Papers

Edited Journal Special Issues

Block, D. (ed.) (2016). Internationalisation policies and practices in European universities: the development of language proficiency, intercultural competence and European citizenship awareness. Special issue of Language Learning Journal, 44 (3).

Block, D. (ed.) (2013). Critiquing applied linguistics. Special issue of Applied Linguistics Review, 4 (2).

Starkey, H. and Block, D. (eds) (2011). Citizenship, education and global spaces. Special issue of Special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication, 11 (2).

Block, D. (ed.) (2008). Multilingual identities and language practices in a global city: Four London case studies. Special issue of Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 7 (1).

Articles in Refereed Journals (1990-present)

Bori, P. & Block, D. (2024). Critical textbook analysis in ELE. Journal of Spanish Language Teaching, 11 (2): 138-151. 

Li, H., Pan, L., Seargeant, P. & Block, D. (2024). Exploring preservice teachers’ translanguaging practices and perceptions in teacher training: A global Englishes perspective. TESOL Quarterly.

Bori, P. & Block, D. (2024 [published online 2023). The discursive construction of academic capitalism in HE: The case of Catalan university websites. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies.  21 (1): 23-42.

Block, D. (2022). The dark side of EMI?: A telling case for questioning assumptions about EMI in HE. Educational Linguistics, 1 (1): 82-107.

Block, D. (2022). To the limits of the political in foreign language teaching: A rejoinder to “Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice” by Claire Kramsch. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.

Block, D. & Moncada-Comas, B. (2022 [published online 2019]). English-medium instruction in higher education and the ELT Gaze: STEM lecturers’ self-positioning as NOT English language teachers. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25 (2): 401-417.

Block, D. & Corona, V. (2022 [published online 2019]). Critical LPP and the intersection of class, race and language policy and practice in 21st century Catalonia. Language Policy, 21 (1): 1-21.

Block, D. (2021). The linguistic division of labour across occupations: Moving the discussion on. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2021-0048

Block, D. (2021). Emergent STEM lecturer identities: The shaping effects of EMI in action in an internationalised and Englishised HE context. Language Teaching, 54 (3): 388-406.

Moncada-Comas, B. & Block, D. (2021). CLILised EMI in practice: Issues arising. Language Learning Journal, 49 (6): 686-698.

Block, D. (2020). Response to Anna Kristina Hultgren’s ‘“Global English: From ‘Tyrannosaurus Rex’ to ‘Red Herring.’” Nordic Journal of English Studies 19 (3): 47-58.

Corona, V. & Block, D. (2020). Raciolinguistic racial micro-aggressions in the school stories of immigrant adolescents in Barcelona: A challenge to the notion of Spanish exceptionalism?. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 23 (7): 778–788.

Block, D. & Moncada-Comas, B. (2019). English-medium instruction in higher education and the ELT Gaze: STEM lecturers’ self-positioning as NOT English language teachers. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2019.1689917

Block, D. & Corona, V. (2019). Critical LPP and the intersection of class, race and language policy and practice in 21st century Catalonia. Language Policy, DOI: 10.1007/s10993-018-09508-7.

Block, D. (2018). The political economy of language education research (or the lack thereof): Nancy Fraser and the case of translanguaging. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 15 (4): 237-257.

Block, D. (2018). What would Karl say? The entrepreneur as ideal (and cool) citizen in 21st century societies. Language Sciences, 70: 16-25.

Block, D. (2018). Some thoughts on education and the discourse of global neoliberalism. Language and Intercultural Communication, 18 (5): 576-584.

Block, D. (2018). Some thoughts on CDS and its Marxist political economy bases. Critical Discourse Studies, 15 (4): 390-401.

Block, D. (2017). Discourses in conflict: resource inequality, class warfare and home repossessions. Social Semiotics, 27 (3): 255-264. 

Block, D. (2017). Political economy in applied linguistics research. Language Teaching, 50 (1): 32-64.

Block, D. (2016). Internationalisation policies and practices in European universities: the development of language proficiency, intercultural competence and European citizenship awareness’. Introduction to the special issue of Language Learning Journal, 44 (3): 1-4.

