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You are warmly invited to the launch of Linguistic Penalties and the Job Interview by Celia Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, King's College London.
The launch will be hosted by the Hub for Education & Language Diversity (HELD) at the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication, School of Education, Communication and Society, King's College London.
Chair: Dr Melanie Cooke
Remarks from:
- Dr Sarah Atkins, Aston University
- Professor Mike Baynham, University of Leeds
- Valerie Hall, Equinox Publishing
- Dr Marta Kirilova, University of Copenhagen
- Professor Melissa Moyer, Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Professor Ben Rampton, King's College London
- Dr Louise Tranekjaer, Roskilde University
- Professor Srikant Sarangi, Aalborg University
About the book
Linguistic Penalties and the Job Interview looks at how institutions produce social inequality in the design and small interactional stuff of the job interview. This 'gatekeeping' encounter is an extreme example of social evaluation, where judgements of competence and character can lead to the 'small tragedies' of every life. And it is migrants who are most frequently penalised for their talk and failed by the system. This book also argues the case for practical relevance and illustrates the challenges in achieving a 'linguistic footprint' on institutions as well as taking a critical sociolinguistic stance.
For more information and to order at 25% off quoting the code "Job", visit the book page here.
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Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics