Staff Profile
Professor Rachel Wicaksono
Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics, Head of School
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BA (Hons), MA (Oxford), MA TESOL, EdD, RSA/UCLES Cert TEFLA, RSA/UCLES Dip TEFLA
Professor | National Teaching Fellow
My professional background is English language teaching, teacher training and school leadership; and I taught, inspected programmes, and led courses and schools for more than fifteen years in: Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Japan, Thailand and Sweden.
In 2013, I was awarded a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship for my work on the internationalisation of Higher Education. I am a member of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows.
I am a Visiting Professor at Yunnan Minzu University, China; Governor at South York Multi-Academy Trust; Membership Secretary of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, a member of the British Council English Language Advisory Group, and a member of the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Panel for Languages, Cultures and Societies (revised in 2022).
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – r.wicaksono@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 965
- Research - View my work in RaY
Teaching
I teach research methods to postgraduate students on a variety of programmes, including: approaches to research interviews and analysis of spoken interaction; theory-method relationships and the practical use of theory; classroom-based research; and decolonising research methods.
I use a website I co-created with one of my Master's students, Dasha Zhurauskaya, in classes on the topic of research interviews and community-based research: https://www.yorkshiddenstories.org
Professional Activities
I am an active member of my scholarly organisation, the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), and currently a member of BAAL's Executive Committee. I am a member of BERA and a recent contributor to their ECR network.
Together with my co-authors Patrick H. Smith and Christopher J. Hall, I am the author of 'Mapping applied linguistics: a guide for students and practitioners', published by Routledge: https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138957084/
Publications and Conferences
Books
Hall, C. J., Smith. P. H. and Wicaksono, R. (in preparation). Mapping applied linguistics: an introduction for students and practitioners. Third edition. London and New York: Routledge.
Wicaksono, R. and Zhurauskaya, D. (2020). York’s hidden stories: Interviews in applied linguistics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Companion website: https://www.yorkshiddenstories.org/
Hall, C. J. and Wicaksono, R. (eds) (2020). Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Short-listed for the BAAL book prize 2021.
Hall, C. J., Smith. P. H. and Wicaksono, R. (2017). Mapping applied linguistics: an introduction for students and practitioners. Second edition. London and New York: Routledge.
Book chapters
Wicaksono, R. (in preparation). ‘Ontologies of English: Implications for social justice in applied linguistics and English language education’, in (eds) A. Biel and F. Esleben, Taking action in language education: Bringing social justice into the classroom. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Muradas-Taylor and Wicaksono, R. (under review). ‘Designing and managing language degree programmes at a widening participation university’, in (eds) H. Reinders and S. W. Chong, Innovation in language learning and teaching: The case of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. London: Palgrave.
Hall, C. J. and Wicaksono, R. (in print). ‘Ontologies of English as an International Language’, in (eds) N. Galloway and A. F. Selvi, The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English as an International Language. London and New York: Routledge.
Charura, D. and Wicaksono, R. (2023). ‘Doing Arts-based Decolonising Research’, in (eds) S. Bager-Charleston and A. Mc Beath, Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hall, C. J. and Wicaksono, R. (2020). ‘Introducing ontologies of English’. In C. J. Hall and R. Wicaksono (eds) Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wicaksono, R. and Hall, C. J. (2020). ‘Using ontologies of English’. In C. J. Hall and R. Wicaksono (eds) Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wicaksono, R. (2020). ‘Native and non-native speakers of English in TESOL’. In C. J. Hall and R. Wicaksono (eds) Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wicaksono, R. (2012). 'Raising students' awareness of the construction of communicative (in)competence in international classrooms'. In J. Ryan (ed.) Cross cultural teaching and learning for home and international students: Internationalisation of pedagogy and curriculum in Higher Education. London and New York: Routledge.
Wicaksono, R. (2008). ‘Assessing mixed nationality and mixed ability group work’. In R. Atfield and P. Kemp (eds) Enhancing the international learning experience in Business Management, Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism. Newbury: Threshold Press.
Journal articles
Read, M. and Wicaksono, R. (2023). ‘Modelling a cam track for the Silver Swan automaton at Bowes Museum: A cross-disciplinary reflection on what things ‘are’’. Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 46/2.
