In January 2015, the University of Warwick (UK) hosted a lecture by Dr. Adrian Holliday, whose work has greatly influenced my dissertation. The lecture was recorded and can be viewed at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/groups/llta/activities/events/holliday . If you are interested in watching the video, I advise that you wear headphones as Dr. Holliday was not wearing a microphone. For this blog, I briefly summarize the video, highlighting what I found most provocative. Following that, I explain how Holliday's work has influenced my research and teaching philosophy for the past 5-10 years. Summary of "Revisiting appropriate methodology, BANA, TESEP and 'contexts'" The main purpose of this lecture was for Holliday to reflect upon his book Appropriate Methodology and Social Context , published 20 years ago by Cambridge University Press. In this lecture, he integrated criticism from another professor whose research I admire, Dr. Suresh Cana
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