Dr Vally Lytra

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Publications and research outputs

Book

Play Frames and Social Identities. Contact Encounters in a Greek Primary School Lytra, Vally. 2007. Play Frames and Social Identities. Contact Encounters in a Greek Primary School. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 978-9027254078

Edited Book

Liberating Language Education Lytra, Vally; Ros i Sole, Cristina; Anderson, Jim and Macleroy, Vicky, eds. 2022. Liberating Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781788927932
Religion in Young Lives: Navigating Language, Literacies and Identities Lytra, Vally; Volk, Dinah and Gregory, Eve E., eds. 2016. Religion in Young Lives: Navigating Language, Literacies and Identities. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1138824249
When Greeks and Turks Meet: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relationship Since 1923 Lytra, Vally, ed. 2014. When Greeks and Turks Meet: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relationship Since 1923. Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-4602-6

Book Section

Beyond participants–researchers–research outsiders: food talk and the (co-)construction of knowledge in multi-sited participatory ethnography Flora, Christina; Karatsareas, Petros; Lytra, Vally and Pepe, Giulia. 2025. Beyond participants–researchers–research outsiders: food talk and the (co-)construction of knowledge in multi-sited participatory ethnography. In: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; Anne Storch and Viveka Velupillai, eds. Language in Strange and Familiar Places: Linguistic Research in Uncharted Territories. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 223-256. ISBN 9783119148825
Making and selling Greek food in London: Migrant hospitality professionals talk about food authenticity over dinner Charalambidou, Anna; Flora, Christina; Karatsareas, Petros and Lytra, Vally. 2025. Making and selling Greek food in London: Migrant hospitality professionals talk about food authenticity over dinner. In: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; Anne Storch and Viveka Velupillai, eds. Language in Strange and Familiar Places: Linguistic Research in Uncharted Territories. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 257-285. ISBN 9783119148825
Teaching Greek language and culture in the diaspora through a translingual and transcultural stance Lytra, Vally. 2024. Teaching Greek language and culture in the diaspora through a translingual and transcultural stance. In: Dimitris Koutsogiannis; Anastasia Rothoni; Stavroula Antonopoulou; Antonis Konstantinidis and Nikolaos Gogonas, eds. Teaching Greek in the diaspora. Thessaloniki: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Press, pp. 271-277.