Alshammari, E. and Wicaksono, R. (2023). ‘Teachers’ perceptions of oral corrective feedback in form-focused language classrooms: Why do they correct the way they do?’. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 11/4.
Hall, C. J., Wicaksono, R., Liu, S., Qian, Y. and Xu, X. (2015). ‘Exploring teachers’ ontologies of English: Monolithic conceptions of grammar in a group of Chinese teachers’. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Hall, C. J., Wicaksono, R., Liu, S., Qian Y. and Xiaoqing, X. (2013). ‘English reconceived: Raising teachers’ awareness of English as a ‘plurilithic’ resource through an online course’. ELT Research Papers, 13-05. London: British Council.
Newsletters
Wicaksono, R. (2022). ‘A Blue Plaque for S. Pit Corder’, BAAL News, Summer 2022, available online: https://www.baal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BAAL-News-Summer-121_compressed.pdf
Wicaksono, R. (2014). ‘Why don’t we all speak Xhosa?’. Lingo: The Language Magazine for Younger Readers. The University of Huddersfield. Issue 1.
Hall, C. J., Smith. P. H. and Wicaksono, R. (2012). 'Mapping applied linguistics from the bottom-up: A conversation'. In A. I. Salvi, G. Sky and R. Smith (eds) ELT research. Spring 2012, Issue 26.
Wicaksono, R. (2010). ‘English as a lingua franca: creating and sharing an online introductory tutorial’. In P. Davis and E. Corradini (eds) Liaison. HEA LLAS. Issue 5 pp. 30 – 31.
Wicaksono, R., Sikkema, A. and O’Brien, F. (2004). ‘Web writing’. In IATEFL Learning technologies, 04/06.
Wicaksono, R. and O’Brien F. (2003). ‘Global English’. In IATEFL Learning technologies, 03/07.
Wicaksono, R. (2002). ‘Developing and applying a customer relationship management model’. In IATEFL ELT management, 02/32.
Conference Proceedings
Hedger, R. and Wicaksono, R. (2015). 'Learning, teaching and assessment in multilingual classrooms'. In J. Angouri, T. Harrison, S. Schnurr and S. Wharton (eds) Learning, working and communicating in a global context. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. London: Scitsiugnil Press.
Wicaksono, R. and Zhurauskaya, D. (2015). 'A critical thematic analysis of York's hidden stories'. In J. Angouri, T. Harrison, S. Schnurr and S. Wharton (eds) Learning, working and communicating in a global context. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. London: Scitsiugnil Press.
Wicaksono, R. (2013). 'Raising awareness of English as a lingua franca in UK universities: internationalising classroom talk'. In T. Pattison (ed.) IATEFL 2012 Glasgow Conference Selections. Canterbury: IATEFL.
Wicaksono, R. and Scheder Black, W. (2012). 'Raising awareness of English as a lingua franca'. Third International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence, 2012: Selected Proceedings. Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy: The University of Arizona, USA.
Wicaksono, R. (2011). 'English as a lingua franca: an online tutorial'. In T. Pattison (ed.) IATEFL 2010 Harrogate conference selections. Canterbury: IATEFL.
Wicaksono, R. (2008). 'The BBC Learning English Teacher Blogger: an early experience'. In B. Beaven (ed.) IATEFL 2007 Aberdeen conference selections. Canterbury: IATEFL.
Book reviews
Wicaksono, R. (2014). Book review, ‘Research perspectives on teaching and learning English in Turkey: Policies and practices’, Yasemin Bayyurt and Yeşim Baktaş-Çetinkaya (eds). World Englishes, 33/1.
Wicaksono, R. (2013). ‘Textbook guide: Languages and Linguistics’. Times Higher Education. 7 November 2013.
Research
I am interested in exploring various understandings of what things 'are', including 'English', and the implications of these understandings for learning, teaching and assessment. Together with my colleague, Professor Chris Hall, we created a website, with funding from the British Council, for English language teachers on this topic: https://changingenglishes.online
Recently, I have begun to write about how objects, and concepts such as 'interviews', 'learning', 'internationalisation', and 'employability', are conceptualised by different people, in various times and places. The aim of this work is to expose the ways in which people (and things) are (dis)advantaged by some of these understandings, so that, if we want to, we can more easily notice the (dis)advantage and take action.
