Alia Amir’s research interest lies at the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics with a focus on micro and macro level language policy and practices. She employs qualitative research methods including interviews, linguistic landscaping, discourse analysis, and conversation analysis. During her PhD project entitled ‘Doing Language Policy: A Micro-Interactional Study of Policy Practices in English as a Foreign Language Classes,’ she created a prototype of language policing in interaction, that is, what does it look like in spoken communication when an interlocutor is stopped from speaking, what is the impact on communication and whether such practices are fruitful and aligned with the aims of language teaching.
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