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John Corbett

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Scotland

Genre

Scots Language, Literature, Language Teaching

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John Corbett grew up in Ayr and studied Scottish and English literature and language studies at the University of Glasgow. He has taught in a number of higher educational institutions in Brazil, China, Macau, Scotland and Russia. Now retired from teaching and administration, he remains an adjunct professor at Beijing Normal Hong-Kong Baptist University and a visiting professor at the University of Glasgow.

He has published widely on diverse topics, including Scottish literature and the Scots language, literary translation, intercultural language education, and corpus linguistics. He is Publications Convener of the Association for Scottish Literature and has twice chaired the MLA Scottish Literature Forum.

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John Corbett’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 154 ratings · 12 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	West Dickens Avenue: A Marine at Khe Sanh 4.05 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today by John Corbett, Christian Kay 2.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edinburgh Companion to Scots by John Corbett (Editor), J. Derrick McClure (Editor), Jane Stuart-Smith (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intercultural Language Activities by John Corbett, Scott Thornbury (Series Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir David Lyndsay's 'A Satire of the Three Estates' 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through French Windows: An Introduction to France in the Nineties really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language and Scottish Literature 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serving Twa Maisters: Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation by John Corbett, Bill Findlay (Editor), Robert Kemp (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Written in the Language of the Scottish Nation: A History of Literary Translation into Scots really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars