Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M., & Ratz, S. (2023, June). Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures. Paper presented at The Gathering 2023: Learning & Teaching conference, Edinburgh

Higher education institutions continue to see an increasing number of international students who bring with them diverse forms of assessment ‘literacies’ acquired from previous sociocultural and educational contexts. This presentation explores the ex... Read More about Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures.

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.

Teacher talk and managing social relations in Philippine university classrooms (2013)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2013). Teacher talk and managing social relations in Philippine university classrooms. English Language Teacher Education and Development, 15(Winter), Article 5

Language is at the ‘centre of what happens in the classroom’ (Manke, 1997: xvi). Indeed, it can be said that the classroom is a ‘universe of language’ (Bourdieu & Passeron, 1994: 19) where what is taught and learnt is done through spoken or written d... Read More about Teacher talk and managing social relations in Philippine university classrooms.