John Macalister
List of John Benjamins publications in which John Macalister is involved.
2024 Engagement in oral production: The impact of a coursebook innovation Language Teaching for Young Learners 6:1, pp. 32–59 | Article
Interaction is recognised as an important contributor to language learning but in many classrooms opportunities to interact meaningfully are limited. This situation can be addressed when teachers make decisions about adapting the materials they are working with. The result is likely to be… read more
2024 Language policy and national identity evolution in a new nation: A Timorese Linguistic Landscape revisited Linguistic Landscape 10:2, pp. 111–135 | Article
Previous studies of the Linguistic Landscape in Timor-Leste conducted over a decade ago found Portuguese language use dominated official signage, although English dominated overall through its presence on commercial signs, especially those targeting the more affluent parts of society. This… read more
2012 Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste Language Problems and Language Planning 36:1, pp. 25–45 | Article
Timor-Leste is a nation where three exogenous languages (Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia, English) and one of many endogenous languages (Tetun) compete to be heard in public spaces. The constitution names both Tetun and Portuguese as co-official languages, and English and Bahasa Indonesia as working… read more
2006 The Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, 1850–2000: Evidence from a corpus-based study English World-Wide 27:1, pp. 1–24 | Article
The presence of words of Maori origin in contemporary New Zealand English is regularly commented upon both by linguists and in the popular press. Such commentary is, however, generally based on intuition and observation rather than empirical analysis. This paper begins with a review of published… read more