Holliday, A.R., M. Hyde and J. Kullman. 2010. Intercultural Communication: An Advanced Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
ISBN: 0-415-48942-3
Summary: Explores social strategies for achieving successful intercultural communication. Looks deeply at underlying social, political and psychological forces. Takes a stand against traditional theories of culture which depend on essentialist, 'othering' stereotypes. Maintains that cultural difference surrounds all of us in increasingly complex and globalized societies.
Institutional level: tertiary
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Holliday, A.R. 2010. ‘Analysing qualitative data’ in Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. London: Continuum, pp. 98-110
Book editor(s): Phakiti, A. and B. Paltridge.
ISBN: 9780826499257
Summary: In this chapter I first set out some of the basic premises of qualitative research as a mainstream research approach which is used by applied linguists as they develop their interests in wider social and political issues connected with language and language education.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Holliday, A.R. 2010. ‘Complexity in cultural identity’. Language and Intercultural Communication 10/2: 165-177
Summary: The cultural realities of individuals are more complex than the traditional national cultural stereotypes maintain.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Holliday, A.R. 2010. ‘Cultural descriptions as political cultural acts: an exploration’. Language and Intercultural Communication 10/3: 259-272
Summary: Established descriptions of national cultures are often considered to be neutral and objective. This paper argues that they are the products of Centre-Western ideology.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Holliday, A.R. 2009. ‘Interrogating the concept of stereotypes in intercultural communication’ in Introducing Applied Linguistics: Concepts and Skills. London: Routledge, pp. 134-41
Book editor(s): Hunston, S. and D. Oakey.
ISBN: 415447674
Summary: National cultural stereotypes are connected with racial prejudice.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Holliday, A.R. 2009. ‘English as a lingua franca: 'non-native speakers' and cosmopolitan realities’ in English as an International Language: Perspectives & Pedagogical Issues. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 21-33
Book editor(s): Sharifian, F.
ISBN: 978-1-84769-122-4
Summary: English as lingua franca needs to be looked at in terms of professional politics and the position of English as a world language.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Franson, C. and A.R. Holliday. 2009. ‘Social and cultural perspectives’ in The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 40-46
Book editor(s): Richards, J. and A. Burns.
ISBN: 9780521756846
Summary: The content of teacher training or education needs to include not only the linguistic features of English and how these may be taught and learnt, but also its social and cultural position in the world, and its subsequent impact on the lives of both teachers and language learners.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Holliday, A.R. 2009. ‘The role of culture in English language education: key challenges’. Language and Intercultural Communication 9/3: 144-155
Summary: English language education is in the process of change regarding teacher identity and the ownership of English. Cultural issues are implicated in this change. Critical cosmopolitan approaches in the social sciences are critiquing the primacy of national cultures which they consider a Western imposition on the emergent identities of the Periphery.
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Grounds, P. 2008. Discovering Dynamic Durability: Beyond Sustainability in an English Language Curriculum Project.
Supervisor(s): Holliday, A.R. and R. Cullen
Awarding institution: University of Kent
Summary: Looking at curriculum issues around the setting up of self-access centres in Mexico
Thesis type: PhD
Country of research: Mexico
Institutional level: tertiary
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)
Aboshiha, P. 2008. Identity and Dilemma: The "Native Speaker" English Language Teacher in a Globalizing World.
Supervisor(s): Holliday, A.R.
Awarding institution: University of Kent
Summary: British teacher's attitudes towards theory and professionalism within the context of the changing ownership of English and globalization.
Thesis type: PhD
Institutional level: adult
Entered by: Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of English and Language Studies)