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Dr Sarah Hopkyns

@drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social
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Sociolinguist. Assistant Professor at IELLI, University of St Andrews & IOE, UCL. Visiting research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pleased to be serving as the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Sociolinguistics Strand Coordinator with @ Sara Hillman for AAAL 2027! A big thank you to all the reviewers for their time and thoughtful feedback. #Sociolinguistics #AppliedLinguistics
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Exciting news! I am thrilled to see my Cambridge Element ‘Decoloniality in multilingual university spaces’ published online this week! Free to read and download for the next 10 days! #decoloniality #educationscape #multilingualism #belonging www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Decoloniality in Multilingual University Spaces
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Decoloniality in Multilingual University Spaces
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We've just recorded a new episode and it's a second one that's been driven by student interest, this time by Oli, an A Level student in Dubai. We'll be talking to Sarah Hopkyns of St Andrews and UCL about English (and Arabic) in the Gulf, multilingualism, translanguaging & much more. Coming soon!
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We talk about the use of English in the Gulf, its role & functions, how we communicate in a multilingual world and what translanguaging is all about. We also touch on how people feel about English, whether it's perceived as a threat & much more. Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 83 - Sarah Hopkyns & English in the Gulf
Show notes for Episode 83 Welcome to episode 83 of Lexis, another student-led episode, which this time features Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School interviewing Dr Sarah Hopkyns, with...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We've got a brand new episode out today: an interview with Dr Sarah Hopkyns from University of St Andrews on English in the Gulf. It's another episode that's been led by student interest, this time it's Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/3Sb65KDdv1b
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Episode 83 - Sarah Hopkyns and English in the Gulf by Lexis
Welcome to episode 83 of Lexis, another student-led episode, which this time features Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School interviewing Dr Sarah Hopkyns, with some help from Dan. Sarah ...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Heading to Chicago today for the AAAL 2026 conference! Chairing a special session on St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE). If you are at the conference, do come and find out more!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Great to have Emirates College for Advanced Education colleague, Dr. Zaid Al Majdoub, visit the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies this week. Stimulating fellow's seminar on media discourse and Muslims in the UK and discussions.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
✨New publication!✨Melanie van den Hoven and I explore Emirati university students’ translingual identities, and engagement with Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Thank you to editors Troy McConachy, Adriana Diaz, Barbara Hanna, Cihat Atar, Tariq Elyas & Marta Tryzna! www.castledown.com/journals/ice...
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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Less than a month to go until our Language and Society Scotland (LASS) event on Language and AI. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-a...
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Language and Society Scotland: Language & AI
Language and Society Scotland (LASS) network event on "Language & AI".
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
👉Last day to register for the online SAJILE launch! 🕒Wednesday 26th Nov, 10:30am~ UK time 🗣️Talks by guest speaker Peter De Costa, authors Michela Gronchi, Cassie Thu Ngan Ngo, Virginia Parker, Yumiko Imanishi, & editors Sarah Hopkyns and Thomas Stringer. events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/st-an...
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St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE)
Join us for the official launch of St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE), an open-access online journal
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Excited to be on the advisory board for 'The Amplifier' video journal - CREDIBLE linguistics research (community-relevant, responds to local needs, engages stakeholders, draws on local knowledge, informed, benefits local communities, leads the field, ethical). www.flcgroup.net/the-amplifie...
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The Amplifier: Call for Submissions - FLC Group
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Excited about the online launch for the St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE) on November 26th 10:30am (UK). Do register and come along! events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/st-an...
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St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE)
Join us for the official launch of St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE), an open-access online journal
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I am excited to be giving an invited talk with Kay Gallagher, Anna Dillon, Geraldine Chell and more at Università Ca'​ Foscari Venezia next week (November 10th). Thank you to Michela Gronchi for this wonderful invitation to be part of this BALEAP EMI SIG associated event!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Delighted to see my latest article published last week. Thank you to SI editors Maria Kuteeva and Amy Wanyu Ou, and journal editor Jean-Marc Dewaele. I'm looking forward to reading the full issue soon! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The complexities of ‘sticky objects’ and ‘happy objects’ in multilingual universities: emotional (un)belonging from a posthumanist perspective
As educational experiences in internationalised academic landscapes expand beyond classroom-based knowledge concerns, it is important to recognise that university spaces also embody affective, soci...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I am honoured to be part of the editorial board for the University Exeter Press Book Series: Trajectories of Gender, Cultures, and Social Change in the Middle East. Thank you to the series editors Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco for inviting me. www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...
