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Ian MacKenzie
I mainly write about the English language, English language teaching, and the effects of language contact. I have also written a number of English language teaching coursebooks. I previously taught translation and related topics at the University of Geneva , but have taken early retirement
Subjects: English Language & Linguistics, Language Learning
Biography
I taught English as a foreign language (as we called it back then) in a (very good!) language school in London as well as (briefly) on the American Language Program at Columbia University in New York, and then taught business English at Lausanne University for many years, followed by 13 years teaching translation and related topics at Geneva University.I've written books about the English language as well as a number of English language teaching coursebooks, and a book about theories of reading and interpretation (specifically Relevance Theory and deconstruction).
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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English language teaching
Translation theory
Sociolinguistics of English
Multilingualism
Hermeneutics, pragmatism, that kinda thing
Personal Interests
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Cycling, mountain walking (if you live in Switzerland...)
The Arsenal (formerly a good football team)
The New York Yankees (a run of World Series lies ahead!)
Language & linguistics & philosophy and stuff
Books
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