19 results

Unlikely hikers? Activism, Instagram, and the queer mobilities of fat hikers, women hiking alone, and hikers of colour

Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2020)
Unlikely hikers? Activism, Instagram, and the queer mobilities of fat hikers, women hiking alone, and hikers of colour. Mobilities, 15(2), 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019.1696038
This paper investigates a nascent, primarily online community of so-called 'unlikely hikers', united in the premise that hiking is good for everyone's mental and physical heal...

Ethnography and autoethnography in ELT research: Querying the axiomatic

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2019)
Ethnography and autoethnography in ELT research: Querying the axiomatic. In X. Gao (Ed.), Second Handbook of English Language Teaching. Switzerland: Springer
With a view to suggesting ways forward in qualitative ELT research, this chapter surveys two related fields of literature in order to question the taken-for-granted. The first...

On the difficulties of writing about culture in autoethnography

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2018)
On the difficulties of writing about culture in autoethnography. In P. Stanley, & G. Vass (Eds.), Questions of culture in autoethnographyTaylor & Francis
No abstract available.

Walking to heal or walking to heel? Contesting cultural narratives about fat women who hike and camp alone

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2018)
Walking to heal or walking to heel? Contesting cultural narratives about fat women who hike and camp alone. In P. Stanley, & G. Vass (Eds.), Questions of culture in autoethnography, 129-141. Taylor & Francis
No abstract available.

Making sense of not making sense: Novice English language teacher talk

Journal Article
Stanley, P., & Stevenson, M. (2017)
Making sense of not making sense: Novice English language teacher talk. Linguistics and Education, 38, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2017.01.001
This qualitative study critically examines the intelligibility of the teacher talk of novice native speaker English language teachers. It focuses on difficulties teachers face...

The two cultures in Australian ELICOS: Industry managers respond to English language school teachers

Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2017)
The two cultures in Australian ELICOS: Industry managers respond to English language school teachers. English Australia Journal : the Australian Journal of English Language Teaching, 33(1), 28-42
This article reports on a qualitative study that sought to understand managers’ perceptions of teachers’ professional identities in the Australian ELICOS sector. The study fou...

A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?

Book
Stanley, P. (2017)
A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?. Taylor & Francis
The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country language education. However, if in...

Economy class? Lived experiences and career trajectories of private-school English-language teachers in Australia

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2016)
Economy class? Lived experiences and career trajectories of private-school English-language teachers in Australia. In P. Haworth, & C. Craig (Eds.), The career trajectories of English language teachers, 185-199. Symposium Books. https://doi.org/10.15730/books.97
No abstract available.

Must the (Western) Hydra be blond(e)? Performing cultural 'authenticity' in intercultural education

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2016)
Must the (Western) Hydra be blond(e)? Performing cultural 'authenticity' in intercultural education. In P. Bunce, V. Rapatahana, R. Phillipson, & R. Tupas (Eds.), Why English? Confronting the hydra, 93-105. Multilingual Matters
No abstract available.

Ethical considerations in Language Policy Research

Book Chapter
Canagarajah, S., & Stanley, P. (2015)
Ethical considerations in Language Policy Research. In F. M. Hult, & D. C. Johnson (Eds.), Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide (33-44). Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley
Ethics is becoming important in research as well as in policy as one can witness a critical turn in language planning and policy (LPP) and other domains of scholarly inquiry. ...