Helen Donaghue gave a presentation at the 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA) in Rio de Janeiro in July.

The presentation reported on findings from a linguistic ethnographic study of the construction and negotiation of professional identities in one to one feedback meetings between supervisors (observers) and experienced, in-service English language teachers.

The presentation used empirical data to show how supervisors' powerful identities are claimed, challenged and contested.

The 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics: Innovation and Epistemological Challenges in Applied Linguistics.

AILA holds its International World Congress, the biggest event in Applied Linguistics, every three years. There are more than two-thousand researchers and practitioners from all areas of Applied Linguistics.