Dr Alessia Cogo

Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

Dr Alessia Cogo is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton.

I am an applied linguist with a background in modern languages. I have taught Italian and English as a second language, as well as Applied Linguistic and Sociolinguistic modules at King's College London and at the University of Surrey (UK). Since 2010 I have been a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton.

Personal website: http://alessia-cogo.soton.ac.uk/

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Research interests

I am interested in language diversity in different contexts, especially the relationship between English and other languages in international environments and in specific genres. I explore these areas from a pragmatic perspective and relate to intercultural issues, identity, ideology and power relations.

I am founder and co-convenor of the AILA ReN on ELF
I am Reviews Editor of the ELTJ (English Language Teaching Journal)

I coordinate the Multilingualism Research Group and member of the Centre for Applied Language Research (CALR), the Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) and the Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS).

For further details please see my personal website: http://alessia-cogo.soton.ac.uk/

Research project(s)

Learning, use and perceptions of English as a Lingua Franca communication in European contexts (LINEE) - Dormant

This collaborative project with partners in Southampton, Szeged and Prague forms part of the wider LINEE network funded under the EU 6th Framework (Languages in a Network of European Excellence).

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Selected Conferences

-AILA 16th World Congress of Applied Linguisitcs, Beijing (China) panel on "East-West dialogue on English as a Lingua Franca" August 2011

-ELF3 International conference on English as a Lingua Franca, Vienna (Austria), plenary panel ‘Constructing and negotiating understanding in ELF', May 2010.

-‘New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe' Conference, April 2010, Dubrovnik (Croatia) - Symposium on English as a Lingua Franca in and of Multilingual Europe. Paper presentation: "Youthful perceptions of ELF".

-American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, March 2010, Atlanta (USA) - Symposium on English as a Lingua Franca. Paper presentation: ‘Social Identity in ELF'.

-International Symposium on Bilingualism 7 (ISB7), July 2009, Utrecht (The Netherlands). Paper presentation "Code-switching as a communicative strategy in intercultural communication"

-Language Policies and Language Learning Conference, June 2009, Limerick (Ireland). Paper presentation: "Attitudes towards multilingualism and English as a Lingua Franca in Europe".

-Second International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, April 2009, Southampton. Paper presentation - "Teenagers' perceptions of English as a Lingua Franca".

-First International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, March 2008, Helsinki (Finland). Paper presentation "Exploring accommodation strategies in ELF pragmatics".

My teaching interests include undergraduate and postgraduate courses in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. I am currently preparing new modules concerning English in the world, the pragmatics of English as a Lingua Franca and multilingualism.

Dr Alessia Cogo
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Southampton. SO17 1BF United Kingdom

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