Dr. Florence Bonacina Pugh

Biography

Florence Bonacina-Pugh is a Senior Lecturer in Language Education at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in Applied Linguistics with a focus on Language Policy Practices and Multilingualism in education. As co-leader of the Research Hub in Languages, Interculturality, and Literacies, she has directed the MSc in Language Education and contributed significantly to the development of language strategy reviews. Her research interests lie in the realms of language-in-education policy, translanguaging, and the sociolinguistic aspects of multilingualism. She has co-founded the Language Policy Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics and serves on editorial boards, contributing as an Associate Editor for the journal Language Policy. Florence’s prominent work includes her contributions to various international peer-reviewed journals and her recent publication, "Language Policy Practice: Advancing Empirical Turn Language Policy Research." She has an extensive background in teaching French as a foreign language and has been active in community-building through her role at La Petite Ecole d'Edimbourg, a French complementary school.

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