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Doctor Will Baker

Dr Will Baker

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • English as a lingua franca and Global Englishes
  • Intercultural and Transcultural communication
  • English as a medium of instruction and education

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Will

Email: W.Baker@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9423

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Research Publications Teaching External roles and responsibilities Biography
Research Publications Teaching External roles and responsibilities Biography

Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • English as a lingua franca and Global Englishes
  • Intercultural and Transcultural communication
  • English as a medium of instruction and education
  • English language teaching
  • Intercultural language education

Current research

My research focuses on Global Englishes/English as a lingua franca, intercultural/transcultural communication, English medium education, Intercultural education, intercultural citizenship, and ELT, and I have published and presented internationally in all these areas with over 50 books, articles and chapters. I also supervise doctoral students in these topics. I am the co-editor of the book series ‘Developments in English as a Lingua Franca’ (De Gruyter Mouton) and 'Elements in Intercultural Communication' (Cambridge University Press).

Research projects

Completed projects

“Without English this is just not possible…”: studies of language policy and practice in international universities from Europe and Asia - Annual Adventures in Research Grant
Researchers:
Doctor Will Baker
“Without English this is just not possible…”: studies of language policy and practice in international universities from Europe and Asia
Researchers:
Doctor Will Baker
English as an ASEAN lingua franca: Implications for language and education policy and practice
Researchers:
Doctor Will Baker
From English language learners to Intercultural Citizens: Chinese student sojourners development of intercultural citizenship in ELT and EMI programmes: BRITISH COUNCIL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP AWARDS
Researchers:
Doctor Will Baker
Decolonising English in higher education
Linguistic diversity on the international campus
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