Write a critical review of John P. O’Regan’s ‘English as a Lingua Franca: An Immanent Critique’ published in Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 5, 1 December 2014, Pages 533–552 (available at https://academic.oup.com/applij/article/35/5/533/175252 ).
The essays should adhere to scholarly protocols (structure, form, bibliography etc.), show evidence of wide reading and engagement with relevant debates. Use appropriate scholarly sources. Any essay which includes plagiarised material or uses AI generated text will receive 0 (fail).
Reading list
Bailey. S. 2015. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. London and New York: Routledge.
Booth,W., Colomb, G., Williams, J. (2008) The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Becker, H. (1998) Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You’re Doing It, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Craswell, G. 2004. Writing for Academic Success. Sage Publications.
Murray, N. 2012. Writing Essays in English Language and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press.
Jordan, R.R. 1999. Academic Writing Course. London: Nelson/Longman.
Hamp-Lyons, L. and Heasley, B. 2006. Study Writing. Cambridge University Press.
Swales, J.and C. Feak. 2012. Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Skills and Tasks. Michigan University Press.
Introductory material (basic)
Diane Hacker and Nancy Sommers (2017) A writer’s reference Bedford. London
Alice Oshima and Anne Hogan Writing Academic English Pearson Education, Harlow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/gothedistance/academicwriting
ELF / O’Regan Debate
John P. O’Regan’s ‘English as a Lingua Franca: An Immanent Critique’ published in Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 5, 1 December 2014, Pages 533–552 (available at https://academic.oup.com/applij/article/35/5/533/175252 )
Baker, W., Jenkins, J. and Baird, R., 2014. ELF researchers take issue with ‘English as a lingua franca: an immanent critique’. Applied Linguistics, [online] 36(1), pp.121-123. Available at: <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271834478_ELF_researchers_take_issue_with_’English_as_a_lingua_franca_An_immanent_critique’
O’Regan, J., 2014. On Anti-Intellectualism, Cultism, and One-Sided Thinking. O’Regan Replies. Applied Linguistics, [online] 36(1), pp.128-132. Available at: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475905/
Widdowson, H., 2014. Contradiction and Conviction. A Reaction to O’Regan. Applied Linguistics, [online] 36(1), pp.124-127. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amu026