TEFL Interviews 18: David Block on Social Class in Applied Linguistics
Release Date: 03/02/2016
116: English-Medium Instruction with Jim McKinley
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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In today’s episode we explore English-Medium Instruction with Dr Jim McKinley. Jim is an associate professor of applied linguistics in higher education at University College London IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, and Academic Head of Learning and Teaching in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. Jim's recent research agenda is focused on the teaching-research nexus in higher education and TESOL, doctoral writing and L2 writer...
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115: Catching up, Student Questions, and Course Surveys
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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. After a pause during the teaching term and summer break, we’re happy to return! In this episode we catch-up with each other about we’ve been doing during our time of absence, talk about questions from students, and reflect on our experiences with course surveys. We hope you enjoy this episode! If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Visit to see how. Get in contact with us: Email: Twitter: ...
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114: Narrative Inquiry and Teacher Identities with Takaaki Hiratsuka
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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In today’s episode we explore the research method of narrative inquiry around the topic of teacher identity with Dr Takaaki Hiratsuka. Takaaki is an associate professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, where he is in charge of a range of applied linguistics courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as supervising masters and doctoral students. His research and teaching interests include teacher education, teacher research, and qualitative...
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113: Accessibility and Inclusivity with Judit Kormos
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Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In today’s episode we look at the topic of accessibility and inclusivity in the classroom, and are pleased to be joined in our discussion by Dr Judit Kormos. Judit is a professor and the Director of Studies for the MA TESOL Distance programme at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, United Kingdom. She has been active in research on motivation in second language learning, and self-regulation in second language writing. Her current...
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112: Language Assessment with Talia Isaacs
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111: Open Scholarship with Sin Wang Chong
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110: ELT and the Environment with Harry Waters
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109: We're back! (Part 2)
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109: We're back! (Part 1)
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Interview 67: Ashley R. Moore on Queer Inclusion in Language Education
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info_outlineIn this episode we present an interview conducted with David Block. David Block is a research professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Lleida through ICREA in Spain, and is the author of numerous books including The Social Turn in Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Identities, and Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics. Matthew and Rob met Dr. Block after a talk he gave at International Christian University in Japan, and asked him some questions about the topic of his latest book, Social Class in Applied Linguistics. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @TEFLology. Please also don't forget to check out our new website at www.teflology-podcast.com.
You can find out more about David Block here.