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Mengdie Zhou (2023-24) has received a commendation for her Master鈥檚 dissertation
MA TESOL: 鈥淭ranslanguaging in EFL Classrooms: Teachers鈥 Practices and Attitudes鈥 in in the British Council Masters Dissertation Award.
The results of the Master鈥檚 Dissertation Awards will be published soon on the TeachingEnglish website viewable .
Neil Murray has co-authored
Article: Jones, D., & Murray, N. (2025). The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on English Medium Instruction Teachers鈥 Professional Identity in a Ukrainian Medical University. International Journal of Educational Development.
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Tony has recently published a journal article and three book chapters
- Wang, Yingna and Anthony J. Liddicoat (2025) The impact of socioeconomic status on parental agency in family language policy for English language learning in China. Current Issues in Language Planning. doi:10.1080/14664208.2025.2451555
- Liddicoat, Anthony J. (2025) English in Kyrgyzstan. In Kingsley Bolton (ed) The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. John Wiley & Sons.
- Liddicoat, Anthony J. (2025) Language policy in Central Asia. In Jeroen Darquennes, Joe Salmons & Wim Vandenbussche (eds) Language Contact: An international handbook. Volume 2., de Gruyter.
- Scarino, Angela, Michelle Kohler, Anthony J. Liddicoat (2025) Assessing intercultural capability. In Vicotria Russell, Kathryn Murphy-Judy, Francis John Troyan, Aleidine J. Moeller, Krishauna Hines-Gaither (eds) Handbook of Research on World Language instruction. Routledge.
Congratulations to Yanyan Li
Yanyan Li passed her PhD viva with minor corrections on 6 May, with a thesis titled 鈥楶eer Relationship Work as an Interactional Accomplishment During Group Interaction in Second Language Classrooms鈥. Yanyan鈥檚 external examiner was Prof. Paul Seedhouse (University of Newcastle) and Dr Duncan Lee was the internal examiner. Yanyan was supervised by Tony Liddicoat and Steve Mann.
Congratulations to Ana Sep煤lveda Poblete
Ana Sep煤lveda Poblete passed her PhD viva with minor corrections on 24 April, with a thesis titled 鈥楨xploring the development and enactment of an intercultural perspective on EFL teaching at tertiary level. Ana鈥檚 external examiner was Prof. Leticia Yulita (University of East Anglia) and Prof. Richard Smith was the internal examiner. Ana was supervised by Troy McConachy and Tony Liddicoat.
Huge congratulations to Jo Angouri who has been awarded a prestigious Erskine Visiting Fellowship for 2025
This highly regarded programme supports short-term visits and fosters collaboration between international experts and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Jo has a long-standing relationship with colleagues in New Zealand, and this fellowship will provide an exciting opportunity to deepen and expand that collaboration. Many congratulations to Jo on this well-deserved recognition!