Block, D. & Gray, J. (2016). ‘Just go away and do it and you get marks’: The degradation of language teaching in neoliberal times. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 37 (5): 481-494.

Block, D. (2016). The impact of globalisation, internationalisation and migration on the use and vitality of Catalan in secondary school and higher education settings. Language, Culture & Curriculum, 29 (1): 107–116.

Block, D. (2015). Becoming a language teacher: Constraints and negotiation in the emergence of new identities. Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 8(3): 9-26.

Block, D. (2015). Social class in applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 35: 1-19.

Block, D. (2015). Seminar Discourse, social movements and networks: Presentation and discussion. Discurso & Sociedad (Número especial dedicado a EDiSo, coordinado por Clara Keating & Luci Nussbaum), 9 (1): 33-40.

Block, D. & Corona, V. (2014). Exploring class-based intersectionality. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 27 (1): 27-42.

Block, D. (2013). Issues in language and identity research in applied linguistics. Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada, 13: 11-46.

Block, D. (2013). The structure and agency dilemma in identity and intercultural communication research. Language and Intercultural Communication, 13 (2): 126-147.

Block, D. (2012). Class and SLA: Making connections.  Language Teaching Research, 16 (2): 188-205.

Block, D. (2012). Commentary: Transnational South Korea as a site for a sociolinguistics and the distinction of global elites. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 16 (2): 277-282.

Pan Lin & Block, D. (2011). English as a ‘global language’ in China: an investigation of learners’ and teachers’ language beliefs. System, 39: 391-402.

Block, D. (2011). Citizenship, education and global spaces. Language and Intercultural Communication, 11 (2): 162-170.

Block, D. (2010). La compétence de communication revisitée: multimodalité et incorporation  (Communicative Competence reoriented: Multimodality and embodiment). Le français dans le monde, Recherches et aplications, Interrogations épistémologiques en didactique des langues , 48: 150-163.

Block, D. (2010). Engaging with human sociality: Thoughts on communication and embodiment. Applied Linguistics Review 1 (1): 45-56.

Block, D. (2010). Problems portraying migrants in Applied Linguistics research. Language Teaching, 43 (4): 480-493.

Block, D. (2008). Introduction. In D. Block (ed.) Multilingual identities and language practices in a global city: Four London case studies. Special issue of Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 7 (1): 1-4.

Block, D. (2008). Spanish-speaking Latinos in London: Community and language practices. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 7 (1): 5-21. 

Block, D. (2007). The rise of identity in SLA research, post Firth and Wagner (1997). Modern Language Journal, 91 (5): 861-874.

Block, D. (2007). Niche Lingua Francas: An ignored phenomenon?. TESOL Quarterly, 41 (3): 561-565.

Block, D. (2007). Bilingualism: Four assumptions and four responses. Innovation in Language Teaching, 1 (1), pp. 66-82.

Block, D. (2004). Globalisation, transnational communication and the internet. International Journal on Multicultural Societies 6 (1): 22-37.

Block, D. (2004). Mondialisation, communication transnationale et Internet. International Journal on Multicultural Societies 6 (1): 38-51.

Block, D. (2004). Key concepts in ELT: Globalization and language teaching. English Language Teaching Journal. 58 (1): 75-77.

Block, D. (2002). Destabilized identities and cosmopolitanism across language and cultural borders: two case studies. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7 (2): 1-19.

Block, D.  (2002). Communicative language teaching revisited: Discourses in conflict and foreign national teachers. Language Learning Journal, 26: 19-26.

Block, D. (2001). Foreign Nationals on PGCE in Modern Languages Course: Issues in National Identity Construction. European Journal of Teacher Education, 24 (3): 291-312.

Block, D. (2000). Problematizing Interview Data: Voices in the Mind’s Machine?. TESOL Quarterly, 34 (4): 757-763.

Block, D. (2000). Une vue despuis les coulisses: état des lieux de la linguistique appliquée [A view from the sidelines: the state of applied linguistics]. Le français dans le monde, Numéro Spécial: Une didactique des langues pour demain, Juillet, 2000: 16-33.

Block, D. (2000). Learners and their meta-pedagogical awareness. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10 (1): 97-123.

Block, D. (2000). Revisiting the gap between SLA researchers and language teachers. Links & Letters, 17: 127-141.

Block, D. (1998). Tale of a language learner. Language Teaching Research, 2 (3): 148-176.

Block, D. (1998). Exploring interpretations of questionnaire items. System, 26 (3): 403-425.

Block, D. (1997). Learning by Listening to Language Learners. System, 25 (3): 347-360.

Block, D. (1996). Not so fast! Some thoughts on theory culling, relativism, accepted findings and the heart and soul of SLA. Applied Linguistics, 17(1): 63-83.

Block, D. (1995). Social constraints on interviews. Prospect: An Australian Journal of TESOL, 10 (3): 35-48.

Block, D. (1994). A day in the life of an English class: teacher and learner perceptions of task purpose in conflict. System, 22 (4): 473-486.

Block, D. (1993). Authentic video and classroom observation. System, 21 (1): 49-67.

Block, D. (1992). Metaphors we teach and learn by. Prospect: An Australian Journal of TESOL, 7 (3): 42-55.

Block, D. (1991). Some thoughts on DIY materials design. English Language Teaching Journal, 45 (3): 211-217.

Block, D. (1990). Seeking new bases for SLA research: looking to cognitive science. System, 18 (2): 167-176.

Chapters in Books (1996-present)

Block, D. (2026). Class and class warfare. In J. Flowerdew & J. Richardson (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Analysis, 2nd edition (pp. TBD). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2025) Critical realism: A personal journey and application. In J. Bouchard & K. Zotzmann (Eds.) Critical Realism in Applied Linguistics (pp. TBD). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Block, D. (2025). Individual language policies in contact: The illuminating experiences of Najat El Hachmi. In G. Barkhuisen, S. May & M. Y. Park (Eds). Mobilizing Identities in Language Policy, Teaching, and Learning (pp. TBD). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2025). Diagonalism: Progressives underlabouring the far right. In F. Zappettini & B. Forchtner (Eds.). Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies, (pp. TBD). London: Edward Elgar Publishing. 

Block. D. (2024). La identidad en el siglo XXI y la enseñanza y el aprendizaje del español. In V.  Colomer i Domínguez, R. Navas y L. Villamediana González (Eds.) ELEUK en acción: reflexiones pedagógicas e investigadoras (pp. 13-33). Madrid: Instituto Cervantes.

Block, D. (2023). Language practices and processes among Latin Americans in Europe: Some closing thoughts on authenticity and belonging. In R. Márquez-Reiter & A. Patino-Santos, A. (Eds.) Language Practices and Processes Among Latin Americans in Europe (pp. 251-261). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2022). Seeking methodological rigour in language and identity research: Applying a version of positioning theory to a research interview excerpt. In W. Ayres-Bennett & L. Fisher (Eds.) Multilingualism and Identity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 181-200). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Block, D. (2021). Issues arising around conceptual and empirical work on the commodification of language. In J. E. Petrovic & B. Yazan (Eds.), The Commodification of Language: Conceptual Concerns and Empirical Manifestations (pp. 200-211). New York: Routledge.

Block, D. (2021). El futur del català: Una visiò personal i general. In C. Junyent (ed.) El català, llengua efervescent. 77 visions sobre el terreny. Barcelona: Viena Edicions.

Block, D. & Mancho-Barés. G. (2021). NOT English teachers, except when they are: The curious case of oral presentation evaluation rubrics. In D. Block & S. Khan (eds.) The Secret Life of English-medium Instruction in Higher Education: Examining Microphenomena in Context (pp. 96-119). London: Routledge.

