Kenneth Cruickshank
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kenneth Cruickshank plays a role.
2016 A tale of two cities: What the dickens happened to languages in NSW? Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 39:1, pp. 72–94 | Article
The current discourse in Australian languages education is that if children study languages in the early years, then languages uptake in secondary schools will increase. There has been little coherent data collection and analysis, however, to support or challenge this discourse. This article… read more
2016 Exploring language choice and identity construction in ‘in-between’ sites: Ethnic media and community languages schools in Australia Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 39:3, pp. 255–271 | Article
Australian research on immigrant languages has paid little attention to interactional approaches to language alternation as identity construction, and sites other than the family and the mainstream school. We argue for the need of studies that take into account a wider range of sites, in… read more
2015 A framework for inclusion: Plurilingual teachers in day and community schools Teachers’ Plurilingual Identities in Transnational Contexts, Schmidt, Clea and Antoinette Gagné (eds.), pp. 155–171 | Article
Linguistic and cultural diversity is becoming a feature of the teaching profession in OECD countries with the increase in global migration and mobility (Reid, Collins & Singh, 2014). Plurilinguali teachers, however, tend to experience marginalisation in terms of gaining employment and in their… read more
2012 Constructions of language and learner identity in the classroom: Confessions of a failure Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 35:2, pp. 170–182 | Article
Teachers and learners can hold differing ideas about language and goals for language learning which are then played out in classroom interactions. Constructions of what counts as language and learning impact on learner engagement and identity and the outcomes of language learning. This study… read more
2009 Review of Lee, P. & H. Azman, eds (2004) Global English and Primary Schools: Challanges for Elementary Education Clearing the Air: Applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication, Read, John and Ute Knoch (eds.), pp. 15.1–15.4 | Review