Sandra McKay (born 1945) is

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San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

. Her main areas of interest are

sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural Norm (sociology), norms, expectations, and context (language use), context, on the way language is used, and society's effect on languag ...

English as an International Language International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often refers to the movement towards an international standard for the language. Relat ...

, and

second language A person's second language, or L2, is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later. A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a fo ...

pedagogy. For most of her career she has been involved in second language teacher education, both in the United States and abroad. She has received four

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grants, as well as many academic specialists awards and distinguished lecturer invitations.

Education and career

Sandra McKay earned a bachelor's degree in English (1966), a master's degree in American Studies (1969), and a Ph.D. in

Applied Linguistics Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, communication rese ...

(1971) from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

. After graduation, she went on to earn an international reputation as an educator in the field of

English as a Second Language English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages. Language education for people learning English may be known as English as a second language (ESL), English as a foreign language (EF ...

. Her interest in English as an international language developed from her extensive work in countries such as Chile, Hong Kong, Hungary, Latvia, Morocco, Japan, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand.

Publications

Her books include ''Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language'' (edited with L. Alsagoff, G. Hu & W. Renandya, 2012, Routledge), ''Sociolinguistics and Language Education'' (edited with N. Hornberger, 2010, Multilingual Matters), ''International English in its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive Pedagogy'' (with Wendy Bokhorst-Heng, 2008, Frances Taylor) and ''Teaching English as an International Language: Rethinking Goals and Approaches'' (2002, Oxford University Press, Winner of the Ben Warren International Book Award for outstanding teacher education materials). Her articles appeared in such journals as the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics,

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, English Language Teaching,

International Journal of Applied Linguistics ''ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics'' is an peer-reviewed academic journal of linguistics. It is published by the Department of Linguistics (KU Leuven), the Department of Applied Linguistics ( Vlekho), and the Department of Applied ...

Journal of Second Language Writing The ''Journal of Second Language Writing'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the fields of linguistics and language education. Its scope encompasses all aspects of second and foreign language writing, including writing instruction and assessme ...

System A system is a group of Interaction, interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment (systems), environment, is described by its boundaries, ...

TESOL Quarterly ''TESOL Quarterly'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of TESOL International Association. It covers English language teaching and learning, standard English as a second dialect, including articles ...

and

World Englishes World Englishes is a term for emerging localised or indigenised varieties of English, especially varieties that have developed in territories influenced by the United Kingdom or the United States. The study of World Englishes consists of ident ...

. She has published many chapters in edited books and given plenary talks at various international conferences, including the Asian International TEFL Conference in Korea, the Regional English Language Conference in Singapore and the EFL Asian Conference in Turkey.

Honors and awards

* McKay served as

editor from 1994 to 1999 and has served on the editorial advisory board for the

and TESOL Quarterly. * She is the recipient of the University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement Award, 2004 * She is the winner of the Ben Warren International Book Award for outstanding teacher education materials for ''Teaching English as an International Language: Rethinking Goals and Approaches''. Oxford University Press, 2002

Books

* ''Teaching English Overseas: An Introduction'' (1992, published by Oxford University Press) * ''Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching'' (edited with Nancy Hornberger, 1996, Cambridge University Press) * ''New Immigrants in the US: Readings for Second Language Educators'' (edited with Sau-ling Wong, 2000, Cambridge University Press) * ''Teaching English as an International Language: Rethinking Goals and Approaches'' (2002, Oxford University Press, winner of the Ben Warren International Book Award) * ''International English in its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive Pedagogy'' (with Wendy Bokhorst-Heng, 2008, Frances Taylor) * ''Sociolinguistics and Language Education'' (edited with N. Hornberger, 2010, Multlingual Matters) * ''Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language'' (edited with L. Alsagoff, G. Hu & W. Renandya, 2012, Routledge)

References

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