Block, D. & Khan, S. (2021). The secret life of English-medium instruction: Setting the scene. In D. Block & S. Khan (eds.) The Secret Life of English-medium Instruction in Higher Education: Examining Microphenomena in Context (pp. 1-18). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2021). Language and social class. In J. Stanlaw (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology (10 pp). Oxford: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786093.iela0208

Block, D. (2019). El poder hablando a los que hablan al poder: construcciones discursivas derechistas de la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca. In J. Sánchez, E. Ballesté & C. Feixa (eds.). Qué fue de la primavera indignada? (pp. 39-62). Lleida, Spain: Milenio.

Block, D. (2019). What on earth is ‘language commodification?’. In B. Schmenk, S. Breidbach & L. Küster (eds.) Sloganization in Language Education Discourse: Conceptual Thinking in the Age of Academic Marketization (pp. 121-141). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Block, D. (2018). Revisando el constructo de "identidad” en  lingüística aplicada: Antecedentes, bases, aclaraciones conceptuales e interseccionalidad. In S. Pfleger (ed.) Lenguaje y construcción de la identidad: Una mirada desde diferentes ámbitos. (pp. 25-55). México: CELE, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Block, D. (2018). Paradoxes en l’estudi de la mobilitat i la internacionalització universitàries. In J. M. Cots (ed.) Visions de la mobilitat universitària . (pp. 68-71). Lleida, Spain: Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida.

Block, D. & Gray, J. (2018). French language textbooks as ideologically imbued cultural artefacts: Political economy, neoliberalism and (self) branding. In S. Coffey & U.  Wingate (eds.). New directions for language learning in the 21st century (pp. 115-131). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2018). Inequality and class in language policy and planning. In J. Tollefson & M. Pérez-Milans (eds.) The Oxford handbook of language policy and planning (pp. 568-588). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Block, D. (2018). The materiality and semiosis of inequality, class struggle and warfare: the case of home evictions in Spain. In R. Wodak & B. Forchtner (eds.) Routledge handbook of language and politics (pp. 646-659). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2018). Class and class warfare. In J. Flowerdew & J. Richardson (eds.) Routledge handbook of critical discourse analysis (pp. 345-358). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2017). Positioning theory and life-story interviews: discursive fields, gaze and resistance. In S. Bagga-Gupta, A. Lyngvaer Hansen & J. Feilberg (eds.) Identity revisited and reimagined. Empirical and theoretical contributions on embodied communication across time and space (pp. 25-40). Berlin: Springer.

Block, D. (2017). Researching language and social class in education. In K. King & Y.-J. Lai (eds.) Research methods. Encyclopedia of language and education, Volume 10, 3rd edition (pp. 159-169). New York: Springer.

Block, D. (2017). Journey to the centre of language teacher identity. In G. Barkhuizen (ed.) Reflections on language teacher identity research (pp. 31-36.). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2017). Social class in migration, identity and language research. In S. Canagarajah (ed) Routledge handbook on migration and language (pp. 133-148). London: Routledge.

Block, D. (2017). London stories revisited: Algunes reflexions sobre les contribucions a aquest volum. In C. Feixa, C. Rubio, J. Ganau, & F. Solsona (eds.) L’EMIGRANT 2.0 Emigració juvenil, nous moviments socials i xarxes digitals (pp. 261-267). Barcelona: Col·lecció Estudis Observatori Català de la Joventut Universitat de Lleida - Programa RecerCaixa.

Block, D. (2016). What is class?. In A. Lin (ed.) Investigating English in Europe. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 125-132.

Block, D. (2016). Social class in language and identity research. In S. Preece (ed.) The Routledge handbook of language and identity (pp. 241-254). London: Routledge.

Block, D. & Corona, V. (2016). Intersectionality in language and identity research. In S. Preece (ed.) The Routledge handbook of language and identity. London: Routledge, pp. 507-522.

Block, D. (2015). Interrogando entrevistas de histórias de vida: narrativas, entrevistas, identidade e teoria de posicionamento. In A.-de-J. Ferreira (ed.) Narrativas autobiográficas de identidades sociais de raça, gênero, classe e sexualidade em linguagem. Campinas, Brazil: Pontes Editores, pp. 209-234.

