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Name:	Florentina  Taylor
Institution:	University of York
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Homepage:	http://www.york.ac.uk/education/our-staff/academic/florentinataylor/
State and/or Country:	United Kingdom
Linguistic Field(s):	Applied Linguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Language Acquisition
Specialty:	Self and identity in foreign language learning
Subject Language(s):	English
Selected Publications:	Taylor, F. (forthcoming, 2013). Identity and foreign language learning: Relational contexts in adolescence. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Taylor, F. (forthcoming, 2012). Relational views of the self in SLA. In S. Mercer and M. Williams (Eds.), Multiple perspectives on the self in SLA. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Taylor, F. (forthcoming, 2012). Listening to Romanian teenagers: Lessons in motivation and ELT methodology. In E. Ushioda (Ed.), International perspectives in English language teaching: Motivation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Taylor, F. et. al. (forthcoming, 2012). Identity and foreign language learning: Why listening to our students’ and teachers’ voices really does matter. British Council ELT Research Papers series. Taylor, F. and Hearnden, M. (under review). Using collaborative action research to improve postgraduate supervision. Taylor, F. (2012). Acted and unacted parts: The quest for identity in Virginia Woolf’s novels (2nd ed.). Iasi, Romania: Lumen. Taylor, F. (2010a). A quadripolar model of identity in adolescent foreign language learners (Unpublished PhD thesis). University of Nottingham. Taylor, F. (2010b). Surreptitious teacher development: Promoting change from within. Romanian Journal of English Studies, 7, 401-409. Taylor, F. (2009a). Authentic Internet in the EFL class. Modern English Teacher, 18(1), 5-9. Taylor, F. (2009b). Some grim effects of a nationally imposed English curriculum in Romania. Romanian Journal of English Studies, 6, 417-427. Taylor, F. (2008). Involvement avoidance in the English class: Romanian insights (Unpublished MEd dissertation). University of Exeter. Taylor, F. (2007). Acted and unacted parts: The quest for identity in Virginia Woolf’s novels. Iasi, Romania: Lumen.
Courses Taught:	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages English Linguistics Teaching English for Academic and Purposes Identity and Foreign Language Learning Planning and Communicating Research SPSS NVivo
Dissertation Abstract:	A Quadripolar Model of Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learners
Reviewer of:	Linguistic Analysis (LL Issue 22.3110) The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition (LL Issue 23.5147)
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