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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. ...

Talking to strangers: Learning Spanish by using it

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015)
Talking to strangers: Learning Spanish by using it. In D. Nunan, & J. C. Richards (Eds.), Language Learning Beyond the Classroom, 244-252. Taylor & Francis
No abstract available.

Language-learner Tourists in Australia: Problematizing 'The Known' and its Impact on Interculturality

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015)
Language-learner Tourists in Australia: Problematizing 'The Known' and its Impact on Interculturality. In D. J. Rivers (Ed.), Resistance to the Known: Counter-Conduct in Language Education, 23-46. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137345196_2
Think of ‘typical’ Australian scenes, and what springs to mind? Likely images include blond surfers on sun-drenched beaches, Indigenous faces patterned with paint, Sydney Oper...

Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us"

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015)
Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us". In J. Brown, & N. F. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s Images of Identity: Drawing the Self and the Other, 1-13. Sense Publishers
No abstract available.

Telling Stories: Theorizing narrative sensemaking as introspective research method.

Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2014)
Telling Stories: Theorizing narrative sensemaking as introspective research method. In J. Brown (Ed.), Navigating International Academia: Research Student Narratives, 5-16. Sense Publishers
No abstract available.

Writing the PhD Journey(s): An Autoethnography of Zine-Writing, Angst, Embodiment, and Backpacker Travels

Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2015)
Writing the PhD Journey(s): An Autoethnography of Zine-Writing, Angst, Embodiment, and Backpacker Travels. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 44(2), 143-168. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241614528708
Doing PhD is a “black box.” While inputs, outputs, and milestones are visible, there is a sizeable gap in our understanding of candidates’ lived experiences. This may cause so...