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Trajectories of Gender, Cultures and Social Change in the Middle East
Series editors: Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco, both at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE The book series Trajectories of Gender, Cultures and Social Change in the Middle East explores the evolvin...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Day #1 at #IAWE26_Giessen. Excellent plenaries and individual sessions. Great to be with friends and colleagues from the Gulf again! #world #Englishes
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Delighted to share this new article, with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social doctoral student Michela Gronchi as first author. "Teacher Identity in English Medium Instruction: A scoping Review of the Literature on EMI in the EU". Review of Education. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
English medium instruction (EMI) has steadily increased in higher education institutions across Europe since the Bologna Process in 1999. Most research in this area has focused on teaching practices ...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Looking forward to giving a workshop on 'Exploring Alternative Pathways: Navigating Non-Traditional Routes to Publishing Academic Work' at this British Educational Research Association (BERA) event on Wednesday! Great programme of sessions!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Thoroughly enjoyed the May 'Away Day' with new UCL colleagues at October Gallery, Bloomsbury. Perfect 'Transvangarde' exhibition for us as intercultural communication scholars, delicious lunch, beautiful setting, and great company! Happy to have joined this team!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Great way to start May with ‘World Englishes in the Arab Gulf States’ now out! My chapter (Chapter 1) looks at translingual and transnational identities in the Gulf. Thank you to the editor Kay Gallagher. Looking forward to reading the other chapters! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Transnational and Translingual Englishes in the Arab Gulf States | 3 |
Varieties of English in the Arab Gulf States are shaped by transnationalism and translingualism. The Gulf nations have highly diverse populations where forms of
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Ibrar Bhatt @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
For more details about the network and its activities, please see: srhe.ac.uk/networks/mul... Original recording available here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
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Multilingual University | Society for Research into Higher Education
SRHE Multilingual University Network seeks to serve as a platform for new developments in the intersections of linguistic inquiry and higher education studies
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Ibrar Bhatt @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast 'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies: Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production' 🗓Tue 20th May 🕥10:30am – 12pm 📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB 🎙Yusuf Oldac Education Uni of Hong Kong Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Enjoyed attending the Teaching Excellence Awards event at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week. Happy to receive the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) award along with colleagues Jenny Taylorson, Shruti Narayanswamy & Kirsty McCall.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Reflecting on a wonderful time at #IATEFL2025 in Edinburgh last week! Highlights were presenting (research with @sdovchin.bsky.social), meet ups, ELTJ debate (Sin-Wang Chong), excellent plenaries and sessions (Daniel Xerri, Catherine Walter & more), #HandsUpProject Gaza play (powerful).
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Honoured be a keynote speaker, alongside Sara Hillman, at GUST Global Studies Center conference in Kuwait (April 15-16). Excellent panels, warm hospitality, delicious food, and fantastic company! Heartfelt thank you to Marta tryzna, Jennifer Loftkrantz, and team!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Enjoyed presenting at 'Languages in the city' Symposium with Melanie van den Hoven in Utrecht and exploring the city. Stimulating discussions, beautiful place, all things Miffy, and great Indonesian food with Chris Jenks, Wafa Al-Alawi and co. April 6-7.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
On my way to Kuwait for the GUST Global Studies Centre conference, with the theme: Cultural linguistics, local identities : Exploring cultural hybridity. Happy to be a plenary speaker at this event. See you soon @sarapatra.bsky.social!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Pleased to be presenting at another #AAAL2025 colloquium 'Emotions of TESOL Teacher Educators: International Perspectives' on Tuesday at 10am-12pm in the Grand Ballroom. Come if you can (I'll be there in spirit / on the screen).
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Enjoyed our #AAAL2025 colloquium on (un)belonging and multilingualism in HE yesterday, which we started planning at last year's conference (first picture with Elizabeth Miller). Hard not to be there in person (Heathrow situation / canceled flight) but happy for video updates and Q&A via video call.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Friends and colleagues at #AAAL2025 in Denver, our colloquium '(Un)belonging and Multilingualism among Stakeholders in Higher Education' is at 8am-10am today in Silver. Come if you can! Elizabeth Miller Pramod K. Sah @sarapatra.bsky.social Rima Elabdali & Olive Nabukeera.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Excited to have joined @ioe.bsky.social as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Intercultural Communication (dissertation supervisor - in addition to main role at the University of St Andrews). Proud to joining this fantastic university and team!
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Wonderful to be part of the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of World Englishes - Kingsley Bolton (Ed.). A huge project including six volumes! My entry / article looks at 'English in the UAE'. Thanks to MENA volume editor Tariq Elyas! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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United Arab Emirates, English in the
The oil-rich Arabian Gulf nation of the United Arab Emirates has a diverse linguistic ecology with Arabic as the official language, English as a lingua franca and over 100 other languages spoken by i...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New article published today on ‘sticky objects’ (and places) in relation to students’ emotions and belonging in EME higher education. Thanks to SI editors Pramod Sah, Madhu KC & Peter De Costa. Looking forward to reading the full issue! Open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Sticky Objects and Places: Entangled Emotions in an English‐Medium University Educationscape
This paper explores entangled emotions in an Abu Dhabi English-medium university educationscape in relation to sticky objects and sticky places, which are objects/places saturated in affect through f....
