Dr. Elisabeth Barakos

Gremienarbeit und Services

2017-present           BAAL Language Policy Special Interest Group (SIG) co-founder and co-convenor since 2017, www.langpol.ac.uk

2018-2019               External Examiner of Undergraduate Applied Linguistics and Communication Programme, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

2017-2019               Aston University English Language Placement Coordinator for international study abroad, work placements and internships

2015-2018               External Examiner of PhD dissertations: University of Naples; University of Melbourne

2013-2015               Treasurer and Board Member of VERBAL (Austrian Association of Applied Linguistics)

Gutachtertätigkeit

• Book prizes: BAAL book prize
• Journals: Journal of Language and Politics; Critical Discourse Studies; Journal of Language Policy; Language in Society; Journal of Sociolinguistics; Applied Linguistics; Language and Intercultural Communication; Tesol Quarterly; International Journal of Multilingualism; Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development; Multilingual; Language, Culture and Society;
• Publishers: Palgrave, Wiley, Springer, Multilingual Matters

MITGLIEDSCHAFTEN

• AAA (American Anthropological Association)
• BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics)
• EDiSO (Iberian Association of Discourse in Society)
• EERA (European Educational Research Association)
• GAL (German Association for Applied Linguistics)
• VERBAL (Austrian Association for Applied Linguistics)
• WISERD (The Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods)

• 2021              [Digital international preparatory classes in Germany]. Digital Internationale Vorbereitungsklassen. Dialogue with Science Workshop for the Hamburg State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development, 25 May 2021 (online). https://www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/ueber-die-fakultaet/aktuell-2021/21-05-26-li-forum-nachbericht.html
• 2021              [Digital, multilingual and in transition. International Preparatory Classes in Pandemic Times] Digital, vielsprachig und im Übergang. Internationale Vorbereitungsklassen in Zeiten der Pandemie. Interview in German for the series ‘Research Project of the Month’, University of Hamburg, Germany, 25 May 2021. https://www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/forschungsprojekt-des-monats/17-fpdm-mai.html
• 2021              Language Policy in Business. Author interview on monograph in CaMP (Communication, Media and Performance) Anthropology Blog, 21 May 2021. https://campanthropology.org/2021/05/24/elisabeth-barakos-language-policy-in-business/
• 2021              Learning a Language is not always a choice. Financial Times Letter to the Editor,  7/05/2021. https://www.ft.com/content/8339651f-4154-4b85-9bd3-1b56376b42a6
• 2020              Publishing a PhD thesis as a monograph. Twitter event for BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics), 10/03/2020
• 2020              Recent-arrival migrant students during the Covid-19 school closures. Language on the Move Blog, May 25, 2020. https://www.languageonthemove.com/recent-arrival-migrant-students-during-the-covid-19-school-closures/
• 2020              [Learning German under difficult conditions. Research on International Preparatory Classes in Times of Corona] Deutsch lernen unter erschwerten Bedingungen. Forschung zu Internationalen Vorbereitungsklassen in Zeiten von Corona. Interview in German, The University of Hamburg, May 11, 2020
• 2018              Welsh Language Policy in the Workplace. Research featured in the North Wales Regional Skills and Employment Plan, 2018
• 2015              [How to promote bilingualism in the world of work] Wie wird Zweisprachigkeit in der Arbeitswelt vermarktet? Schrödingers Katze / Schrödinger’s Cat (Austrian Science Blog), October 21, 2015. https://www.schroedingerskatze.at/junge-forschung-im-wordrap-13/

• Mehrsprachigkeit und Bildung
• Elite Multilingualism
• Soziolinguistik
• Diskursanalyse
• Sprachenpolitik
• Minderheitensprachen 
• Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Projekt "Neu zugewanderte Schülerinnen und Schüler in der Sekundarstufe I. Eine qualitative Studie über sprachliche Bildung am Übergang von Vorbereitungsklassen in Regelklassen" (65%), gefördert vom DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), (2020-2023)
• International Collaborator im Projekt "Linguistic Equality in Political Transitions" in Kanada, Katalonien und Wales, gefördert vom SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2019-2024)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 01/2020 – 01/2023   Postdoctoral Researcher in Language Education, Universität Hamburg
• 09/2019 – 08/2021   Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham
• 09/2015 – 08/2019   Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham
• 03/2015 – 08/2015    External Lecturer in English Linguistics, Universität Wien
• 10/2009 – 08/2015   Research and Teaching Assistant, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 2009 – 2014               Ph.D. in English Linguistics (with distinction), Universität Wien
• 2008 – 2009              Graduate Teacher Program, CILT (The National Centre for Languages), London
  • Teaching Qualification for Modern Foreign Languages (German and Spanish) in England und Wales
• 2002 – 2007               Mag. phil. (equivalent to MA) in English and Spanish Linguistics, Universität Wien
  • Lehramtsstudium Englisch und Spanisch                 

FURTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2008 – 2009               Secondary School Teacher of German and Spanish, UK
• 2008 – 2008               Traineeship, Department for Regional and Minority Language Policy, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
• 2007 – 2008               SPIDI Language Institute, Freelance Consultant and Trainer for Business and Legal English, Wien

AUTHORED BOOK

2020                    Barakos, E. Language policy in business: Discourse, ideology and practice. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Series).

Reviewed in: Journal of Sociolinguistics (2021); Journal of Language and Politics (2021)

CO-EDITED BOOK

2016              Barakos, E. & Unger, J.W. (eds.). Discursive approaches to language policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Reviewed in: Journal of Language Policy (2019)

REREREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

2021              Barakos, E. Language work and affect in adult language education. Journal of Sociolinguistics. Online first. DOI 10.1111/josl.12517.

2021              Plöger, S. & Barakos, E. Researching linguistic transitions of newly arrived students in Germany: Insights from Institutional Ethnography and Reflexive Grounded Theory. Ethnography & Education 16/4: 402-419.

2020              Bonacina-Pugh, F., Barakos, E. & Q. Chen. Language policy in the internationalisation of Higher Education in Anglophone countries: The interplay between language policy as ‘text’, ‘discourse’ and ‘practice’. Applied Linguistics Review. DOI 000010151520190148.

2020             Barakos, E. Linguistic and social justice: towards a debate of intersections and disjuncture. Journal of Sociolinguistics 24/2: 265-277.

2019              Barakos, E. & Selleck, C. Elite Multilingualism. Discourses, practices, and debate. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 40/5: 367-374.

2018              Barakos, E. Multilingual language trainers as language workers. A discourse-ethnographic perspective. Journal of Language and Intercultural Communication 19/2: 184-200.

2016              Barakos, E. Language policy and governmentality in businesses in Wales: a continuum of empowerment and regulation. In Multilingua, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication 35/4: 361-391.

2020              Dlaske, K., Barakos, E., Motobayashi, K. & McLaughlin. Introduction: Languaging the worker: Globalized governmentalities in/of language in peripheral spaces. In Multilingua, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication 35/4: 345-359.

2012              Barakos, E. Language policy and planning in urban professional settings: bilingualism in Cardiff businesses. In Current Issues in Language Planning 13/3: 167-186.

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES

In Press         Barakos, E. Negotiating multilingualism and interculturality in an elite language education company. In Fielding R. & Giampapa, F. (eds.). Multilingualism, Identity and Interculturality in Education: International Perspectives. Springer.

2021              Barakos, E. and Plöger, S. [Scientific, political and educational policy demands on language teaching in International Preparatory Classes during pandemic times]. Wissenschaftliche, bildungspolitische und schulpraktische Ansprüche an Sprachunterricht in Internationalen Vorbereitungsklassen zu Pandemiezeiten. In Gamper, J.; Hövelbrinks, B. & Schlauch; J. (Eds.). Lockdown, Homeschooling und Social Distancing – der Zweitspracherwerb unter akutveränderten Bedingungen der COVID-19-Pandemie. Tübingen: Narr. (in German) https://elibrary.narr.digital/book/10.24053/9783823394945

2019              Selleck, C. and Barakos, E. Elite multilingualism. In Tusting, K. (ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Ethnography. London: Routledge, pp. 286-298.

2018              Barakos, E. Managing, interpreting and negotiating corporate bilingualism in Wales. In Nekvapil, J. & Sherman, T. (eds.). English in Business and Commerce: Interactions and Policies. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 73-95.

2016              Barakos, E. Language policy and critical discourse studies: towards an integrated approach. In Barakos, E. & Unger, J.W. (eds.). Discursive approaches to language policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 23-49.

2016              Barakos, E. & Unger, J.W. Introduction: why are discursive approaches to language policy necessary? In Barakos, E. & Unger, J.W. (eds.). Discursive approaches to language policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 23-49.

2016              Barakos, E. 2016. Introduction to part III. Empirical applications of discursive approaches to language policy. In Barakos, E. & Unger, J.W. (eds.). Discursive approaches to language policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 151-157.

ENCYCLOPEDIC ARTICLES

2020              Barakos, E. Modernity and tradition. In Stanlaw, J. (ed.). The International Encyclopaedia of Linguistic Anthropology. New York: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786093.iela0277

SPECIAL ISSUES EDITED

2019              Barakos, E. & Selleck, C. (eds.). Elite Multilingualism. Discourses, practices, and debate. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 40/5: 367-374.

BOOK REVIEWS

2019              Barakos, E. Review of Amit, A. 2014. Regional Language Policies in France during World War II. Journal of Language and Politics 18/3: 467-470.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

n.d.                Selleck, C. & Barakos, E. (accepted pending minor revisions). Reflexive bilingualism. Special Issue in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

n.d.                Barakos, E. [Digital, multilingual and in transition. International Preparatory Classes in Pandemic Times] Digital, mehrsprachig und im Übergang. Internationale Vorbereitungsklassen in Zeiten der Pandemie. In Budde, J.; Lengyel, D.; Claus, C.; Schroedler, T.; Böning, C.; Weuster; N. (Eds.). Schule in Distanz – Kindheit in Krise. Barbara Budrich. (in German).

n.d.                Barakos, E. Pajaro, V. & Bonnin, J.E. Discourse. In Del Percio, A. & Flubacher, M. Book for Monica Heller – Critical sociolinguistic dialogues: The constitution of a field. London: Bloomsbury.

n.d.                Barakos, E. Review of Dollinger, Stefan. 2021. [Austrian German or German in Austria? Identities in the 21st Century] Österreichisches Deutsch oder Deutsch in Österreich? Identitäten im 21. Jahrhundert. 3rd ed. Vienna, Hamburg: new academic press. Invited review for Journal of Multilingualism.