The Language and Education Reading Group, launched in May 2023, aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to foster dialogue between the different ways in which language and education are studied and understood, with perspectives from sociology, anthropology, education research and policy, and linguistic and sociolinguistic studies, among others. The Group encourages participation from diverse regions.

This reading group aims to produce three distinct outputs 1) produce an annotated and thematically organised Reading List, which can serve as a research and teaching resource; 2) initiate a network of scholars from different regions of the Global South working in the fields of language and education, and form a long-term and meaningful collaboration; and 3) work towards future academic and non-academic publications (e.g. ThinkPieces for the Education South Asia Initiative).

We have identified three themes that would be particularly useful for discussions in Michaelmas 2023: (i) Research Methods in Language and Education, (ii) Language in Higher Education, and (iii) Language and Education in Policy. The first meeting will be an opportunity for us to meet, socialise and finalise the themes for this term. We will also provide a brief overview of our activities in the previous term to familiarise new members and participants with what we do. Our next meeting is on Fri, 19 Jan, 4-5.30pm GMT.