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Book Launch: Jason Anderson, Suyog Dixit and Ofelia García

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:30:00 GMT

Jason Anderson and Suyog Dixit will be joined by Professor Ofelia García for the online launch of their new book, Translanguaging in English Language Classrooms: A Guide for Teachers.

The event is:Translanguaging in English Language Classrooms: A Guide for Teachers book launch, featuring Jason Anderson, Suyog Dixit and Professor Ofelia García, 9 October 2026, 3.00pm (UK time).

Registration and further information: https://cambridgeorg.zoom.us/webinar/register/7517877538534/WN_mMEyXJbmTDuryHPdYqNCQg.

Book details: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009776813.

Publication: Christopher Strelluf

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Christopher Strelluf co-edited, with Michelle Waldispühl (University of Oslo), a special issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language on the theme of Publicly engaged historical sociolinguistics and present-day conflicts.

The special issue explores how historical sociolinguistic research can engage with contemporary social issues and conflicts. Christopher and Michelle co-authored the introduction to the issue, while Christopher also co-authored a research article examining the role of participatory research in addressing language ideology conflicts in East London.

The publications were:

Strelluf, C., & Waldispühl, M. (2026). Introduction: Publicly engaged historical sociolinguistics and present-day conflicts. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2025-0154
Strelluf, C., Green, A., & Osmani, S. (2026). Reducing standard-language-ideology conflicts through participatory research in historical sociolinguistics. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2025-0153

Invited Talks: Jason Anderson

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:05:06 GMT

Jason Anderson delivered two invited talks in September 2026.

The talks focused on project-based learning and teacher resilience in educational settings.

The talks were:

Supporting project-based learning in the British School Group, plenary talk at the British School Group Annual Conference (Italy), 17 September 2026.
Teacher resilience through expertise in difficult circumstances, webinar for the Ukrainian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, 24 September 2026.

[Slides available here]

Guest Talks: Altman Peng

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:48:18 GMT

Altman Peng delivered three guest talks at Australian universities in August 2026. The talks explored digital culture, gender, and dissent in contemporary Chinese and Sinophone contexts.

From neoliberal feminism to the jiaoqi/tradwife aesthetic: Two faces/phases of China’s women-centric influencer economy, Digital Media Research Centre Seminar Series, Queensland University of Technology, 18 August 2026.
A critical reading of (distorted) dissent in the transnational Sinophone context, Chinese Studies Seminar Series, University of New South Wales, 17 August 2026.
A feminist reading of China’s digital manosphere/sports fandom through Critical Discourse Studies, PhD and ECR Workshop Series, Asian Cultural Research Hub, University of Melbourne, 14 August 2026.

Publication: Mehnaz Iqbal and Tony Liddicoat

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:32:58 GMT

Mehnaz Iqbal and Tony Liddicoat have published a new article exploring the multilingual ideologies of Bangladeshi children in the UK.

The study examines how children negotiate relationships between their heritage languages and their everyday lives in Britain, providing insights into multilingualism, identity, and language use within migrant communities.

The article, published in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, is titled:

Iqbal, M. M., & Liddicoat, A. J. (2026). Between heritage and the here-and-now: Bangladeshi children's multilingual ideologies in the UK. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2026.2713453

Presentations: Christopher Strelluf

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Christopher Strelluf presented two papers at the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, held in Milan in June 2026.

The presentations explored regional and social variation in the history of English, examining both nineteenth-century American English and the historical development of English in Coventry, England. The conference travel was supported by SELCS conference travel funding.

The papers were:

Strelluf, C. & Gordon, M. J. Regional variation in 19th-century Missouri English.
Strelluf, C. & Asprey, E. “An accent exceedingly rare”: The historical emergence of a sociolinguistically “liminal” English in Coventry, England.

Publication: Christopher Strelluf, Xinran Gao, Sophie Frankpitt, Cagla Karatepe, Ayman Alrajhi, and Holly Taylor

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:52:23 GMT

Christopher Strelluf, Xinran Gao, Sophie Frankpitt, Cagla Karatepe, Ayman Alrajhi, and Holly Taylor have published a new article examining lifespan language change and stability in the vowel system of Donald Trump, a lifelong speaker of New York City English.

Drawing on speech data spanning five decades, the study explores changes in Trump's production of the THOUGHT vowel, providing insights into patterns of linguistic change and stability across the lifespan. The research emerged from the Sociophonetics Reading Group in Applied Linguistics and was supported by Applied Linguistics research activity funding.

The article, published in American Speech, is titled:

Strelluf, C., Gao, X., Frankpitt, S., Karatepe, C., Alrajhi, A., & Taylor, H. (2026). Donald Trump Has Lowered thought for Five Decades: Lifespan Language Change and Stability in New York City English Vowels. American Speech, 101(3), 277–307.

https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-12720197

Article: Jason Anderson

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:30:00 GMT

Jason Anderson has published an article exploring the relationship between project-based learning and task-based language teaching.

The article examines the continuities and differences between these two approaches to language education and considers how they may be integrated to support effective language learning and teaching.

The article, published in Educational Linguistics, is titled:

Anderson, J. (2026). Project-based learning and task-based language teaching: continuities, differences and the potential for integration. Educational Linguistics (Advance Online Publication).

https://doi.org/10.1515/eduling-2026-0004

Publication: Suji Ko and Troy McConachy

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Suji Ko and Troy McConachy have published a new article examining how intercultural learning is supported in two English Conversation textbooks used in Korean high schools.

The study analyses the cultural representations presented in the textbooks, alongside the activities they include, to explore how they may support students in developing intercultural understanding and awareness.

The article, published in Language, Culture and Curriculum, is titled:

Ko, S., & McConachy, T. (2026). Examining intercultural learning in Korean high school ‘English Conversation’ textbooks: The role of cultural representations and textbook activities. Language, Culture and Curriculum.

https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2026.2713050

Driving Multilingual Education Forward

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:15:00 GMT

Dr Jason Anderson travelled to Assam, India on the invitation of the Government of Assam to deliver an invited talk: “Translingual English-medium instruction (EMI): A pathway to multilingual and multidisciplinary efficacy for international higher education institutions”, and signed a research MOU with Padmini Boruah of the University of Gauhati as part of the conference: International Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Education and Attainment of SDGs in Higher Education, Guwahati, Assam, 29-30 Jan, 2026.

See slides here: https://www.jasonanderson.org.uk/downloads/anderson_2026_translingual_emi.pdf

Dr Anderson also delivered an invited lecture at the University of Gauhati entitled: "Exploring the potential of AI with project-based learning: Pedagogy for higher education in the 21st century."