Overview

In the context of Black Lives Matter, decolonizing initiatives, #MeToo, climate emergency protests and other movements for social and environmental justice, this volume posits a simple question: how can modern languages be taught so that they challenge rather than reinforce social inequalities? Informed by interdisciplinary theories, Critical Pedagogies for Modern Language Education focuses on practical discussions of case studies in areas directly relevant to the classroom contexts of modern languages educators. The volume transforms modern language educators and the modern language profession by putting the politics of language teaching at the centre of its analysis. With case studies covering 11 languages (Modern Standard Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Levantine, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamazight) across 13 countries and regions (Austria, Brazil, China, France, Italy, the Levant, Morocco, the Netherlands, Palestine, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA), the contributors cover a wide range of theories, including critical discourse analysis, activist pedagogies, culturally sustaining pedagogy, linguistic justice and translanguaging. With student-teacher collaboration at its heart, critical modern languages pedagogy unmasks the ideologies and hegemonies that lie behind mainstream language use and affirms the value of minority linguistic and cultural practices. The volume thus provides transformative approaches to modern languages teaching and learning that respond to the key social concerns of the 21st century.

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Author:   Dr Derek Hird
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350298774

ISBN 10:   1350298778
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 August 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Critical Modern Languages Education? Derek Hird (Lancaster University, UK) Part I: Interculturality, Decolonization, and Decanonization 1. Existential Literacy: Promoting the Culture of the Dignity of all Languages in Modern Languages Classroom, David Balosa (Independent Scholar) 2. English Teaching in the Global South: Interculturality, Postcoloniality and Critical Pedagogy, Hamza R’boul (Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 3. Pedagogical Stylistics and World Literature in English in Upper Secondary Schools, Isabella Marinaro (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) Part II: Multilingualism, Translingualism and Linguistic Diversity 4. From Babble to Babel: Engaging Linguistic Diversity in the College Classroom at Home and Abroad, Lucile Duperron (Dickinson College, USA) 5. Bridging Languages, Bridging Cultures: AFL Learners’ Translingual Journeys, Sahar Alshobaki (Roehampton University, UK) Part III: Beyond Stereotypes and Discrimination 6. Modern Language Pedagogy Beyond Sombreros and Toreros, Candace Skibba (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) 7. Third-Person Pronouns, Gender and the Han Gaze in the Chinese Modern Languages Classroom, Derek Hird (Lancaster University, UK) 8. On Facing Racism in ELT: Black Teachers and Racially Relevant Pedagogies in Discussion, Gabriel Nascimento (Federal University of Southern Bahia, Brazil) Part IV: Textbook Discourses 9. The First Encounter: Representations of Gender and LGBTQ+ in Textbooks for Learners of Dutch and Swedish as a Foreign Language, Josef Wikström (Comenius University, Slovakia) and Juul Wolters (Independent Scholar) 10. “For us foreigners, licking your fingers clean is a good habit”: On Learning Chinese and Learning about Discourse from Chinese-Language Textbooks, Séagh Kehoe, Paul Kendall and Gerda Wielander (University of Westminster, UK) Part V: Teacher Education 11. Translanguaging in Austrian Primary Teacher Education, Theresa Guczogi (University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems, Austria) 12. Learning Language in All Subjects - The Key for More Equal Opportunities: A Mixed Methods Study on the Concept of Sprachliche Bildung (Integrative Language Learning) in Primary Schools in Vienna and Lower Austria, Golriz Gilak (University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems, Austria) 13. English for Creative Resistance: Critical Pedagogy in a Teacher Education Programme in Palestine, Maria Grazia Imperiale (University of Glasgow, UK) Index

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This edited volume urges us to engage with the liberatory and transformative potential of languages education and to actively reimagine our practice from critical, social justice and decolonizing perspectives. The carefully curated collection of chapters is underpinned by a diverse range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks as well as practical, polyphonic examples of classroom practice across sectors and geographical contexts. This compelling volume is essential reading for pre- and in-service language teachers and teacher trainers as well as researchers passionate about the enactment of critical language pedagogies. -- Adriana Diaz, Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, Australia A forceful and passionate plea for incorporating politics into the language classroom. Fascinating case studies examine the teaching of 12 languages across 14 countries and discuss a range of current issues related to critical pedagogies and decolonization efforts in education. Should be of vital interest to any teacher of modern languages. -- Claire Kramsch, Emerita Professor of German and Affilate Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA

This edited volume urges us to engage with the liberatory and transformative potential of languages education and to actively reimagine our practice from critical, social justice and decolonizing perspectives. The carefully curated collection of chapters is underpinned by a diverse range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks as well as practical, polyphonic examples of classroom practice across sectors and geographical contexts. This compelling volume is essential reading for pre- and in-service language teachers and teacher trainers as well as researchers passionate about the enactment of critical language pedagogies. -- Adriana Diaz, Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, Australia

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Derek Hird is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Lancaster University, UK.

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