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Overview

Gary Barkhuizen is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on fields within the Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, with particular attention to literature, education, and linguistics.

Their work spans several subfields including Literature and Literary Theory, Education, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, and Sociology and Political Science.

Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Literacy and Educational Practices

Gary Barkhuizen has published in various academic venues, with the following being the most frequent:

  • System
  • Educational Action Research
  • ELT Journal
  • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
  • RELC Journal

Recent papers authored by Barkhuizen include:

  • "Pushing the edge in narrative inquiry" (2021), published in System
  • "Identity dilemmas of a teacher (educator) researcher: teacher research versus academic institutional research" (2020), published in Educational Action Research
  • "CELTA tutors' beliefs about online tutoring practices" (2023), published in ELT Journal
  • "Narratives of Japanese nuclear immigrants in New Zealand: (in)(di)vesting in L2 and identity" (2024), published in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
  • "Institutional leaders and teacher research: Roles, interactions, and impacts" (2025), published in System

Frequent collaborators in Barkhuizen's research include Carol Griffiths, Rosemary Wette, Sal Consoli, Péter Medgyes, and Simon Borg.

Gary Barkhuizen has also contributed to academic books, published primarily through Cambridge University Press and Multilingual Matters eBooks. These include:

  • "Language Teacher Educator Identity" (2021), Cambridge University Press
  • "Lessons from Good Language Teachers" (2020), Cambridge University Press
  • "Language Teachers Studying Abroad" (2022), Multilingual Matters eBooks

Best Publications

  • Analysing Learner Language

    Rod Ellis;Gary Patrick Barkhuizen

  • Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research

    Gary Patrick Barkhuizen;Phil Benson;Alice Chik

  • Narrative Knowledging in TESOL

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • Discovering Learners' Perceptions of ESL Classroom Teaching/Learning Activities in a South African Context

    Gary P. Barkhuizen

  • Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • Narrative Frames for Investigating the Experiences of Language Teachers.

    Gary Barkhuizen;Rosemary Wette

  • Second Language Identity in Narratives of Study Abroad

    Phil Benson;Gary Barkhuizen;Peter Bodycott;Jillian Roberta Brown

  • A Short Story Approach to Analyzing Teacher (Imagined) Identities Over Time

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • A narrative approach to exploring context in language teaching

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • Narrative Approaches to Exploring Language, Identity and Power in Language Teacher Education

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • An extended positioning analysis of a pre-service teacher's better life small story

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • Narrative Research in Applied Linguistics

    Gary Patrick Barkhuizen

  • Evaluating rater responses to an online training program for L2 writing assessment

    Catherine Elder;Gary Barkhuizen;Ute Knoch;Janet von Randow

  • Pre‐Service Teachers' Perceptions of a Short‐Term International Experience Programme

    Gary Barkhuizen;Anne Feryok

  • Individual Feedback to Enhance Rater Training: Does It Work?

    Cathie Anne Elder;Ute Knoch;Gary Barkhuizen;Janet von Randow

  • Study abroad and the development of second language identities

    Philip Benson;Gary Barkhuizen;Peter Thomas Bodycott;Jill Brown

  • Narrative research in language teaching and learning

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • Topics, Aims, and Constraints in English Teacher Research: A Chinese Case Study.

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • ‘Nowadays, teachers are relatively obedient’: Understanding primary school English teachers’ conceptions of and drives for research in China

    Xuesong Gao;Gary Barkhuizen;Alice Wai Kwan Chow

  • Revisiting narrative frames: An instrument for investigating language teaching and learning

    Gary Barkhuizen

  • Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches (2nd Edition) [Book Review]

    Gary Barkhuizen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rod Ellis
Rod Ellis Curtin University
Simon Borg
Simon Borg Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

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