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Transparadigming or Methodological Promiscuity: Analysing the verbal, the visual and the digital in Applied Linguistics research (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2021, September). Transparadigming or Methodological Promiscuity: Analysing the verbal, the visual and the digital in Applied Linguistics research. Paper presented at Doing Research in Applied Linguistics 4, Online

The aim of this presentation is to show how moving across, beyond and through disciplinary boundaries and methodological approaches can open up new ways of seeing and knowing in Applied Linguistics research. The study was conducted at a university in... Read More about Transparadigming or Methodological Promiscuity: Analysing the verbal, the visual and the digital in Applied Linguistics research.

Interculturality and the English Language Classroom (2021)
Book
Victoria, M., & Sangiamchit, C. (Eds.). (2021). Interculturality and the English Language Classroom. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76757-0

This book examines the concept of interculturality in English Language Teaching (ELT), using examples from diverse international and educational settings to demonstrate different approaches. Increased contact between multilingual speakers from differ... Read More about Interculturality and the English Language Classroom.

Introduction: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom (2021)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M., & Sangiamchit, C. (2021). Introduction: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom. In M. Victoria, & C. Sangiamchit (Eds.), Interculturality and the English Language Classroom (1-23). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76757-0_1

This chapter explores the notion of interculturality and how it can be effectively integrated in the teaching of English as a foreign/second language. English, the undisputed global lingua franca, is the most widely used language for intercultural co... Read More about Introduction: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom.

Conclusion: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom—Intercultural Approaches and Moving Forward (2021)
Book Chapter
Sangiamchit, C., & Victoria, M. (2021). Conclusion: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom—Intercultural Approaches and Moving Forward. In M. Victoria, & C. Sangiamchit (Eds.), Interculturality and the English Language Classroom (283-294). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76757-0

This chapter highlights the major issues and practical approaches of interculturality in English language teaching. It also sums up the lessons learnt from the contributions to this volume. It proposes future directions for policy, practices and rese... Read More about Conclusion: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom—Intercultural Approaches and Moving Forward.

Toilet Graffiti: Philosophy, pornography or poetry (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Victoria, M. (2021). Toilet Graffiti: Philosophy, pornography or poetry. [The Fringe]. 11 August 2021. (Unpublished)

This was a Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas performance during the Edinburgh Fringe.

Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2020, February). Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti. Paper presented at Department of Learning and Teaching Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

What compels students to solicit personal advice from strangers by writing inscriptions on the toilet wall? Why resort to graffiti to cope with depression, deal with the fear of ‘coming out’ or even to express their (dis)satisfaction with the univer... Read More about Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti.

Toilet graffiti: secrets, support and solidarity in the women's restroom (2020)
Newspaper / Magazine
Victoria, M. (2020). Toilet graffiti: secrets, support and solidarity in the women's restroom. UK

Communicating has never been so easy; we can to send messages and texts to friends and strangers in an instant from a variety of platforms. You would think this would affect the world of bathroom scrawling, but people are still driven to those grubby... Read More about Toilet graffiti: secrets, support and solidarity in the women's restroom.

Exploring Language and Culture through Film (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2019, June). Exploring Language and Culture through Film. Paper presented at DLTE Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

This presentation reports on the results of the project Exploring Language and Culture through Film which was part of the Enhancement initiative.

The Use of Indigenous Methods in Research (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2019, June). The Use of Indigenous Methods in Research. Paper presented at ENU Research Conference 2019, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

The use of humour in the off-task spaces of the language classroom (2019)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2019). The use of humour in the off-task spaces of the language classroom. ELT Journal, 73(2), 186-196. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccy054

The focal point of most investigations into classroom discourse tends to be on the institutionally sanctioned and legitimized on-task exchanges between teachers and students with particular attention to the IRF/E structure. Liminal spaces of interact... Read More about The use of humour in the off-task spaces of the language classroom.

