1. Language

Concept:

• Language

Guiding questions for the discussion:

• What, in fact, is language? How is this term usually defined, and how might a deeper understanding of what language is impact on how it is taught?

Participants (alphabetical order):

• Dr Eoin Jordan (host), University of St Andrews
• Dr Ahmar Mahboob / Sunny Boy, University of Sydney – also a Global Fellow at University of St Andrews at the time of the recording
• Alison Malcolm-Smith, University of St Andrews
• Kerry Tavakoli, University of St Andrews

Sources referred to in the discussion:

• https://www.academia.edu/42158960/World_Englishes_Social_Disharmonisation_and_Environmental_Destruction
• https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1238807.pdf
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/