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WP126 Interactional straining and the neoliberal self: Learning English in China's biggest English corner
2014
This paper seeks to contribute to our understanding of the ?mechanism by which language, language teaching and neoliberalism intersect? (Block, Gray and Holborow 2012: 7). Through promoting the opportunity to practice English with English-speaking …
Key words: globalisation, language learning
WP67 Repertoires revisited: 'Knowing language' in superdiversity
2011
Repertoire belongs to the core vocabulary of sociolinguistics, yet very little fundamental reflection has been done on the nature and structure ofrepertoires. In early definitions, repertoires was seen as a triad of language resources, knowledge of …
Key words: competence, globalization, indexical biography, language learning, repertoire, sociolinguistics, subjectivity, super-diversity