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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My beautiful friend (and colleague!) @tazinabdullah.bsky.social wrote about mentorship in higher ed and passing it on to the next generation of scholars ❤️
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Excited about this #book #launch hosted by TESOL International Intercultural Communication Interest Section. @drmvdhoven.bsky.social and I present 'Reconceptualising Intercultural Communication Research for the MENA: A Rereading of the Social Construction of Reality'. Routledge - Hamza R'boul, Ed.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I’m honoured to be a plenary speaker, alongside @sarapatra.bsky.social at the Global Studies Center Conference in Kuwait on April 15-16, 2025. Check out the CfP and hope to see you there! www.gust.edu.kw/gsc/events/g...
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Global Linguistics, Local Identities: Exploring Cultural Hybridity
Discover a world of opportunities at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST). Explore undergraduate and graduate programs, upcoming events, an...
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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Confs: Global linguistics, local identities: Exploring Cultural Hybridity: Keynote Speakers Dr. Sarah Hopkyns, Lecturer in TESOL and International Education, University of St. Andrews, UK Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and English, Hamad Bin Khalifah University, Qatar…
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Confs: Global linguistics, local identities: Exploring Cultural Hybridity
Keynote Speakers Dr. Sarah Hopkyns, Lecturer in TESOL and International Education, University of St. Andrews, UK Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and English, Hamad Bin Khalifah University, Qatar Instructions Individual…
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
In this new 'Language on the Move' blog piece, Anna Dillon and I explore the fascinating trilingual linguistic landscape of a UAE multi-faith space: The Abrahamic Family House. www.languageonthemove.com/visit-to-abr...
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Visit to Abrahamic Family House
*** Anna Dillon and Sarah Hopkyns *** As friends and fellow sociolinguists, we, Anna and Sarah, have discussed almost every topic under the sun (literally!) on our balmy afternoon walks in our home…
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 17/01/2025
Just read this great post. Great for a virtual visit to a really fascinating space, and some interesting observations about how different languages are represented.
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Just out: the Language-on-the-Move weekend read 🤩 @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social reflects on the trilingual linguistic landscape of faith at Abrahamic House www.languageonthemove.com/visit-to-abr...
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Visit to Abrahamic Family House
*** Anna Dillon and Sarah Hopkyns *** As friends and fellow sociolinguists, we, Anna and Sarah, have discussed almost every topic under the sun (literally!) on our balmy afternoon walks in our home…
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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
How cool is this?!! Monopoly, but #linguistics ! #langsky starkeycomics.com/2025/01/16/e...
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Etymonopoly: A Free Print-and-Play Game for Language Lovers - Starkey Comics
A meme I made has been turned into a playable board game! First here’s images of the board and cards. Scroll down for the printable PDFs! A bit of backstory: A while ago I had a silly idea that would ...
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Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Tomorrow! Free, online seminar with Professor Adrian Holliday 🗣💬 Title: Putting aside native-speakerist labelling to find #linguistic and cultural hybridity and the “translingual instinct" Jan 16, 2025 10:00 AM London elinet.org.uk/resources/se... #ELT #langsky #TESOL
Global Englishes Seminar with Professor Adrian Holliday
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DescriptionPutting aside native-speakerist labelling to find linguistic and cultural hybridity and the “translingual instinct

I will begin with why it is necessary to put aside all forms of native-non-native-speaker labelling because of its sustained colonising and essentialist effect. I will then explain how this difficult, third-space, deCentred liberation enables new understandings of the original hybrid nature of language and culture. The resulting possibility of a ‘translingual instinct’, situated within a seamless varicultural flow then becomes a quality which helps us to connect and work with the agency, experiences and knowledge that our students bring to the classroom. This does however bring challenges to what teachers and students need to know about the politics and sociology of language and culture.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Feeling appreciated at the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. A doctoral student of mine wrote this lovely message as part of the 'Scottish Graduate School of Social Science International Mentoring Month'. It really made my day! Thank you! sgsss.ac.uk/supervisors/...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Great 2025 reading challenge recommendations on @languageonthemove.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...
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Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2025
Each year, I survey my Literacies students about their reading and writing activities. Over the years, the time these young people spend on literacy activities has been increasing steadily. In 2024…
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New publication with Anna Dillon & Danica Čigoja Piper! Collaborative autoethnography on EMI: Perspectives across disciplines. Thanks to SI editors Anna Kristina Hultgren, @doganyuksel.bsky.social, Beatriz Zuaro, Marion Nao & Peter Wingrove. Open access! doi.org/10.1075/jemi...
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A collaborative autoethnography on English as a medium of instruction | John Benjamins
Abstract English-medium instruction (EMI), and more broadly English-medium education (EME), is growing in leaps and bounds in multilingual university settings globally. Despite the phenomenon of EMI a...
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
Very pleased to see this book out (hard copy available next month)! A fantastic resource on English-Medium Instruction (EMI) in HigherEducation (HE) across the globe. My chapter (21) looks at EMI in UAE HE.
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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
Enjoyed attending the Association of Gulf Semiotic Studies' bi-annual meeting this week. Two calls for papers for SIs and a fascinating presentation by Ibrar Bhatt on semiotics of Muslimness in China.
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
The Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge 2024 just dropped! Challenge yourself to a new year of reading at the intersection of linguistic diversity and social life. #Languages #Linguistics #ReadingChallenge www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...
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