Ross Forman
Biographic Data
| ID | 177299 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ross Forman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ross |
| FAMILY NAME | Forman |
| SIGNATURE | FORMAN R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Migrant Visibility, Agency, and Identity Work in Hospitality Enterprises
This article examines how migrants create value through food- and hospitality-related enterprises, focusing on the ways in which they exercise their agency in mobilizing various cultural resources and on how their organizational practices intersect with identity work. Drawing on empirical research conducted in São Paulo, Brazil, it explores how specific dishes, knowledge of food, recipes, craft skills, and migration histories are transformed into…
How local teachers respond to the culture and language of a global English as a Foreign Language textbook
The global textbook has an enormous influence upon what is taught in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. As Akbari has noted, our era is not simply ‘postmethod’, but one of ‘textbook-defined practice’. What happens, then, when a global EFL textbook is selected for use with Year 1 students at a Thai university? How appropriate is the content; and how do local teachers respond? To date, while there has been considerable analysis of the …
Humorous Language Play in a Thai EFL Classroom
The relationship between creativity, play, and language learning has been of increasing interest over the past decade, but the role of humour itself in SLL remains significantly under-explored. The present study examines humorous language play initiated by a bilingual EFL teacher and taken up by his post-beginner students in a Thai university setting. A framework of verbal art is adopted in order to locate this use of humour in relation to both l…
How local teachers respond to the culture and language of a global English as a Foreign Language textbook
The global textbook has an enormous influence upon what is taught in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. As Akbari has noted, our era is not simply ‘postmethod’, but one of ‘textbook-defined practice’. What happens, then, when a global EFL textbook is selected for use with Year 1 students at a Thai university? How appropriate is the content; and how do local teachers respond? To date, while there has been considerable analysis of the …
Humorous Language Play in a Thai EFL Classroom
The relationship between creativity, play, and language learning has been of increasing interest over the past decade, but the role of humour itself in SLL remains significantly under-explored. The present study examines humorous language play initiated by a bilingual EFL teacher and taken up by his post-beginner students in a Thai university setting. A framework of verbal art is adopted in order to locate this use of humour in relation to both l…
How local teachers respond to the culture and language of a global English as a Foreign Language textbook
The global textbook has an enormous influence upon what is taught in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. As Akbari has noted, our era is not simply ‘postmethod’, but one of ‘textbook-defined practice’. What happens, then, when a global EFL textbook is selected for use with Year 1 students at a Thai university? How appropriate is the content; and how do local teachers respond? To date, while there has been considerable analysis of the …
Migrant Visibility, Agency, and Identity Work in Hospitality Enterprises
This article examines how migrants create value through food- and hospitality-related enterprises, focusing on the ways in which they exercise their agency in mobilizing various cultural resources and on how their organizational practices intersect with identity work. Drawing on empirical research conducted in São Paulo, Brazil, it explores how specific dishes, knowledge of food, recipes, craft skills, and migration histories are transformed into…
Sociology (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Class (philosophy) (1 work) · Craft (1 work) · Creativity (1 work)