Lexis Episode 64 - Katie Mansfield on working-class children & standard English in the classroom
Show notes for Episode 64
Here are the show notes for Episode 64, in which Raj and Dan talk to Katie Mansfield, PhD Researcher at The University of Sheffield & Lecturer in Education at The University of Gloucestershire about:
Her research on working-class children, non-standard English and style shifting at school
Combining approaches from linguistics and psychology to develop a suitable methodology
Working memory, executive function and style shifting
School and government policies on standard English and how they affect classroom practice, especially for working-class students
How her A-Level study prepared her for degree and post-graduate work in linguistics
Katie’s previous work on representations of Meghan Markle in the UK press
Katie’s ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katie-Mansfield
University of Sheffield Alumni profile: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/undergraduate/alumni-profiles/katie-mansfield
A discussion of the research methodologies used in this PhD project: https://beonlineconference.com/do-differences-in-working-memory-and-executive-functioning-affect-the-use-of-standard-english-in-working-class-childrens-speech/
The Meghan Markle research: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363693792_The_Architecture_of_Racism_Sexism_and_Misogyny_A_Critical_Discourse_Analysis_of_the_Representation_of_Meghan_Markle_by_the_British_Press
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Contributors
Lisa Casey
blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)
Dan Clayton
blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social
Jacky Glancey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey
Raj Rana
Matthew Butler
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA
Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys
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