All Outputs (3)

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’.