John Macalister
Biographic Data
| ID | 166132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Macalister |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Macalister |
| SIGNATURE | MACALISTER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0169-7167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Promoting young EFL learners’ oral production through storytelling
A global push to start learning English early has heightened interest in effective pedagogical practices for young learners. In many parts of the world, however, teachers feel constrained by the educational system in which they work. Coursebooks are mandated, tests and examinations dominate, and teacher education may not consider the particularities of teaching young learners. Such factors have all been identified in Vietnam, where this study was…
Language policy and national identity evolution in a new nation
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 innovative study revisits a previously examined LL in order to investigate changes in language practice over time, with particular attention to how the recentl…
English in Timor–Leste
When Timor–Leste became the first new nation of the 21 st century in 2002, one of the many decisions that needed to be made concerned language. Timor–Leste is a country of around one million people, with at least 16 indigenous languages and three foreign languages contributing to its multilingual character. For reasons related to its 400-year colonial history and the resistance to Indonesian occupation from 1975 to 1999, the new constitution decl…
Context, Communities, and Conflict
This narrative inquiry focuses on two Malaysian novice English language teachers whose pre‐service teacher education had included two years of study abroad. The experiences of novice language teachers remain an under‐investigated area and this study furthers our understanding of that experience. Furthermore, while research on the effectiveness of pre‐service language teacher education has reported mixed results, accounts on the impact of studying…
Dissonance and Balance
Teaching reading
In pre-service and in-service language teacher education, and in curriculum-related projects in second and foreign language settings, a recurrent issue is the failure to relate the teaching of reading to reading as a meaning-making activity. In this paper, I will consider what current research on second language (L2) reading has actually succeeded in bringing to the classroom. In doing this, I will examine the three obvious candidates for inclusi…
Forthcoming in Language Teaching
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A Response
Is Text Written for Children Useful for L2 Extensive Reading
The researchers completed a corpus‐driven analysis of 688 texts written for children, language learners, and older readers to determine the vocabulary size necessary for comprehension and the potential to incidentally learn vocabulary through reading each text type. The comparison between texts written for different audiences may indicate their relative value for use in extensive reading programs. The results indicate that a vocabulary size of 10…
Narrative frames and needs analysis
Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste
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 languages in the civil service; but official and de facto language policy are not necessarily the same. One mechanism that can mediate between ideology …
Emerging voices or linguistic silence
The monolingualism of New Zealand has often been remarked on, but statutory and demographic changes in recent years suggest a shift away from the dominance of the English language. New Zealand now has two official languages, the indigenous Maori language and New Zealand Sign Language, and census data report a decreasing proportion of monolingual English speakers in the population. This paper describes a study investigating whether, as a result of…
Weka or woodhen? Nativization through lexical choice in New Zealand English
This paper considers the factors that may incline a language speaker to use a loanword when an equivalent first language term is already available. The paper begins by drawing evidence from New Zealand English, where words of Maori origin are an increasing presence, to demonstrate that a diachronic shift from English language to Maori language synonyms is occurring. This shift has contributed to ongoing nativization of New Zealand English through…
The Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, 1850–2000
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 comment from the late nineteenth century to the present on the Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, and then introduces a corpus-based stud…
The Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, 1850–2000
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 comment from the late nineteenth century to the present on the Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, and then introduces a corpus-based stud…
Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste
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 languages in the civil service; but official and de facto language policy are not necessarily the same. One mechanism that can mediate between ideology …
Is Text Written for Children Useful for L2 Extensive Reading
The researchers completed a corpus‐driven analysis of 688 texts written for children, language learners, and older readers to determine the vocabulary size necessary for comprehension and the potential to incidentally learn vocabulary through reading each text type. The comparison between texts written for different audiences may indicate their relative value for use in extensive reading programs. The results indicate that a vocabulary size of 10…
Context, Communities, and Conflict
This narrative inquiry focuses on two Malaysian novice English language teachers whose pre‐service teacher education had included two years of study abroad. The experiences of novice language teachers remain an under‐investigated area and this study furthers our understanding of that experience. Furthermore, while research on the effectiveness of pre‐service language teacher education has reported mixed results, accounts on the impact of studying…
