This study investigates what characteristics are considered important for a hypothetical multilingual person to be perceived as a "native" speaker of English. The data was collected from 521 participants from the United Kingdom, Singapore and South Korea, responding to a survey comprised of 30 questions with opportunities for qualitative…

This article examines a group of Chinese students' diverse participation in teacher-student interactions involving gender and sexuality topics in ESL classrooms in the UK. The findings indicate that the Chinese students have experienced transformations of the performance of gender. Some students strategically incorporate new gender performances in…

Recent research into sexuality and education shows that homophobia is particularly prevalent and problematic in schools. However, little of this work has drawn on linguistic frameworks. This article uses the tactics of intersubjectivity framework to examine how a group of LGB-identified young people understand their sexuality identities in…