Community language education in Greece and Cyprus: An afterword Lytra, Vally and Karatsareas, Petros. 2023. Community language education in Greece and Cyprus: An afterword. In: Nikos Gogonas, ed. Heritage Language Education in Greece and Cyprus. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 190-214. ISBN 9781527535756
Introduction to Part 1: Appraising the ‘multilingual turn’ in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics Lytra, Vally. 2023. Introduction to Part 1: Appraising the ‘multilingual turn’ in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. In: Steph Ainsworth; Dominic Griffiths; Gee Macrory and Kate Pahl, eds. Multimodality and Multilingualism: Towards an Integrative Approach. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 3-14. ISBN 9781800413375
Making sense of the internal diversities of Greek schools abroad: Exploring the purposeful use of translation as communicative resource for language learning and identity construction Lytra, Vally. 2022. Making sense of the internal diversities of Greek schools abroad: Exploring the purposeful use of translation as communicative resource for language learning and identity construction. In: Vally Lytra; Cristina Ros i Sole; Jim Anderson and Vicky Macleroy, eds. Liberating Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 72-90. ISBN 9781788927932
Introduction: Why Liberating Language Education? Lytra, Vally; Ros i Sole, Cristina; Anderson, Jim and Macleroy, Vicky. 2022. Introduction: Why Liberating Language Education? In: Vally Lytra; Cristina Ros i Sole; Jim Anderson and Vicky Macleroy, eds. Liberating Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9781788927932
'Conclusion: Language Education Collages' Lytra, Vally; Ros i Sole, Cristina; Anderson, Jim and Macleroy, Vicky. 2022. 'Conclusion: Language Education Collages'. In: Vally Lytra; Cristina Ros i Sole; Jim Anderson and Vicky Macleroy, eds. Liberating Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 321-330. ISBN 9781788927932
Ethnography Lytra, Vally. 2021. Ethnography. In: Stephen Pihlaja, ed. Analysing Religious Discourse. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 32-51. ISBN 9781108836135
Discourse and religion in educational practice Lytra, Vally. 2020. Discourse and religion in educational practice. In: Anna De Fina and Alexandra Georgakopoulou, eds. Handbook of Discourse Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 571-592. ISBN 9781108348195
Faith Communities Lytra, Vally. 2020. Faith Communities. In: Karin Tusting, ed. The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Ethnography. Routledge, pp. 312-325. ISBN 9781138938168
Conclusion Lytra, Vally. 2019. Conclusion. In: Aspasia Chatzidaki; Claudine Kirsch; Argyro Panagiotopoulou and Lisa Rosen, eds. 'New' Migration of Families from Greece to Europe and Canada: A 'New' Challenge for Education? Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 237-252. ISBN 9783658255206
Faith literacies matter: Reflecting on the role of faith as a force for learning, socialisation and personal and collective identification in young people's lives in a global city Lytra, Vally. 2018. Faith literacies matter: Reflecting on the role of faith as a force for learning, socialisation and personal and collective identification in young people's lives in a global city. In: A. Fuentes Calle, ed. Languages and Spiritual Traditions. Linguistic Diversity and Religious Diversity in Global Cities. Barcelona: LinguaPax International, pp. 45-56.
Playful talk, learners’ play frames and the construction of identities Lytra, Vally. 2017. Playful talk, learners’ play frames and the construction of identities. In: S. Wortham; D. Kim and S. May, eds. Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 3 New York: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-02242-0
Researching children's literacy practices and identities in faith settings: Multimodal text-making and talk about text as resources for knowledge building Lytra, Vally; Gregory, Eve E. and Ilankuberan, Arani. 2017. Researching children's literacy practices and identities in faith settings: Multimodal text-making and talk about text as resources for knowledge building. In: Marilyn Martin-Jones and Deirdre Martin, eds. Researching Multilingualism: Critical and Ethnographic Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 215-228. ISBN 9780415748421
“Children's representations of the Temple in text and talk in a Tamil Hindu/Saiva faith community in London” Lytra, Vally; Gregory, Eve E. and Ilankuberan, Arani. 2016. “Children's representations of the Temple in text and talk in a Tamil Hindu/Saiva faith community in London”. In: V. Lytra; D. Volk and E. Gregory, eds. Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities: Religion in Young Lives. New York: Routledge, pp. 141-158. ISBN 9781138824249
"Introduction" Lytra, Vally; Volk, Dinah and Gregory, Eve E.. 2016. "Introduction". In: V. Lytra; Dinah Volk and E. Gregory, eds. Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities: Religion in Young Lives. New York: Routledge, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9781138824249
Interculturalities of English as a Lingua Franca: International communication and multicultural awareness in the Greek context Fay, Richard; Sifakis, Nicos and Lytra, Vally. 2016. Interculturalities of English as a Lingua Franca: International communication and multicultural awareness in the Greek context. In: P. Holmes and F. Dervin, eds. The Cultural and Intercultural Dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, pp. 67-92. ISBN 9781783095094
Language and ethnic identity Lytra, Vally. 2016. Language and ethnic identity. In: S. Preece, ed. The Routledge Hanbook of Language and Identity. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 131-145. ISBN 978-1-138-77472-8
Language practices and language ideologies among Turkish-speaking young people in Athens and London Lytra, Vally. 2015. Language practices and language ideologies among Turkish-speaking young people in Athens and London. In: Jacomine Nortier and Bente A Svendsen, eds. Language, Youth and Identity in the 21st Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 183-204. ISBN 978-1107016989
Introduction: Analysis of language and significations. Lytra, Vally and Muldering, Jane. 2015. Introduction: Analysis of language and significations. In: Paul Smeyers; David Bridges; Nicholas Burbules and Morwenna Griffiths, eds. International Handbook on Interpretation in Educational Research Methods. Springer, pp. 283-285. ISBN 978-9401792813
Multilingualism, multimodality and media engagement in classroom talk and action Lytra, Vally. 2014. Multilingualism, multimodality and media engagement in classroom talk and action. In: Jannis Androutsopoulos, ed. Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change. Mouton: Walter de Gruyter & Co, pp. 245-268. ISBN 978-3110343571
Introduction Lytra, Vally. 2014. Introduction. In: Vally Lytra, ed. When Greeks and Turks Meet: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relationship since 1923. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 1-20. ISBN 978-1409446019
From kebapçı to professional: The commodification of language discourse and social mobility in Turkish complementary schools in the UK Lytra, Vally. 2013. From kebapçı to professional: The commodification of language discourse and social mobility in Turkish complementary schools in the UK. In: Alexandre Duchene; Melissa Moyer and Celia Roberts, eds. Language, Migration and Social (In)equality. A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 147-167. ISBN 978-1783090990
Multilingualism and multimodality Lytra, Vally. 2012. Multilingualism and multimodality. In: Marilyn Martin-Jones; Angela Creese and Adrian Blackledge, eds. Handbook of Multilingualism. Routledge, pp. 543-559. ISBN 978-0415496476
Investigating the intersection of multilingualism and multimodality in Turkish and Gujarati literacy classes Lytra, Vally; Martin, P; Barac, T and Bhatt, A. 2010. Investigating the intersection of multilingualism and multimodality in Turkish and Gujarati literacy classes. In: Vally Lytra and Peter Martin, eds. Sites of Multilingualism Complementary Schools in Britain Today. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham, pp. 19-31. ISBN 978-1858564548
Multilingual practices and identity negotiations among Turkish-speaking young people in a diasporic context Lytra, Vally and Barac, T. 2009. Multilingual practices and identity negotiations among Turkish-speaking young people in a diasporic context. In: Anna-Brita Stedström and Annette Myre Jørgensen, eds. Youngspeak in a Multilingual Perspective. Amsterdam: Benjamins, pp. 55-78. ISBN 978-9027254290
Playful talk, learners’ play frames and the construction of identities Lytra, Vally. 2008. Playful talk, learners’ play frames and the construction of identities. In: M Martin-Jones and A-M de Mejia, eds. Encyclopaedia of Language and Education. Springer, pp. 185-197.
Language practices, language ideologies and identity construction in London Turkish complementary schools Lytra, Vally; Barac, T; Blackledge, Adrian; Bhatt, A; Creese, A; Hamid, S; Martin, Peter; Wu, C-J and Yağcıoğlu-Ali, D. 2008. Language practices, language ideologies and identity construction in London Turkish complementary schools. In: Vally Lytra and J N Jørgensen, eds. Multilingualism and Identities across Contexts: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Turkish-speaking Youth in Europe. University of Copenhagen, pp. 15-43.

Article

Normalising Children’s Diverse Languages and Literacies in Primary Schools in England Quehl, Thomas; Lytra, Vally; Crawford, Jacqueline; Sanhaji, Faris and Ros i Sole, Cristina. 2025. Normalising Children’s Diverse Languages and Literacies in Primary Schools in England. EAL Journal, 25, pp. 21-24.
Language and onward migration: Bridging applied linguistics with migration studies Karatsareas, Petros; Lytra, Vally and Adriana, Patiño-Santos. 2025. Language and onward migration: Bridging applied linguistics with migration studies. Language Teaching, 58(2), pp. 286-289. ISSN 0261-4448
Amplifying children’s voices and expanding spaces for language and culture learning through a whole-school bilingual Russian-English project Lytra, Vally; Gavrilova, Maria; Hume, Paul; Loureda, Nadia; Shtykova, Tatiana and Rosenberg, Jelena. 2024. Amplifying children’s voices and expanding spaces for language and culture learning through a whole-school bilingual Russian-English project. Languages Today, 48, pp. 24-25.

Report

A Toolkit for Implementing Multilingual Pedagogies in Primary Schools in England Lytra, Vally; Quehl, Thomas; Crawford, Jacqueline; Sanhaji, Faris; Ros i Sole, Cristina; Casey, Isobel; Shi, Emma; Smith, Jonathon; Hodgkinson, Lisa and Stevens, Stephanie. 2025. A Toolkit for Implementing Multilingual Pedagogies in Primary Schools in England. Other. Goldsmiths, University of London, London.

Other

40+ Years Greek School of Lausanne Lytra, Vally. 2011. 40+ Years Greek School of Lausanne. Parents’ Association Greek School of Lausanne, Lausanne.