About the Author

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Eric Friginal is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of International Programs at Georgia State University, USA. His research specialisms include applied corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingual education and cross-cultural communication. Joseph J. Lee is Assistant Director of the English Language Improvement Program and Director of the ELIP Center for Academic Communication in the Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, USA. Brittany Polat is an independent Applied Linguistics and ESL researcher based in Lakeland, Florida, USA. Audrey Roberson is Assistant Professor of Education at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, USA.