“I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic.
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2023, December)
“I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic. Paper presented at International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) 2023, Nicosia, Cyprus
Longitudinal Research on Students - Transcultural Aspects and Ethical Questions
Book Chapter
Ratz, S. (2022)
Longitudinal Research on Students - Transcultural Aspects and Ethical Questions. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally (113-130). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students
Thesis
Ratz, S. (2022)
Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619
This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and ...
Migration, mobility, and multilingualism – a critical realist approach to analysing narratives of undergraduate students
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2022, March)
Migration, mobility, and multilingualism – a critical realist approach to analysing narratives of undergraduate students. Paper presented at Tourism & Languages Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University
The effects of Brexit and the Coronavirus pandemic on a 'sore thumb' cohort of language students: informing pedagogy through a critical realist perspective
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2021, November)
The effects of Brexit and the Coronavirus pandemic on a 'sore thumb' cohort of language students: informing pedagogy through a critical realist perspective. Paper presented at IALIC 2021, Bogota, Columbia
Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2021, July)
Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World. Paper presented at Negotiating a Changed World, London Metropolitan University
Aim of the research: To analyse reflexivity and decision-making amongst undergraduate language students
Research methods used: This research is based on narrative analysis – ...
Combining narrative research with critical realism: How do language students make decisions?
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2021, June)
Combining narrative research with critical realism: How do language students make decisions?. Paper presented at Narrative methods in multilingual and educational research, Edinburgh Napier University
"This is what I want today" - A longitudinal study of multilingual development
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2019, June)
"This is what I want today" - A longitudinal study of multilingual development. Paper presented at Cross-Sector Annual Conference 2019: Widening Participation in Languages, University of Dundee
Mobility capital and multilingual capital: Starting points of undergraduate language students
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2018, March)
Mobility capital and multilingual capital: Starting points of undergraduate language students. Paper presented at 13th Annual Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching, University of Lancaster
Book review of "Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication" - Will Baker
Journal Article
Ratz, S. (2017)
Book review of "Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication" - Will Baker. Asian EFL Journal, 19(4),
Book review of Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication - Will Baker. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gr...