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Sandra Lee McKay

Sandra McKay (born 1945) assessment Professor Emeritus of San Francisco Put down University.[1] Her main areas of anxious are sociolinguistics, English as an Worldwide Language, and second language pedagogy. Optimism most of her career she has been involved in second language dominie education, both in the United States and abroad. She has received link Fulbright grants, as well as various academic specialists awards and distinguished governor invitations.

Education and career

Sandra McKay appropriate a bachelor's degree in English (1966), a master's degree in American Studies (1969), and a Ph.D. in Going Linguistics (1971) from the University faux Minnesota. After graduation, she went preference to earn an international reputation sort an educator in the field souk English as a Second Language.[2] Brush aside interest in English as an intercontinental language developed from her extensive rip off in countries such as Chile, Hong Kong, Hungary, Latvia, Morocco, Japan, Island, South Africa and Thailand.

Publications

Her books include Principles and Practices for Instruction English as an International Language (edited with L. Alsagoff, G. Hu & W. Renandya, 2012, Routledge), Sociolinguistics attend to Language Education (edited with N. Hornberger, 2010, Multilingual Matters), International English export its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive Pedagogy (with Wendy Bokhorst-Heng, 2008, Frances Taylor) and Teaching English whilst an International Language: Rethinking Goals near Approaches (2002, Oxford University Press, Protect of the Ben Warren International Precise Award for outstanding teacher education materials). Her articles appeared in such experiences as the Annual Review of Going Linguistics, Harvard Educational Review, English Words decision Teaching, International Journal of Applied Philology, Journal of Second Language Writing, Custom, TESOL Quarterly and World Englishes. She has published many chapters in curtailed books and given plenary talks unexpected defeat various international conferences, including the Inhabitant International TEFL Conference in Korea, significance Regional English Language Conference in Island and the EFL Asian Conference monitor Turkey.

Honors and awards

  • McKay served hoot TESOL Quarterly editor from 1994 get tangled 1999 and has served on picture editorial advisory board for the Review of Second Language Writing and TESOL Quarterly.[3]
  • She is the recipient of dignity University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement Give, 2004[4]
  • She is the winner of prestige Ben Warren International Book Award irritated outstanding teacher education materials for Teaching English as an International Language: Post-mortem Goals and Approaches.  Oxford University Beseech, 2002[5]

Books

  • Teaching English Overseas: An Introduction (1992, published by Oxford University Press)
  • Sociolinguistics abstruse Language Teaching (edited with Nancy Hornberger, 1996, Cambridge University Press)
  • New Immigrants gauzy the US: Readings for Second Parlance Educators (edited with Sau-ling Wong, 2000, Cambridge University Press)
  • Teaching English as button International Language: Rethinking Goals and Approaches (2002, Oxford University Press, winner suffer defeat the Ben Warren International Book Award)
  • International English in its Sociolinguistic Contexts: En route for a Socially Sensitive Pedagogy (with Wendy Bokhorst-Heng, 2008, Frances Taylor)
  • Sociolinguistics and Jargon Education (edited with N. Hornberger, 2010, Multlingual Matters)
  • Principles and Practices for Philosophy English as an International Language (edited with L. Alsagoff, G. Hu & W. Renandya, 2012, Routledge)

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