Cunningham, Dr Clare

• Associate Professor in Linguistics
• School of Education, Language and Psychology

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Article

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2024) Teachers-as-pressed-flowers: unpacking ‘inert benevolence’ towards pupils who require additional support or advocacy to thrive in schools. Power and Education.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624, Parks, Judith, Heinemeyer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6300-5544, Bailey, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9526-7095 and Castanada Martin, Ana (2023) Doing your little bit’ when ‘everything is just so big now’: Locating domains for developing agency amidst disagentic student discourses about our climate crisis. SoJo journal, 8 (1).

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 and Little, Sabine (2022) ‘Inert benevolence’ towards languages beyond English in the discourses of English primary school teachers. Linguistics and Education, 78 (101122).

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624, Foxcroft, Charlotte and Sauntson, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0373-1242 (2022) The Divergent Discourses of Activists and Politicians in the Climate Change Debate: An Ecolinguistic Corpus Analysis. Language and Ecology.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2022) “It’s exciting and rewarding!”: Structured mini writing retreats as a tool for undergraduate researchers. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46 (10). pp. 1421-1433.

Flockton, Gabrielle and Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2020) Teacher educators’ perspectives on preparing student teachers to work with pupils who speak languages beyond English. Journal of Education for Teaching.

Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238 and Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2020) Educators’ beliefs about English and languages beyond English: from ideology to ontology and back again. Linguistics and Education, 57.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2019) When 'home languages' become 'holiday languages': teachers' discourses about responsibility for maintaining languages beyond English. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 33 (3). pp. 213-227.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2019) "The Inappropriateness of Language": discourses of power and control over languages beyond English in primary schools. Language and Education, 33 (4). pp. 285-301.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2018) Terminological tussles: taking issue with ‘EAL’ and ‘languages other than English’. Power and Education, 11 (1). pp. 121-128.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2014) 'Keep talking': using music during small group discussions in EAP. ELT Journal, 68 (2). pp. 179-191.

Wardman, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2011) Interactions between EAL pupils, specialist teachers and TAs during withdrawal from the mainstream in UK primary schools. Education 3-13, 41 (6). pp. 647-663.

Wardman, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2010) Making the News: A Motivating Writing Skills Project for ESL Students. The Internet TESL Journal, XVI (1).

Wardman, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2009) Authentic Materials in English Language Teaching: are they as important as we think? Folio, 13 (2). pp. 14-17.

Book Section

Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238 and Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2021) Afterword. In: Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 and Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238, (eds.) Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics. Bristol, Multilingual Matters

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 and Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238 (2021) Introduction. In: Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 and Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238, (eds.) Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics. Bristol, Multilingual Matters

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2020) Beliefs about ‘good English’ in schools. In: Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238 and Wicaksono, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0312-8491, (eds.) Ontologies of English. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

Wardman, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2013) EAL provision in England: combining theory and practice or not? In: Pattinson, Tania, (ed.) IATEFL 2012: Glasgow Conference Selections. Canterbury, IATEFL

Wardman, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624, Bell, Judith and Sharp, Emma (2012) Valuing Home Languages. In: Mallows, David, (ed.) Innovations in teaching English to Migrants and Refugees. Innovations series . London, British Council, pp. 37-48

Wardman, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2011) Children with EAL: Comparing withdrawal sessions with teachers and teaching assistants. In: Pattinson, Tania, (ed.) IATEFL 2010: Harrogate Conference Selections. Canterbury, IATEFL.

Monograph

Heinemeyer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6300-5544, Parks, Judith, Pugh, Vicki, Hurst, Lucy, Williams, Sarah, Odell, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6855-7214, Adekola, Olalekan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9747-0583, Jagdev, Manjinder, Turner, Helen, Nattress, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-4264, Byrom, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4519-768X, Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624, Galloway, Morag ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-0611, McCaleb, Murphy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-9909, Reason, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0536-4236 and Mason, Linda (2022) Living Lab: Learning at the Junction - REFLECTION REPORT. Project Report. Institute for Social Justice, York St John University, York.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2012) Pulling the threads together: current theories and current practice affecting UK primary school children who have English as an Additional Language. Project Report. British Council.

Conference or Workshop Item

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2022) The perceived value of structured writing retreats for women undergraduate students. In: Women in Academia Support Network Conference (WIASN), 31 March - 1 April 2022, online.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2022) Teacher Talk about Parents and Multilingualism in England. In: American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), March 2022, Pittsburgh, USA.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2021) What might the linguistic, narrative and semiotic devices used in children’s eco-narratives tell us about their views on the climate emergency? In: Ecological Justice Research Group Symposium, 17-18 November 2021, York St John University.

Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238 and Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2021) The ideological and ontological beliefs of EAL educators. In: English Department Seminar Series: invited talk, 6 October 2021, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (online).

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 and Little, Sabine (2021) 'English Primary School Teachers and Their Discourses about Classroom Practices using Languages beyond English' as part of Symposium: Transnational and Translingual Social Practices in Educational Contexts. Discourse and Practice in Research, Politics and Institutions. In: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), 6-9 September 2021, Geneva, Switzerland (and online).

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624, Mary, Latisha and Young, Andrea (2021) “It sounds awful because it sounds like you don’t value their home language”: English and French teachers’ contradictory attitudes and practices (with Prof Andrea Young and Dr Latisha Mary) as part of symposium Perspectives on Language(s) in Education: A Comparative Overview. In: AILA Congress (International Association of Applied Linguistics), August 2021, Groningen and online.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2021) Mainstream UK teachers’ discourses about what ‘good English’ means to them. In: Language Education for Social Justice conference,.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2021) Students’ (dis)agentic and (dis)empowered discourses about ecological justice. In: Linguistics Research Seminars: invited talk, 10 May 2021, University of Ulster.

Book

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 and Hall, Christopher J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-1238, eds. (2021) Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics. Multilingual Matters

Thesis

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2017) Saying more than you realise about ‘EAL’: discourses of educators about children who speak languages beyond English. Doctoral thesis, University of York.

Other

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624, Heinemeyer, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6300-5544 and Parks, Judith (2023) The climate crisis leaves students feeling helpless – what universities can do to empower them. The Conversation.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2022) Just Stop Oil: research shows how activists and politicians talk differently about climate change. The Conversation.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2018) Why teachers shouldn't be afraid of other languages being spoken in the classroom. The Conversation.

Cunningham, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7624 (2018) Attitudes towards multilingualism and multilingual children in primary schools. EAL Journal.