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Research interests

Framing post-secondary environments as linguistic contact zones, Yaseen is interested in what is possible when both English-dominant and English as an additional language (EAL) students are mutually positioned to anticipate and share “the amorphous, ongoing, moment-by-moment negotiation of English that is actually its daily reality” (Alistair Pennycook, 2008). Responding to Yukio Tsuda’s prompt for educators to advocate for the right to language and equality in communication for all students (2014), he considers how critical language awareness about the boundless varieties of Lingua Franca English (LFE) can improve students’ learning experiences in classrooms and labs by challenging the notion of an exclusionary “standard” as a benchmark for successful collaboration.