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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Mukherjee, Sarah Jane; Safford, Kimberly and Tugli, Fritz Makafui (2024). Ideologies of English and language of instruction in Ghana: Educator perceptions and pressures. In: Reilly, Colin; Chimbutane, Feliciano; Clegg, John; Rubagumya, Casmir and Erling, Elizabeth J. eds. Multilingual Learning: Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Routledge Series in Language and Content Integrated Teaching & Plurilingual Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 99–122.

Erling, E. J.; Mukherjee, S. J.; Safford, K. and Tugli, F. M. (2023). Ideologies of English and economic development: The influence on medium of instruction polices in Ghana. In: Reilly, C.; Chimbutane, F.; Clegg, J.; Rubagumya, C. and Erling, E. J. eds. Multilingual Learning: Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Routledge (In Press).

Erling, Elizabeth J.; Safford, Kimberly and Tugli, Fritz Makafui (2022). Classroom Talk in Ghanaian Upper Primary Schools: Understanding English-Only, Teacher-Dominant Practices. In: Erling, Elizabeth J.; Clegg, John; Rubagumya, Casmir M. and Reilly, Colin eds. Multilingual Learning and Language Supportive Pedagogies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Routledge Series in Language and Content Integrated Teaching & Plurilingual Education. Routledge, pp. 79–98.

Erling, Elizabeth; Gowland, S; Hedges, Claire; Eyres, Ian; Solly, Michael and Rahman, Md. Shajedur (2021). Economic gain and English language: Evidence and Equity. In: 13th Education and Development Forum (UKFIET) Conference, Sep 15-17., Oxford, United Kingdom.

Erling, Elizabeth J.; Hasan Chowdhury, Qumrul; Solly, Mike and Seargeant, Philip (2019). “Successful” migration, (English) language skills and global inequality: The case of Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East. Multilingua, 38(3) pp. 253–281.

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Erling, E. J.; Adinolfi, L.; Hultgren, A. K.; Buckler, A. and Mukorera, M. (2018). Medium of Instruction (MOI) policies in Ghanaian and Indian primary schools: an overview of key issues and recommendations. In: Milligan, L. O. and Tikly, L. eds. English as a medium of instruction in postcolonial contexts: issues of quality, equity and social justice. Oxford: Routledge.

Seargeant, Philip; Erling, Elizabeth J.; Solly, Mike; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur (2017). Analysing perceptions of English in rural Bangladesh. World Englishes, 36(4) pp. 631–644.

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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Adinolfi, Lina and Hultgren, Anna Kristina (2017). Multilingual classrooms: opportunities and challenges for English medium instruction in low and middle income contexts. Reading: Education Development Trust/British Council.

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Erling, Elizabeth J. (2017). Being ‘the villain’: Globalization and the ‘native-speaker’ English language teacher. In: Borjian, Maryam ed. Language and Globalization: An Autoethnographic Approach. Routledge.

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Seargeant, Philip; Erling, Elizabeth J.; Solly, Mike and Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan (2017). The communicative needs of Bangladeshi economic migrants: The functional values of host country languages versus English as a lingua franca. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 6(1) pp. 141–165.

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Erling, Elizabeth J. (2017). Language planning, English language education and development aid in Bangladesh. Current Issues in Language Planning, 18(4) pp. 388–406.

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Solly, Mike; Hasan Chowdhury, Qumrul; Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip (2017). The role of English in the safety, stability and resilience of Bangladeshi economic migrants working in the Middle East. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. ed. English Across the Fracture Lines: the contribution and relevance of English to security, stability and peace. British Council, pp. 109–114.

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Hultgren, Anna Kristina; Erling, Elizabeth J. and Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan (2016). Ethics in language and identity research. In: Preece, Sian ed. Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics. Routledge.

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Hamid, M. Obaidul and Erling, Elizabeth J. (2016). English-in-Education Policy and Planning in Bangladesh: A Critical Examination. In: Kirkpatrick, Robert ed. English Language Education Policy in Asia. Language Policy (11). Springer, pp. 25–48.

Erling, Elizabeth J.; Adinolfi, Lina; Hultgren, Anna Kristina; Buckler, Alison and Mukorera, Mark (2016). Medium of instruction policies in Ghanaian and Indian primary schools: an overview of key issues and recommendations. Comparative Education, 52(3) pp. 294–310.

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Erling, Elizabeth (2015). The Relationship Between English and Employability in the Middle East and North Africa. British Council, Manchester.

Erling, Elizabeth (2015). Review of Innovation and Change in English Language Education. ELT Journal, 69(2) pp. 217–219.

Erling, Elizabeth J.; Seargeant, Philip; Solly, Michael; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur (2015). English for economic development: a case study of migrant workers from Bangladesh. ELT Research Papers 15.03; British Council.

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Erling, Elizabeth and Power, Tom (2014). Synthesis Report: Evidence of the Relationship between English and Economic Gain in Bangladesh. English in Action, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Erling, Elizabeth; Seargeant, Philip and Solly, Michael (2014). English in rural Bangladesh: how is language education perceived as a resource for development in rural communities? English Today, 30(4) pp. 15–21.

Power, Tom and Erling, Elizabeth (2014). Supporting development through improving English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh. In: Supporting development through improving English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh.

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Erling, Elizabeth (2014). Role of English in skills development in South Asia. British Council India.

Erling, Elizabeth J. (2013). Book review: English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Classroom Discourse. World Englishes, 32(2) pp. 289–292.

Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. (2013). English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Litearcy Studies. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, Philip and Erling, Elizabeth J. (2013). Introduction: English and development. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 1–20.

Erling, Elizabeth J.; Hamid, M. Obaidul and Seargeant, Philip (2013). Grassroots attitudes to English as a language for international development in Bangladesh. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 88–110.

Donohue, James P. and Erling, Elizabeth J. (2012). Investigating the relationship between the use of English for academic purposes and academic attainment. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 11(3) pp. 210–219.

Erling, Elizabeth; Seargeant, Philip; Solly, Michael; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur (2012). Attitudes to English as a language for international development in rural Bangladesh. British Council, London.

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Erling, Elizabeth; Burton, Sonia and McCormick, Robert (2012). The Classroom Practices of Primary and Secondary School Teachers Participating in English in Action (Study 2a2). English in Action (EIA), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Seargeant, Philip and Erling, Elizabeth (2011). The discourse of ‘English as a language for international development’: policy assumptions and practical challenges. In: Coleman, Hywel ed. Dreams and Realities: Developing Countries and the English Language. London: British Council, pp. 248–267.

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Breckenridge, Yvonne and Erling, Elizabeh J. (2011). The native speaker English teacher and the politics of globalization in Japan. In: Seargeant, Philip ed. English in Japan in the Era of Globalization. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 80–100.

Erling, Elizabeth J.; Burton, Sonia and McCormick, Robert (2011). The classroom practices of primary and secondary school teachers participating in English in Action (Study 2a). Large-scale quantitative study 2a; English in Action, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Erling, Elizabeth; Leedham, Maria and Adinolfi, Lina (2010). Combining methods to analyse the relationship between language and attainment among Open University students. In: Ethnographies of Academic Writing in a Global Context: the Politics of Style, 16 Jul 2010, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Leedham, Maria; Adinolfi, Lina and Erling, Elizabeth (2010). Layering methods to analyse the relationship between language use and attainment among Open University undergraduate students. In: WDHE (Writing Development in Higher Education), 28-30 Jun 2010, London.

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Erling, Elizabeth J. and Richardson, John T. E. (2010). Measuring the academic skills of university students: evaluation of a diagnostic procedure. Assessing Writing, 15(3) pp. 177–193.

Erling, Elizabeth. J.; Hamid, M. Obaidul and Seargeant, Philip (2010). Grassroots attitudes to the positioning of English as a language for international development. In: Sociolinguistics Symposium 18: Negotiating Transnational Space and Multilingual Encounters, 1-4 Sep 2010, Southampton, UK.

Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip (2009). Discourses of international development: an analysis of the role of English in language education policies in South Asia. In: 8th International Language and Development Conference, 23-25 Jun 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Erling, Elizabeth (2009). An investigation into the relationship between the use of academic language and attainment – with a focus on students from ethnic minorities. Open University.

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Erling, Elizabeth (2008). Local investigations of global English: Teaching English as a global language at the Freie Universität Berlin. In: Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran and Hardman, Joel eds. Global English Language Teacher Education: Praxis & Possibility. Alexandria, VA, USA: TESOL, pp. 147–165.

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Erling, Elizabeth J. and Bartlett, Tom (2008). Making space for us: German graduate student voices in English. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2(2) pp. 174–188.

Leppänen, Sirpa and Erling, Elizabeth (2008). For the love of dog: the use of English in Finnish and German dog blogs. In: The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, 25-29 Aug 2008, Essen.

Erling, Elizabeth J. (2007). Local identities, global connections: affinities to English among students at the Freie Universität Berlin. World Englishes, 26(2) pp. 111–130.

Erling, Elizabeth J. and Walton, Alan (2007). English at work in Berlin: A report on a survey of seven multinational companies in Germany. English Today, 23(1) pp. 32–40.

Bartlett, Tom and Erling, Elizabeth J. (2007). Local voices in global English: the authenticity and legitimation of non-standard ways of speaking. In: 33rd International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC), 10-15 Jul 2006, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Erling, Elizabeth J. and Hilgendorf, Suzanne K. (2006). Language policies in the context of German higher education. Language Policy, 5(3) pp. 267–293.

Erling, Elizabeth J. and Bartlett, Tom (2006). Making English their own: The use of ELF among students of English at the Free University of Berlin. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 5(2) pp. 9–40.

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Erling, Elizabeth J. and Hilgendorf, Suzanne K. (2006). English at the German University: A means of disadvantage or empowerment? In: Weideman, A. and Smieja, B. eds. Empowerment through Language and Education. Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture (65). Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang, pp. 113–128.

Erling, Elizabeth (2005). The many names of English. English Today, 21(1) pp. 40–44.

Erling, Elizabeth (2005). Who is the global English speaker? A profile of students of English at the Freie Universität Berlin. In: Gnutzmann, Claus and Intemann, Frauke eds. The Globalisation of English and the English Language Classroom. Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr, pp. 215–230.

Erling, Elizabeth J. (2004). English as the language of the European academic community: Questions from the Freie Universität Berlin. In: Duszak, A. and Okulska, U. eds. Speaking from the Margin: Global English from a European Perspective. Polish Studies in English Language and Literature (11). Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang, pp. 77–90.

Erling, Elizabeth J. (2002). 'I learn English since ten years’: the global English debate and the German university classroom. English Today, 18(2) pp. 8–13.