Toni Dobinson

List of John Benjamins publications in which Toni Dobinson is involved.

Title

Decolonising or Recolonising?: Generative AI through the eyes of applied linguists, language teachers, and learners

Edited by Toni Dobinson, Julian Chen and Carly Steele

Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 47:3 (2024) v, 165 pp.

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Oakley, Grace, Carly Steele, Christine Robinson, Toni Dobinson, Sender Dovchin and Wendy Cumming-Potvin 2025 Towards a playworld translanguaging approach in early childhood education Australian Review of Applied Linguistics: Online-First Articles, pp. 891–911 | Article

In this conceptual paper, we integrate interdisciplinary perspectives from early childhood education and applied linguistics to propose a new framework: Playworld Translanguaging. This framework refers to the intentional blending of pedagogical translanguaging and conceptual playworlds to create… read more

Dobinson, Toni 2024 Intimacy in online classrooms: Linguaplay, personal testimonies, and contrived chaotic material ecologies Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 47:1, pp. 78–100 | Article

In this article I describe the transition of a group of university students in Australia into an online learning environment during COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. I reflect upon my intersubjective experiences as the lecturer in an unexpected situation of urgency and physical distancing. Research… read more

Dobinson, Toni, Julian Chen and Carly Steele 2024 Decolonizing or recolonizing? AI through the eyes of applied linguists, language teachers, and language learners Decolonising or Recolonising?: Generative AI through the eyes of applied linguists, language teachers, and learners, Dobinson, Toni, Julian Chen and Carly Steele (eds.), pp. 253–258 | Introduction

Tankosić, Ana, Eldin Milak, Carly Steele and Toni Dobinson 2024 Meeting standards: (Re)colonial and subversive potential of AI modification: (Re)colonial and subversive potential of AI modification Decolonising or Recolonising?: Generative AI through the eyes of applied linguists, language teachers, and learners, Dobinson, Toni, Julian Chen and Carly Steele (eds.), pp. 366–382 | Article

AI potential to recolonise language practices by reproducing existing marginalisations in novel ways has already instilled fears of a ‘contemporary dystopia’ (Miras et al., 2022) — a space of cultural and linguistic erasure. Accents represent a distinctive aspect of language practice associated… read more