Ian Cushing

@ian_cushing

Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Editor @CritStudsEd. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.

Manchester, UK mmu.ac.uk/languages/staf… Joined November 2015

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Ian Cushing @ian_cushing Jul 6

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

An oracy framework for England’s schools: linguistic justice edition

Open access and out now in Educational Review

Ian Cushing @ian_cushing 2d

@WFarahslt created an easy read version of our oracy framework // linguistic justice edition lnkd.in/p/dbRVkwhg - here open access, and original article here tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… for those seeking institutional linguistic justice beyond 'valuing' linguistic diversity. 🌸

www.linkedin.com Easy read of Cushing & Choudrey 2026 | Ian Cushing | 15 comments the amazing Warda Farah has created an easy read version of mine and Sabah Choudrey's linguistic justice oracy framework. this takes the core components of our framework and translates them into an...

Ian Cushing @ian_cushing Oct 31

i spent the last 12 months doing prep work, reading, developing partnerships with schools, and writing ethics - and tomorrow my @LeverhulmeTrust grant officially begins. 3 years focused work on institutional linguistic justice in schools in England and the US 🌸

Ian Cushing @ian_cushing Oct 21, 2025

i am still in shock but I have won a Philip Leverhulme Prize. starting in autumn 2026 for 3 years, i’ll be looking at linguistic justice in schools, particularly in how children and teachers engage in radical, grassroots activism for structural change. 🌸 leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP

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Ian Cushing @ian_cushing Oct 31

if you are interested in debates about oracy which move beyond whether schools should correct non-standard spoken grammar or not (they shouldn’t) and you want to connect oracy to linguistic justice and interconnected social justice efforts then see here 🌸doi.org/10.1080/001319…

Ian Cushing @ian_cushing Oct 21

beyond the obvious pedagogical flaws with teaching scripts, remember that they are generally produced by transnational corporations who generate serious economic profit for themselves by (wrongly) convincing teachers that scripts make teaching more equitable and efficient.

Dale Chu Verified account @Dale_Chu Oct 19

Actors use scripts. Musicians use sheet music. Surgeons follow established procedures.

Why are scripts for teachers treated as an affront to professionalism?

@ehanford explains why Direct Instruction uses them.

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