Autor: Laura Gurney

Dr. Laura Gurney is Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand,  specialising in the theorisation of language practice and languages in higher education. Her work involves poststructuralist, posthumanist and new materialist approaches to language and education, and explores the nature/s of language, what language means to those who use it, and how we teach and use language in education. Prof. Lakshman Wedikkarage works at the Faculty of Education, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has researched the impact of globalization on education with particular emphasis on language-driven reforms in developing countries. His research interests also include medium of instruction in education, education policy analysis and bilingual education in developing countries.