Kristof Savski @kristofsavski.bsky.social (@KristofSavski) profile picture

Assoc Prof, Prince of Songkla University, applied sociolinguist working on language policy, language education. PhD from @LAEL_LU

Hat Yai, Thailand
Joined January 2022
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A few highlights from my book: Language policy doesn't involve managing language(s) but exercising authority to impose new norms in how we interact. We don't manage language itself but who, how, where and when can participate in discourse. 1/x
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Kristof Savski @kristofsavski.bsky.social retweeted
To celebrate this year’s AAAL in Chicago, Language Policy is pleased to announce that the following articles written by conference attendees will be made fully open access for two months:
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To celebrate this year’s AAAL in Chicago, Language Policy is pleased to announce that the following articles written by conference attendees will be made fully open access for two months:
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In addition, the entire thematic collection on “Learning from Lau v. Nichols (1974): 50 years later” will also be open access for two months: link.springer.com/collection…
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Join us for this exciting discussion next week. Register here: forms.gle/8icAhWug5gCSrWCn8
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Testing as a language policy sledgehammer. How about other UK languages? How about UK expats everywhere else? If we're serious, let's be serious Enoch Starmer.
If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense. So we’re raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.
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This new publication tries to outline a set of practical principles for how we can make use of translanguaging to do good in Asian ELT: doi.org/10.1177/003368822513… 1/5
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4: Corrective feedback of some form seems inevitable in language instruction (for both teachers and learners) but we need to use it to make learners aware of the reality of (trans)languaging rather than to impose unrealistically rigid notions of language.
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5: We need to use translanguaging to help us redefine the scope of ELT, moving it away from teaching "just English" and toward more holistic development of critical cultural literacy.
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