A framework for comparing ELT teacher preparation courses
Journal Article
Stanley, P., & Murray, N. (2013)
‘Qualified’? A framework for comparing ELT teacher preparation courses. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 36(1), 102-115. https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.36.1.05sta
There is no standard via which to measure the ‘qualified’ English language teacher in a way that is meaningful to institutions seeking to employ teaching staff. This is signif...