Sally Rachel Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 5997972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sally Rachel Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sally Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2656-802X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Response to Khodi
This response engages with Khodi's commentary on relational safety in TESOL classrooms. We clarify that our study does not propose replicating therapeutic communities, but highlights how language, emotion, identity, and context become intertwined in relationally safe environments. We argue that a later‐learned language can function as an embodied linguistic space, enabling the renegotiation of self with some distance from trauma. We also point to…
I Own My Life Now”
This article explores the language experiences of refugees and asylum seekers who survived sex trafficking, domestic slavery, and sexuality‐based persecution. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 15 respondents followed across two time points separated by 6 years, all members of an England‐based therapeutic community, we focus here on four individuals, examining how English—initially experienced as a language of exile—became a medium for healing, i…
New words, new lives
Few studies in applied linguistics address the methodological and ethical issues encountered in studying asylum seekers and refugees. Moreover, more research is needed on the lived-experience of multilingualism and vulnerability to understand better the interrelations between multilingualism, vulnerability, and empowerment. Based on a study which combines Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with ethnographic approaches this paper explores th…
‘The English language enables me to visit my pain’. Exploring experiences of using a later-learned language in the healing journey of survivors of sexuality persecution
Aims and objectives: This qualitative study explores the experience of using a later-learned language, English (ELX), in the therapeutic journey of refugee survivors of sexuality persecution to enhance understanding of the role of language in their rehabilitation. Design/methodology/approach: This is a multiple case study of three refugees, persecuted in their home country because of their sexual orientation, who are regular attendees of a therap…
New words, new lives
Few studies in applied linguistics address the methodological and ethical issues encountered in studying asylum seekers and refugees. Moreover, more research is needed on the lived-experience of multilingualism and vulnerability to understand better the interrelations between multilingualism, vulnerability, and empowerment. Based on a study which combines Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with ethnographic approaches this paper explores th…
‘The English language enables me to visit my pain’. Exploring experiences of using a later-learned language in the healing journey of survivors of sexuality persecution
Aims and objectives: This qualitative study explores the experience of using a later-learned language, English (ELX), in the therapeutic journey of refugee survivors of sexuality persecution to enhance understanding of the role of language in their rehabilitation. Design/methodology/approach: This is a multiple case study of three refugees, persecuted in their home country because of their sexual orientation, who are regular attendees of a therap…
New words, new lives
Few studies in applied linguistics address the methodological and ethical issues encountered in studying asylum seekers and refugees. Moreover, more research is needed on the lived-experience of multilingualism and vulnerability to understand better the interrelations between multilingualism, vulnerability, and empowerment. Based on a study which combines Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with ethnographic approaches this paper explores th…
Response to Khodi
This response engages with Khodi's commentary on relational safety in TESOL classrooms. We clarify that our study does not propose replicating therapeutic communities, but highlights how language, emotion, identity, and context become intertwined in relationally safe environments. We argue that a later‐learned language can function as an embodied linguistic space, enabling the renegotiation of self with some distance from trauma. We also point to…
I Own My Life Now”
This article explores the language experiences of refugees and asylum seekers who survived sex trafficking, domestic slavery, and sexuality‐based persecution. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 15 respondents followed across two time points separated by 6 years, all members of an England‐based therapeutic community, we focus here on four individuals, examining how English—initially experienced as a language of exile—became a medium for healing, i…
Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works) · Identity (music) (2 works) · Interpretative phenomenological analysis (2 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Refugee (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)