English: its role as the language of comity in an employment programme for Canadian immigrants (2018)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2018). English: its role as the language of comity in an employment programme for Canadian immigrants. In Skilled Migration and Global EnglishTaylor & Francis

This study explores the experiences of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of immigrant adult students as they attended a 12-week employment preparation course for newcomers to Canada. The main aim of the course was to equip the immigrants... Read More about English: its role as the language of comity in an employment programme for Canadian immigrants.

Transculturing in the Third Space Using English as a Lingua Franca (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2018, July). Transculturing in the Third Space Using English as a Lingua Franca. Paper presented at ELF 11 – the 11th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, King's College, London

This ethnographically informed investigation, conducted over 28 weeks at a Thai university, explores the discursive construction of a transcultural ‘third’ space by analysing the language practices of a culturally diverse group of English conversati... Read More about Transculturing in the Third Space Using English as a Lingua Franca.

The verbal and the visual in language learning and teaching: insights from the ‘Selfie Project’ (2018)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2021). The verbal and the visual in language learning and teaching: insights from the ‘Selfie Project’. Language Learning Journal, 49(2), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2018.1484797

That ‘a picture can stimulate a thousand words’ aptly summarizes the role of the visual in the field of language learning and teaching. The power of the image to generate language output has been
widely acknowledged in the field of second/foreign la... Read More about The verbal and the visual in language learning and teaching: insights from the ‘Selfie Project’.

‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality (2017)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (in press). ‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality. In Discourse and Interculturality

The current investigation explores interculturality by looking at the language practices of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of postgraduate students from China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. As members of an English conv... Read More about ‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality.

Transculturing through English as a Lingua Franca (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2017, June). Transculturing through English as a Lingua Franca. Paper presented at Interrogating the 'Third Space': Negotiating meaning and performing 'culture', Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

The notion of third space has been often associated with sites of struggle, ambivalence and instability (Bhaba, 1994), as well as marginality and resistance (hooks, 1990). The findings of this data-driven study point to a third space more closely res... Read More about Transculturing through English as a Lingua Franca.

Every picture tells a story: using selfie-inspired activities to enhance social relations and encourage self-reflexivity. (2016)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2016). Every picture tells a story: using selfie-inspired activities to enhance social relations and encourage self-reflexivity. In C. Penman, & M. Foster (Eds.), Innovations in learning and teaching. Merchiston Publishing

This chapter explores the results of a study in Thailand that capitalised on the popularity of the selfie, providing second-year English language students with an opportunity to practise their oral presentation and speaking skills. The selfie was use... Read More about Every picture tells a story: using selfie-inspired activities to enhance social relations and encourage self-reflexivity..

Blue paint and white underwear: miscommunication and humour in intercultural contexts. (2016)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2016). Blue paint and white underwear: miscommunication and humour in intercultural contexts. In J. N. Singh, A. Kantara, & D. Cserző (Eds.), Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication (92-113). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

When two individuals from different cultural backgrounds fail to achieve mutual understanding, the accusatory finger is almost always automatically pointed at ‘cultural difference’. Indeed it is a commonly held notion that interactions between speake... Read More about Blue paint and white underwear: miscommunication and humour in intercultural contexts..

The Selfie Project: Learning/Teaching English in an Innovative Way (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2015, July). The Selfie Project: Learning/Teaching English in an Innovative Way. Paper presented at The Languages of Language Learning: 11th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG, University of Edinburgh

It is a truism to say that in order to motivate language learners, we need to know what they find interesting and then design lessons that capture or reflect those interests. And yet, there are some things that are so obvious that we fail to notice t... Read More about The Selfie Project: Learning/Teaching English in an Innovative Way.

Using the liminal, off-task spaces of the classroom as a pedagogical tool (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2015, January). Using the liminal, off-task spaces of the classroom as a pedagogical tool. Paper presented at Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

Existing literature on pedagogic practices has yielded many interesting insights on classroom discourse, sometimes called ‘teacher talk’. The centre piece of most of these studies, however, tends to be on the institutionally sanctioned and legitimize... Read More about Using the liminal, off-task spaces of the classroom as a pedagogical tool.