Narrative frames and needs analysis
Weka or woodhen? Nativization through lexical choice in New Zealand English
This paper considers the factors that may incline a language speaker to use a loanword when an equivalent first language term is already available. The paper begins by drawing evidence from New Zealand English, where words of Maori origin are an increasing presence, to demonstrate that a diachronic shift from English language to Maori language synonyms is occurring. This shift has contributed to ongoing nativization of New Zealand English through…
Emerging voices or linguistic silence
The monolingualism of New Zealand has often been remarked on, but statutory and demographic changes in recent years suggest a shift away from the dominance of the English language. New Zealand now has two official languages, the indigenous Maori language and New Zealand Sign Language, and census data report a decreasing proportion of monolingual English speakers in the population. This paper describes a study investigating whether, as a result of…
Teaching reading
In pre-service and in-service language teacher education, and in curriculum-related projects in second and foreign language settings, a recurrent issue is the failure to relate the teaching of reading to reading as a meaning-making activity. In this paper, I will consider what current research on second language (L2) reading has actually succeeded in bringing to the classroom. In doing this, I will examine the three obvious candidates for inclusi…
The Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, 1850–2000
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 comment from the late nineteenth century to the present on the Maori presence in the New Zealand English lexicon, and then introduces a corpus-based stud…
Weka or woodhen? Nativization through lexical choice in New Zealand English
This paper considers the factors that may incline a language speaker to use a loanword when an equivalent first language term is already available. The paper begins by drawing evidence from New Zealand English, where words of Maori origin are an increasing presence, to demonstrate that a diachronic shift from English language to Maori language synonyms is occurring. This shift has contributed to ongoing nativization of New Zealand English through…
Emerging voices or linguistic silence
The monolingualism of New Zealand has often been remarked on, but statutory and demographic changes in recent years suggest a shift away from the dominance of the English language. New Zealand now has two official languages, the indigenous Maori language and New Zealand Sign Language, and census data report a decreasing proportion of monolingual English speakers in the population. This paper describes a study investigating whether, as a result of…
Narrative frames and needs analysis
Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste
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 languages in the civil service; but official and de facto language policy are not necessarily the same. One mechanism that can mediate between ideology …
Forthcoming in Language Teaching
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
A Response
Is Text Written for Children Useful for L2 Extensive Reading
The researchers completed a corpus‐driven analysis of 688 texts written for children, language learners, and older readers to determine the vocabulary size necessary for comprehension and the potential to incidentally learn vocabulary through reading each text type. The comparison between texts written for different audiences may indicate their relative value for use in extensive reading programs. The results indicate that a vocabulary size of 10…
Teaching reading
In pre-service and in-service language teacher education, and in curriculum-related projects in second and foreign language settings, a recurrent issue is the failure to relate the teaching of reading to reading as a meaning-making activity. In this paper, I will consider what current research on second language (L2) reading has actually succeeded in bringing to the classroom. In doing this, I will examine the three obvious candidates for inclusi…
Dissonance and Balance
Context, Communities, and Conflict
This narrative inquiry focuses on two Malaysian novice English language teachers whose pre‐service teacher education had included two years of study abroad. The experiences of novice language teachers remain an under‐investigated area and this study furthers our understanding of that experience. Furthermore, while research on the effectiveness of pre‐service language teacher education has reported mixed results, accounts on the impact of studying…
Language policy and national identity evolution in a new nation
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 innovative study revisits a previously examined LL in order to investigate changes in language practice over time, with particular attention to how the recentl…
English in Timor–Leste
When Timor–Leste became the first new nation of the 21 st century in 2002, one of the many decisions that needed to be made concerned language. Timor–Leste is a country of around one million people, with at least 16 indigenous languages and three foreign languages contributing to its multilingual character. For reasons related to its 400-year colonial history and the resistance to Indonesian occupation from 1975 to 1999, the new constitution decl…
Promoting young EFL learners’ oral production through storytelling
A global push to start learning English early has heightened interest in effective pedagogical practices for young learners. In many parts of the world, however, teachers feel constrained by the educational system in which they work. Coursebooks are mandated, tests and examinations dominate, and teacher education may not consider the particularities of teaching young learners. Such factors have all been identified in Vietnam, where this study was…
Linguistics (12 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works)