Notes on Contributors

Sara Ganassin is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Newcastle University in the UK. She teaches and researches in intercultural communication and education, with a particular interest for migrant and refugee communities. She has published on internationalization and mobility, Chinese heritage language, and languages and research. Sara has also worked for seven years in the voluntary sector as project coordinator and researcher with migrant women and young people. Address for correspondence: School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, Office 1.62, King George VI Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK. <[email protected]>

Prue Holmes is a professor in Language and Intercultural Communication in the School of Education, Durham University, and adjunct professor, University of Helsinki, Finland. She researches, teaches, and supervises graduate students in intercultural and international education, and languages and intercultural communication; and she publishes extensively in these areas. Prue was a co-investigator on the project ‘Researching multilingually at the borders of language, the body, law and the state’ (AH/L006936/1) (http://researching-multilingually-at-borders.com/), and principal investigator of the ‘Researching Multilingually’ network project (AH/J005037/1). She chairs the International Association of Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC). Address for correspondence: School of Education, Durham University, Leazes Road, Durham, DH1 1TA, UK.

Hanjing Yu, PhD, is a lecturer and researcher at School of Foreign Languages at Dalian University of Technology, China. Her research focuses on complex dynamic system theory (CDST) and second language development (SLD). Her special interest is the dynamic development of spoken English for EFL learners. She has published several articles on second language acquisition in spoken English. Address for correspondence: School of Foreign Languages at Dalian University of Technology, No. 2, Linggong Rd., Ganjingzi District, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. <[email protected]>

Wander Lowie is Professor of applied linguistics at the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is known for his work on Complex Dynamic System Theory. His research interests include complex dynamic system theory and second language development. His publications have appeared in various edited books and journal. He is the associate editor of The Modern Language Journal.

Jemma König is a Doctoral student in the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato. Her PhD explores a computational approach to vocabulary testing, language tools, and text enrichment. Specifically focusing on pseudoword generation, automated vocabulary testing, and tracking learner’s interaction with online written language. Address for correspondence: Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Waikato, Knighton Rd, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand. <[email protected]>

Andreea S. Calude is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is currently funded by the NZ Royal Society Marsden Fund to study loanwords in New Zealand English. She is also the editor-in-chief of Te Reo—the Journal of the Linguistic Society of NZ.

Averil Coxhead is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes (Routledge, 2018). Her current research includes specialized vocabulary in spoken and written texts.

Du Re Kim received her doctoral degree in English education from Seoul National University in 2019. She is a high school English teacher in Seoul. She has published a few articles on L2 English spoken data and has written some reading and listening comprehension books for Korean students. Her research interest lies in teaching and assessing speaking based on L2 interactional competence. Address for correspondence: English Education, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, South Korea. <[email protected]>

Gavin Lamb received his Ph.D. in Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His research is in the areas of interactional sociolinguistics, mediated discourse analysis, the sociolinguistics of multilingualism in Hawai‘i, and ecolinguistics. His research uses nexus analysis to examine how discourse mediates human entanglements with threatened species and places. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Research Collegium for Language in Changing Society (RECLAS) in the Department of Language and Communication Studies and the Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Address for correspondence: Department of Language and Communication Studies, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland. <[email protected]>

Panos Athanasopoulos is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University, and Extraordinary Professor of General Linguistics at Stellenbosch University. His research concerns experimental psycholinguistics, focusing on bilingual cognition, and linguistic and cultural relativity. His recent work has appeared in journals such as Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Language Learning. Address for correspondence: Panos Athanasopoulos, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. <[email protected]>

Emanuel Bylund is Professor of General Linguistics at Stellenbosch University and at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University. His research concerns the interaction between language and thought in bilingualism, and age effects in language acquisition and loss. His recent work has appeared in journals such as Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Developmental Science. Address for correspondence: Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. <[email protected]>

Batia Laufer is Professor (Emerita) of applied linguistics in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her main research interests are vocabulary acquisition in additional languages, vocabulary testing, reading, lexicography, cross-linguistic influence, and language attrition. She has lectured, supervised research, and published widely on these topics. Address for correspondence: Batia Laufer, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. <[email protected]>

Tom Cobb is a retired Professor of applied linguistics. His main career work has been to adapt linguistics computer programs to teachers’ and learners’ purposes and investigate their success in empirical studies. He continues to do research and development in this area, developing new software regularly for his data-driven learning website Lextutor (at www.lextutor.ca). He also does curriculum reform work with UNESCO in development settings. Address for correspondence: Tom Cobb, Department of Didactique des langues, Faculty of Education, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada. <[email protected]>

Usree Bhattacharya is an Assistant Professor in the Language and Literacy Education Department at the University of Georgia. Her research is inspired by questions of diversity, equity, and access in multilingual educational contexts, especially as they pertain to the circulation of English as a ‘global’ language. A primary aim of her work is to illuminate the role of discourses, ideologies, and everyday practices in the production and reproduction of hierarchical relations within educational systems. She has recently published in the International Journal of the Sociology of Language and Language Policy. Address for correspondence: Usree Bhattacharya, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia, 309W Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA. <[email protected]>

Lei Jiang is a PhD student in the Language and Literacy Education Department at the University of Georgia. His research interests are applied linguistics, language education, linguistic minority students’ access to and persistence in college, and quantitative and qualitative methodologies. He earned his master’s degree in education from Harvard University, and his bachelor’s degree in English and economics from Fudan University, China. His work has appeared in the International Journal of the Sociology of Language and Journal of Language and Literacy Education. His address is 301J Aderhold Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.

Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied Linguistics and English at Penn State University. He is a former President of AAAL and editor of TESOL Quarterly. He has published in Modern Language Journal, Applied Linguistics, and the Journal of Sociolinguistics. His address is 303 Sparks Building University Park, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA.

Nathan Thomas is a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. He has published in academic journals such as Language Teaching, System, and TESOL Quarterly. His research interests are wide-ranging, but current projects pertain to language learning strategies, self-/other-regulation, and English medium instruction. Address for correspondence: Nathan Thomas, Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK. <[email protected]>

Christopher Osment is a lecturer at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. He has taught for almost 20 years in Canada, China, Thailand, and Laos. His research interests include the use of corpora for language teaching and research, global Englishes, and affordances in ELT.

Stephen H. Moore is an Associate Professor at Linguistics Department, Macquarie University, Sydney. He has worked in the fields of English language teaching, English for Specific Purposes, discourse analysis and language assessment for more than 25 years. He is the co-author of Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action (2017) and Language for Specific Purposes (2015). His most recent research has investigated the discourse of financial advisors, and research leadership in applied linguistics in Cambodia and Vietnam. Address for correspondence: Stephen H. Moore, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. <[email protected]>

Alessandra Molino is Senior Lecturer of English Linguistics and Translation in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literature and Modern Cultures at the University of Torino (Italy). Her research interests focus on English-medium Instruction, English for Academic Purposes and Business Discourse on Sustainability, three areas that she explores combining the tools of Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics.Address for correspondence: Alessandra Molino, University of Torino, Italy. <[email protected]>

Uri Horesh is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Essex, specializing in Arabic Sociolinguistics. He had previously taught Arabic at Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin and served as Director of the Arabic Language Program at Franklin & Marshall College and as Language Coordinator for the Program in Middle East and North African Studies at Northwestern University.