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I am an applied linguist interested in:
I teach because teaching inspires the mind and changes the world. I aim to create teaching and learning spaces where my students and I engage in meaningful dialogue about language and communication in the world and how this is reflected in discussions about language teaching, learning, methods, research, practices and ideologies. It is through such dialogues that our classroom discussions can inspire us to carry on reading about, and researching in, the exciting inter-disciplinary field of Applied Linguistics.
Make a decision
To care for language
As it is used
In human and nonhuman interaction
In complex, multi-layered ways
In times of great need
And spaces of great suffering
From: Komska, Moyd and Gramling (2019:140), Linguistic Disobedience.
I will teach you with care, passion, enthusiam and high levels of professionality and intellectuality. I will teach you in the same way I want my children to be taught when they grow up.
Expert user of both English and Arabic (I don't use the labels 'native' and 'non-native').
The field of TESOL and applied linguistics is a growing, interdisciplinary area that explores the role of language in a wide range of social contexts including education and intercultural communication. This area of research continues to face different challenges which means that there are always new and exciting themes and projects that can be further understood under the umbrella of TESOL and applied linguistics.
TESOL 1
TESOL3
Language in Society
Introduction to Linguistics
Language Teaching
Language in a Globalised World
Language, Culture and Communication
I currently supervise the following PhD projects:
1. Ghazi Alhejili (completed- Pass with Minor Revisions): Online Identities and Translanguaging Practices: A case of Arab University Students in the UK on Social Media.
2. Hanan Altarah (completed- Pass with No Revisions): The Motivation and Investment of Female Bedouin Kuwaiti College-Level Students in Learning English.
3. Maye Alotaibi (completed- Pass with No Revisions): English Metaphors' Comprehension by Kuwaiti EFL: Investigating teaching and learning challenges.
4. Yassine Guermoudi (in progress): Language policy and planning in Algerian Higher Education.
5. Nasrine Labani (in progress): Developing intercultural becoming:Algerian Study Abroad students in the UK.
6. Hadjer Taibi (in progress): Language ideologies and practices on the move: mobile Algerian study abroad students in the UK.
7. Abdelkader Chetouane (in progress): Exploring EFL learner autonomy from a sociocultural perspective in Algeria.
8. Amira Cherif (in progress): Language policy and planning in the context of primary education in Algeria
9. Ahmad Alshahma (in progress): Exploring ESOL policies and practices for re-imagining migrants’ integration and civic participation.
10. Mirela Sutac (in progress): Linguistic citizenship through the experiences of young people in Manchester.
11. Jason McEvoy (in progress): Language, critical thinking and intercultural communication among EFL learners in Japan.
12. Catherine Brady (in progress): Teaching modern foreign languages in secondary schools.
I welcome PhD applications in areas of language and social justice, critical applied linguistics and intercultural communication.
I am subject external examiner for MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL: Newcastle University.
I recently examined PhD dissertations at: The Open University, University of Northampton, University of Liverpool, University of Central Lancashire, and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Sociolinguistics, language and social justice, posthuman literacies, language and/in place, globalisation and mobility, language policy and planning, intercultural communication, TESOL, translanguaging and researching multilingually, critical pedagogy, applied linguistics, culture and identity, academic sojourning.
K. Badwan, J. Simpson (2022). Ecological Orientations to Sociolinguistic Scale: Insights from Study Abroad Experiences. Applied Linguistics Review. 13(2), pp.267-286.
K. Badwan (2021). Language in a Globalised World. Springer International Publishing.
S. Arun, K. Badwan, H. Taibi, F. Batool (2023). Global Migration and Diversity of Educational Experiences in the Global South and North A Child-Centred Approach. Taylor & Francis.
K. Badwan (2021). Language in a Globalised World. Springer International Publishing.
K. Badwan, J. Simpson (2022). Ecological Orientations to Sociolinguistic Scale: Insights from Study Abroad Experiences. Applied Linguistics Review. 13(2), pp.267-286.
K. Badwan (2018). Book Review: Sustaining the Nation: The Making and Moving of Language and Nation. Discourse and Society. 29(5), pp.598-599.
KM. Badwan (2017). “Did we learn English or what?”: A study abroad student in the UK carrying and crossing boundaries in out-of-class communication. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. 7(2), pp.193-210.
K. Badwan (2023). Concluding thoughts: Labouring together towards generous cuts in language and literacy education. In: Multimodality and Multilingualism: Towards an Integrative Approach. pp.223-231.
K. Badwan (2019). Mobility and English language education: How does mobility in study abroad settings produce new conceptualisations of English?. CJ. Hall, R. Wicaksono. In: Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.335-352.
2021: I am a Co-Investigator on the Voices of the Future: This is a £2 million inter-disciplinary project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
The Conversation: Don’t assume language or dialect is locked to a particular place. Available at: https://theconversation.com/dont-assume-language-or-dialect-is-locked-to-a-particular-place-92374
Times Higher Education: International education must find ‘balance’ on public good and cash. Available at: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/international-education-must-find-balance-public-good-and-cash
Chair for the Linguistics Benchmarking Statement Review Panel, Quality Assurance Agency (November 2011- current).
Keynote Speaker at the Conference on Social Justice in Language Classrooms and Teacher Education, organized by the Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dortmund University: Germany, in February 2022.
Keynote Speaker at the Postgraduate Forum on Applied Linguistics to be held at York St. John University in February 2022
Selected member of the Executive Committee of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, September 2019- September 2021.
Panel review member for the joint funding call between AHRC and the DFG, Bonn: Germany, September 2019.
British Council Consultant on a commissioned project exploring the readiness of Tunisian tertiary education for English medium instruction, February- June 2019.
I was shortlisted for the Union's Teaching Award (2019) for the category of 'Outstanding Innovation in Teaching': Here is my nomination statement:
Dr Khawla Badwan (Arts and Humanities)
The student said “Khawla creates an environment where each individual in the classroom feels inspired to contribute and express themselves. I took part in one of the webinars conducted by her before coming to Manchester, and Khawla explains complex linguistic terms using simple and comprehensive visuals and
examples. She inspires me to engage in further research in the field of language and sociolinguistics.
I've reviewed funding applications for the AHRC and the ESRC as a non-college member. I also reviewed funding applications for the Applying Linguistics fund during my role on the BAAL Executive Committee.
Currently guest-editing a Special Issue on Critical perspectives on teaching in the multilingual university for Teaching in Higher Education, issue to be submitted by the end of 2022.
I am a member of Executive Committee of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (2019-2021).