Block, D. (2015). Researching language and identity. In B. Paltridge & A. Phakiti (eds.). Research methods in applied linguistics, 2nd edition. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 527-540.

Block, D. (2015). Structure, agency, individualization and the critical realist challenge. In P. Deters, X. Gao, E. R. Miller & G. Vitanova (eds.) Theorizing and analyzing agency second language learning: Interdisciplinary approaches. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 17-36.

Block, D. (2015). Becoming multilingual and being multilingual: Some thoughts. In J. Cenoz & D. Gorter (eds.) Multilingual education: Between language learning and translanguaging. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-238.

Block, D. (2014). Becoming a language teacher: Constraints and negotiation in the emergence of new identities. In R. Bizarro, R. Ponce de León, M. Ellison, S. Tomé & N. Hurst (eds.) Educação em línguas. Porto: Porto Editora.

Gray, J. & Block, D. (2014). All middle class now? Evolving representations of the working class in the neoliberal era – the case of ELT textbooks. In N. Harwood (ed.) English Language Teaching Textbooks: Content, Consumption, Production. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 45-71.

Block, D. (2014). Moving beyond ‘lingualism’: multilingual embodiment and multimodality in SLA. In S. May (ed.) The multilingual turn: Implications for SLA, TESOL and bilingual education. London: Routledge, pp. 54-77.

Block, D. (2014). Shaping Ethnography in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts: Shifting Notions of Culture, Structure, and Agency in Shaping Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts. In S. Marshall, A. Clemente & M. Higgins (eds.) Shaping ethnography in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Toronto: Althouse Press, pp. 277-292.

Block, D. (2012). Unpicking agency in sociolinguistic research with migrants. In S. Gardner & M. Martin-Jones (eds.) Multilingualism, discourse and ethnography. London: Routledge, pp. 47-60.

Block, D. (2010). Globalisation and language teaching. In N. Coupland (ed.) Handbook of language and globalisation. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 287-304.

Block, D. (2010). Speaking Romance-esque. In D. Nunan & J. Choi (eds.) Language and culture: reflective narratives and the emergence of identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 23-29.

Block, D. (2010). Researching language and identity. In B. Paltridge & A. Phakiti (eds.) Continuum companion to second language research methods. London: Continuum, pp. 337-349.

Block, D. (2009). Identity in applied linguistics: The need for conceptual exploration. In Li Wei & V. Cook (eds.) Contemporary applied linguistics. Volume 1. London: Continuum, pp. 215-232. 

Block, D. (2008). Narrative, identity and interviews: a personal reflection on key constructs and analytical practices. In M. Solly, M. Conoscenti & S. Campagna (eds.) Researching language in education: Verbal /visual narrative texts. Berlin: Peter Lang, pp. 25-51.

Block, D. (2008). EFL narratives and English language-mediated identities:  Two ships passing in the night?.  In P. Kalaja, A. M. Ferreira Barcelos & V. Menezes (eds.) Narratives of learning and teaching EFL. London: Palgrave., pp. 141-154.

Block, D. (2008). On the appropriateness of the Metaphor of LOSS. In P. Tan & R. Rubdy (eds.) Language as commodity: Global structures, local marketplaces. London: Continuum, pp. 187-203.

Block, D. (2008). Language Education and Globalization. In S. May and N. Hornberger (eds.) Encyclopedia of language and education: Language policy and political issues in education, 2nd edition. New York: Springer, pp. 31-43.

Block, D. (2007). ‘Socialising’ second language acquisition. In Zhu Hua, P. Seedhouse, Li Wei & V. Cook (eds.)  Language learning and teaching as social interaction. London: Palgrave, pp. 89-102.

Block, D. (2006). Identity in applied linguistics: where are we?. In T. Omoniyi & G. White (eds.) The sociolinguistics of identity. London: Continuum, pp. 34-49.

Block, D. (2005). Convergence and Resistance in the Construction of Personal and Professional Identities: Four French Modern Language Teachers in London. In S.A. Canagarajah (ed.) Reclaiming the local in language policy and practice Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 167-96.

