On Saturday November 19th, Dr. Harrison will present his PhD research on language and sexuality in 21st century Japan in the sociolinguistics session at the annual JALT (Japan Association of Language Teaching) conference in Tokyo, Japan (SLIDES: Language and Sexuality … Continue reading
Dr. Harrison has been invited to speak about his recent manuscript on “agency and investment in the multilingual classroom” at the Language Centre at University of Helsinki on Thursday October 20, 2011. Focusing on what he has termed a “bridging … Continue reading
Marlen and JYU students Maiju Uusipaikka, Annika Karinen, Diana Raitala, Reetta Elonen, Tanja Räsänen, Hanna Huumonen & Otto Tuomela will present their co-authored manuscript entitled Bridging Passion & Profession: Supporting Agency and Investment in Multilingual University Writers at the 8th … Continue reading
Marlen Elliot Harrison has been teaching composition, communication, language, literature & gender/sexuality studies at international universities in Asia, Europe and North America since 1997. With 50+ international academic presentations – including TESOL, EuroCALL, JALT, AAAL, ASA, AAA and CCCC – and 25+ international academic publications including Writing on the Edge (USA), Reflections on English Language Teaching (Singapore), CALL-EJ (Australia), and The Language Teacher (Japan) – he is passionate about researching the crossroads of language, learning and identity, and teaching in multilingual writing classrooms. READ MORE...