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Liberating Language Education

Author : Vally Lytra,Cristina Ros i Solé,Jim Anderson,Vicky Macleroy
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788927963

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Liberating Language Education by Vally Lytra,Cristina Ros i Solé,Jim Anderson,Vicky Macleroy Pdf

This book responds to a growing body of work in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics that places an emphasis on situated descriptions of language education practices and illuminates how these descriptions are enmeshed with local, institutional and wider social forces. It engages with new ways of understanding language that expand its meaning by including other semiotic resources and meaning-making practices and bring to the fore its messiness and unpredictability. The chapters illustrate how a translingual and transcultural orientation to language and language pedagogy can provide a point of entry to reimagining what language education might look like under conditions of heightened linguistic and cultural diversity and increased linguistic and social inequalities. The book unites an international group of contributors, presenting state-of-the-art empirical studies drawing on a wide range of local contexts and spaces, from linguistically and culturally heterogeneous mainstream and HE classrooms to complementary (community) school and informal language learning contexts.

Democracy and World Language Education

Author : Timothy Reagan
Publisher : IAP
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648028403

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Democracy and World Language Education by Timothy Reagan Pdf

This book challenges the reader to consider issues of language and linguistic discrimination as they impact world language education. Using the nexus of race, language, and education as a lens through which one can better understand the role of the world language education classroom as both a setting of oppression and as a potential setting for transformation, Democracy and World Language Education: Toward a Transformation offers insights into a number of important topics. Among the issues that are addressed in this timely book are linguicism, the ideology of linguistic legitimacy, raciolinguistics, and critical epistemology. Specific cases and case studies that are explored in detail include the contact language Spanglish, African American English, and American Sign Language. The book also includes critical examinations of the less commonly taught languages, the teaching of classical languages (primarily Latin and Greek), and the paradoxical learning and speaking of “critical languages” that are supported primarily for purposes of national security (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, etc.).

Peacebuilding in Language Education

Author : Rebecca L. Oxford,María Matilde Olivero,Melinda Harrison,Tammy Gregersen
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788929813

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Peacebuilding in Language Education by Rebecca L. Oxford,María Matilde Olivero,Melinda Harrison,Tammy Gregersen Pdf

This innovative, much-needed book shares powerful wisdom and practical strategies to help language teachers, teacher educators and peace educators communicate peace, contribute to peace and weave peacebuilding into classrooms and daily life. The clear, six-part Language of Peace Approach underlies more than 50 creative activities that can promote peacebuilding competence in secondary and post-secondary students, current and prospective educators and community members outside of academia. Chapters span the spectrum from cross-cultural peace education to the positive psychology of peace, from nonverbal peace language to transformative language teaching for peace, and from the needs of language learners to the needs of language educators. The book makes a unique and valuable contribution to the discussion of how we can live together peacefully in a changing world.

Decolonizing Foreign Language Education

Author : Donaldo Macedo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429841736

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Decolonizing Foreign Language Education by Donaldo Macedo Pdf

Decolonizing Foreign Language Education interrogates current foreign language and second language education approaches that prioritize white, western thought. Edited by acclaimed critical theorist and linguist Donaldo Macedo, this volume includes cutting-edge work by a select group of critical language scholars working to rigorously challenge the marginalization of foreign language education and the displacement of indigenous and non-standard language varieties through the reification of colonial languages. Each chapter confronts the hold of colonialism and imperialism that inform and shape the relationship between foreign language education and literary studies by asserting that a critical approach to applied linguistics is just as important a tool for FL/ESL/EFL educators as literature or linguistic theory.

The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education

Author : Enrica Piccardo,Aline Germain-Rutherford,Geoff Lawrence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351002769

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The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education by Enrica Piccardo,Aline Germain-Rutherford,Geoff Lawrence Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education is the first comprehensive publication on plurilingualism, offering a multidimensional reflection on the nature, scope, and potential of plurilingualism in language education and society. Authored by a range of internationally recognized experts, the Handbook provides an overview of key perspectives on plurilingualism in a complementary range of fields. After a comprehensive introduction to the concept itself, 24 chapters are organized in six parts, each examining plurilingualism through a different lens. The Handbook spans historical, philosophical, and sociological dimensions, examines cognitive and neuroscientific implications, and the limitations of boundaries before moving to a pragmatic perspective: How is plurilingual language education developing in different contexts around the world? How can it contribute to language revitalization? How can it be expected to develop in education, digital spaces, and society as a whole? Written for an international audience, this handbook is an indispensable reference tool for scholars in education and applied linguistics, educators, graduate and post-graduate students, and policy makers.

Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching

Author : Carl S. Blyth,Joshua J. Thoms
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800411012

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Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching by Carl S. Blyth,Joshua J. Thoms Pdf

Compared with STEM fields, foreign language (FL) education and second language acquisition have only slowly embraced open education and the new knowledge ecologies it produces. FL educators may have been hesitant to participate in the open education movement due to a lack of research which investigates the benefits and challenges of FL learning and teaching in open environments. This book contextualizes open education in FL learning and teaching via an historical overview of the movement, along with an in-depth exploration of how the open movement affects FL education beyond the classroom context; fills the research void by exploring aspects of open second language learning and teaching across a range of educational contexts; and illustrates new ways of creating, adapting and curating FL materials that are freely shared among FL educators and students. This book is open access under a CC BY ND licence.

Changing Language Education Through CALL

Author : Randall P. Donaldson,Margaret A. Haggstrom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134233830

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Changing Language Education Through CALL by Randall P. Donaldson,Margaret A. Haggstrom Pdf

The last twenty years has seen a huge evolution in approaches to language-learning, due to new technology as well changing theories on how to best teach languages. Recognising the key relationship between research, practice and program development, Changing Language Education Through CALL is an important text advocating change that makes effective use of new research into learning styles, as well as new technology. Bringing together sixteen internationally respected experts in second-language acquisition and computer technologies, it presents teachers with user-friendly, flexible ways to incorporate technology into the language learning process and provides both the theoretical and practical basis for CALL applications across a broad spectrum of teaching styles, textbooks and courses. Practical and clearly presented, each chapter in this book concentrates on the learning process and the teacher’s role in facilitating this through the proper and effective use of technology - thus ensuring that the partnership of pedagogical expertise and technological innovation remains the work’s focus.

Studies and Global Perspectives of Second Language Teaching and Learning

Author : John W. Schwieter
Publisher : IAP
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781623962128

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Studies and Global Perspectives of Second Language Teaching and Learning by John W. Schwieter Pdf

This book explores theories and pedagogies in the L2 classroom that have led to an understanding of how non-native languages are taught and learned. Featuring a diverse set of perspectives from researchers and language educators from around the globe, this book highlights important theoretical and practical underpinnings of the L2 classroom—discussions on what has worked and why. Some examples of these topics include: online and nonverbal communication, peace literacy, learning behaviors, high-impact practices, pragmatic awareness, study abroad, implicit and explicit teaching, motivation, and more. One mission of this book is to appreciate a diverse array of L2 teaching practices with sound theoretical underpinnings and universal implications for L2 classrooms. The chapter contributions are the result of an open call for studies that highlight practical innovative approaches in L2 teaching and learning and expand the avenues of exploration available within their theoretical frameworks. More specifically, the call for proposals sought to gather a diverse set of perspectives from researchers and language educators from various parts of the world in order to provide practical and thought-provoking insight on innovative approaches to L2 teaching. As such, the studies in this book all share a common goal that demonstrates the applicability of L2 teaching practices across languages, cultures, and regions. The book is intended to act as a valuable reference for language educators, practitioners, specialists, and anyone studying or wishing to gain an overview of successful teaching practices and learning nuances in the L2 classroom that cross all languages, cultures, and regions.

Cultural Globalization and Language Education

Author : B. Kumaravadivelu,Anonimo
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 030011110X

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Cultural Globalization and Language Education by B. Kumaravadivelu,Anonimo Pdf

We live in a world that is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization. In this thought provoking book, Kumaravadivelu explores the impact of cultural globalization on second and foreign language education.

Sociolinguistics and Language Education

Author : Nancy H. Hornberger,Sandra Lee McKay
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847694010

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Sociolinguistics and Language Education by Nancy H. Hornberger,Sandra Lee McKay Pdf

This book, addressed to experienced and novice language educators, provides an up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics, reflecting changes in the global situation and the continuing evolution of the field and its relevance to language education around the world. Topics covered include nationalism and popular culture, style and identity, creole languages, critical language awareness, gender and ethnicity, multimodal literacies, classroom discourse, and ideologies and power. Whether considering the role of English as an international language or innovative initiatives in Indigenous language revitalization, in every context of the world sociolinguistic perspectives highlight the fluid and flexible use of language in communities and classrooms, and the importance of teacher practices that open up spaces of awareness and acceptance of --and access to--the widest possible communicative repertoire for students.

Language Education and Emotions

Author : Mathea Simons,Tom F.H. Smits
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000200461

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Language Education and Emotions by Mathea Simons,Tom F.H. Smits Pdf

Language Education and Emotions presents innovative, empirical research into the influence of emotions and affective factors in language education, both in L1 and in foreign language education. It offers a comprehensive overview of studies authored and co-authored by researchers from all over the world. The volume opens and ends with "backbone" contributions by two of the discipline’s most reputed scholars: Jane Arnold (Spain) and Jean-Marc Dewaele (United Kingdom). This book broadens our understanding of emotions, including well-known concepts such as foreign language anxiety as well as addressing the emotions that have only recently received scientific attention, driven by the positive psychology movement. Chapters explore emotions from the perspective of the language learner and the language teacher, and in relation to educational processes. A number of contributions deal with traditional, school-based contexts, whereas others study new settings of foreign language education such as migration. The book paints a picture of the broad scale of approaches used to study this topic and offers new and relevant insights for the field of language education and emotions. This book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the field of language education, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Experiential Learning in Foreign Language Education

Author : Viljo Kohonen,Riitta Jaatinen,Pauli Kaikkonen,Jorma Lehtovaara
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317883074

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Experiential Learning in Foreign Language Education by Viljo Kohonen,Riitta Jaatinen,Pauli Kaikkonen,Jorma Lehtovaara Pdf

The goal of foreign language teaching is expanding from communicative competence towards an intercultural action competence. Essential in the new orientation is the shift towards a more balanced emphasis between the external factors in the learning environment and the personal capacity, conceptions, beliefs and assumptions inside the learner's mind. As part of the changes, assessment is seen as an important means of enhancing the elearning processes, emphasising the role of refelctive self-assessment. The text explores and integrates the necessary knowledge base and practices in foreign language education in terms of the basic concepts of experiential learning, intercultural learning, autobiographical knowledge and teacher development, together with the philosophical underpinnings of foreign language education.

Challenging Boundaries in Language Education

Author : Achilleas Kostoulas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030170578

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Challenging Boundaries in Language Education by Achilleas Kostoulas Pdf

This edited collection challenges the perceptions of disciplinary, linguistic, geographical and ideological borders that run across language education. By highlighting commonalities and tracing connections between diverse sub-fields that have traditionally been studied separately, the book shows how the perspectives of practitioners and researchers working in diverse areas of language education can mutually inform each other. It consists of three thematic parts: Part I outlines the field of language education and challenges its definition by highlighting additional theoretical constructs that have tended to be viewed as separate from language education. Part II investigates curricular boundaries, showing how the language-learning curriculum can be enriched by connections with other curricular areas. Lastly, Part III looks into the challenges and opportunities associated with language education against the backdrop of globalisation.

Handbook of Early Language Education

Author : Mila Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030916626

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Handbook of Early Language Education by Mila Schwartz Pdf

This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory, and practice in early childhood language education in various parts of the world and with different populations. The contributions by leading scholars and practitioners are structured to give a survey of the topic, highlight its importance, and provide a critical stance. The book covers preschool ages, and looks at children belonging to diverse ethno-linguistic groups and experiencing different histories and pathways of their socio-linguistic and socio-cultural development and early education. The languages under the scope of this handbook are identified by the contributors as immigrant languages, indigenous, endangered, heritage, regional, minority, majority, and marginalized, as well as foreign and second languages, all of which are discussed in relation to early language education as the key concept of the handbook. In this volume, “early language education” will refer to any kind of setting, both formal and informal (e.g. nursery, kindergarten, early childhood education centers, complementary early schooling etc.) in which language learning within a context of children's sociolinguistic diversity takes place before elementary school.

English Language Education in a Global World

Author : Lap Tuen Wong,Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 1634835204

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English Language Education in a Global World by Lap Tuen Wong,Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri Pdf

With English becoming the world's foremost lingua franca, the pressure to improve English language education (ELE) has been steadily increasing. Consequently, the nature of ELE has changed drastically in the last decade. This has not only brought about a number of changes in the way English is taught and learnt, but it has also led to various innovative practices around the world. As a result, this edited book aims to shed light on the new theoretical and methodological developments in the field of ELE as well as the major issues and difficulties faced by practitioners in different parts of the globe. One very important variable that the book takes into account is the role that English already plays in a particular society since this may affect the views that teachers and students hold of the language. This in turn can significantly influence the way English is taught and learnt in given political, economic and socio-cultural settings. The purpose of this book is therefore to provide a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical methods, policies and problems that underlie English language education in ten different regions across the world, including: the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Japan, China and Hong Kong. In doing so, the different chapters in the book emphasize the importance of responding to linguistic and other forms of diversity in order to develop English language education in a globalized world. This book will be useful for teachers and students of English language, for English language curriculum and materials developers, and for those involved in educational policy-making and language acquisition research. Written by experts in the field, the range of content covered in the book's chapters will also help policy-makers, researchers and practitioners develop effective English language education practices and policies, and propose solutions to emerging issues in English language teaching and learning in different environments around the world. The newly-developed arguments and concerns pertaining to English language education will serve as future reference for professionals interested in this area of expertise.