Block, D. (2004). What do we mean by “second” in Second Language Acquisition. In Y. Kawaguchi,  S. Zaima, T.Takagaki, K. Shibano & M. Usami (eds.) (2004) The first international  conference on linguistic informatics: Linguistic informatics -state of the art and the future. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 221-41.

Block, D. (2002). Language and Gender and SLA. In J. Santaemilia, B. Gallardo & J. Sanmartín (eds.) Sexe i llenguatge: La construcció lingüística de les identitats de gènere, València: Studies in English Language and Linguistics, Universitat de València, pp. 49-73.

Block, D. & Cameron, D. (2002). Introduction. In D. Block  & D. Cameron (eds.) Globalization and language teaching, London: Routledge, pp. 1-10.

Block, D. (2002). Negotiation for Meaning as McCommunication: a problem in the frame. In D. Block & D. Cameron (eds.) Globalization and language teaching, London: Routledge, pp. 117-33.

Block, D. (2001). Art and Science in Language Teaching. In M. Bax & J-W. Zwart (eds.) Reflections on language and language learning. In honour of Arthur van Essen.  Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 63-74.

Block, D. (1999). Problem Framing and Metaphoric Accounts of the SLA Research Process: Who Framed SLA Research?. In L. Cameron & G. Low (eds.) Researching and applying metaphor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.135-48.

Block, D. (1996). A window on the classroom: Classroom events viewed from different angles. In K. Bailey & D. Nunan (eds.) Voices from the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 168-94.

Book Reviews

Block, D. (2020) “How is it Going with Being?” Some thoughts on Santiago Zabala’s Being at Large: Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts. Public Seminar, week of May 15 2020. https://publicseminar.org/essays/how-is-it-going-with-being/

Block, D. (2019). Review of Karen Risager (2018) Representations of the World in Language Textbooks. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Pragmatics and Society, 10 (4): 660-664. 

Block, D. (2018). Review of Mi-Cha Flubacher and Alfonso Del Percio (eds) Language, Education and Neoliberalism: Critical Studies in Sociolinguistics. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2018. ELT Journal, 72 (4): 452-454.

Block, D. (2018). Review of Michele Gazzola and Bengt-Arne Wickström (eds) (2016).  The Economics of Language Policy. Cambridge, MASS: MIT Press. Language and Intercultural Communication, 18 (5): 585-587.

Block, D. (2017). Review of Kathryn Woolard (2016) Singular and Plural: Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in 21st Century Catalonia. New York: Oxford University Press. Catalan Review, 31: 149-152.

Block, D. (2008). Review of Michael Bamberg, Ana de Fina and Deborah Schiffrin (eds) (2006) Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse.  Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Sociolinguistic Studies, 2 (2): 275-280.

Block, D. (2006). Review of Claus Gnutzmann and Frauke Intemann (eds) (2005) The Globalization of English and the English Language Classroom. Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2005’. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 10 (2): 250-252.

Block, D. (2004). ‘Review of Rod Ellis (2003) Task-based Language Learning and Teaching’. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Language Learning Journal, 29: 18-22.

Block, D. (2003). ‘Review of Michel Thomas’s Spanish Course’. Language Learning Journal, 27: 74-78.

Block, D. (1997). Review of Nina Spada and Maria Fröhlich (1995) Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching and Observation Scheme: Coding Conventions & Applications’. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  System, 25 (1): 125-128.

Articles in Professional Journals

Block, D. (2017). Neoliberalism, the neoliberal citizen and English language teaching materials: A critical analysis/Neoliberalismo, el ciudadano neoliberal y los materiales para la enseñanza de la lenagua inglesa: un análisis crítco. Ruta Maestra, 21: 4-15.

Block, D. (2013). The values of Englishes. APAC (Associació de Professors d'Anglès de Catalunya) ELT Journal, 77 (October).

Block, D. (2012). N. Figueras and A. Oliva interview David Block. APAC (Associació de Professors d'Anglès de Catalunya) ELT Journal, 75 (October)

Block, D. & Miyahara, M. (2007). People Who Cross Borders: Perspectives On Second Language Identity. An Interview with David Block by Masuko Miyahara. Learning Learning, 14 (2): 26-32.http://ld-sig.org/LL/2007b.pdf#page=26

Block, D. (2005). Introducing Spanish-speaking Latino London: Some numbers and the life of an individual. Language Issues The Journal of NATECLA, 17 (2): 9-15.

Block, D. (2000). Is method really dead?. APAC OF NEWS: Butlleti de l'Associació de Professors d'Anglès de Catalunya, 39 (May): 31-44.

Block, D. (1997). Publishing patterns and McDonaldization. IATEFL Newsletter, 136: 12-15.

Block, D. (1989). Telebista Ikasgelan (TV in the classroom). ZUTABE, 8 (23): 110-116.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Block, D. (2021). English-medium instruction in (neoliberalized) higher education: Questioning some assumptions. In E. Arnó, M. Aguilar, J. Borràs, G. Mancho, B. Moncada & D. Tatzl (Eds.), Proceedings of AELFE-TAPP 2021 (19th AELFE Conference, 2nd TAPP Conference), 7-9 July 2021. (pp. ). Barcelona: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Block, D. (2020). NOT English teachers, except when they are: The curious case of oral presentation evaluation rubrics in an EMI-in-HE context. In J. Mackay & M. Birello (eds) ELT Research in Action: Bringing Together Two Communities of Practice (pp. 21-25). Faversham, UK: IATEFL.

Block, D. (1999). Constructing and crossing a bridge linking English Language Teaching and Modern Languages Teaching: a personal perspective. In M. Poulter (ed.) Exploring Contexts in Initial Teacher Training. Conference report for the CILTS (Cambridge Integrated Language Teaching schemes) Conference held in London, September 11-12, 1998, 2-9.

Block, D. (1996). Diversity in language acquisition research. In M. Pujol Berche and F. Sierra. (eds.) Las Lenguas en la Europa Comunitaria II, Amsterdam: Dialogos Hispanicos, pp. 275-81.

Block, D. (1996). Against theory in SLA. In M. Pujol Berche and F. Sierra (eds.) Las Lenguas en la Europa Comunitaria II, Amsterdam: Dialogos Hispanicos, pp. 81-90.

Block, D. (1991). Student and teacher metaphors for language learning. In R. Ribé (ed ) Towards a New Decade: Novenes Jornades Pedagògiques per a l'Ensenyament de l'Anglès, Barcelona: ICE, pp. 30-42.

Block, D. (1990) Current theories of second language acquisition: Do they really explain anything?. In M.J. Gimenez and M.J. Dorrego (eds.) Actas de las V Jornadas Pedagògicas para la Enseñanza de Inglés, Granada: GRETA.

Block, D. (1990). Thinking about exams. In M.J. Gimenez and M.J. Dorrego (eds.) Actas de las V Jornadas Pedagògicas para la Enseñanza de Inglés, Granada: GRETA.

Other

Block, D. (2022). ¿Democracia directa y toxicidad informativa?. La Maleta de Portbou, 55: 80-86.

Block, D., & Corona, V. (2020) Les micro-agressions racials i el ‘canvi lingüístic de perfilatge racial’. Pensem, November, 2020. Available at: https://www.pensem.cat/noticia/162/micro-agressions-racials-canvi-linguistic-perfilatge-racial

Block, D. (2019). Block on Post-truth. Social Sciences Matter, Palgrave Macmillan. Available at: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/social-science-matters/block

Block, D. (2017). La propagación de la ignorancia. La Maleta de Portbou, 25: 69-74.

Block, D. (2016). Discursos corruptos y el mundo al revés. La Maleta de Portbou, 19: 19-24.

Block, D. (2014). Discursos de la corrupción: ¿dónde dónde están los analistas críticos del discurso. EDISO: En voz alta. Available at: http://www.edisoportal.org/en-voz-alta/532-discursos-de-la-corrupcion