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Curriculum Design and Praxis in Language Teaching presents a variety of methodologies and theoretical perspectives for current and future postsecondary instructors in the areas of linguistics, second-language acquisition, and world literatures. Offering valuable insights for instructors, the materials presented in this book integrate perspectives and resources from various target languages, world regions, and cultures into areas related to teaching and learning within the field of language. From critical assessments of the current academic curriculum to the fine-tuning of lesson planning, the essays in this collection address the innovative design and implementation of traditional, blended, and online language courses. Including inter-artistic approaches, case studies, and practical guides, this book provides theoretical and hands-on suggestions regarding how to mindfully reinforce students' socio-cultural engagement and linguistic development both inside and outside of their language-learning classrooms. Theinnovative ideas for language pedagogy presentedin this book including implementing technology, enhancing engaged spaces of learning, and adapting to the ever-changing field of pedagogy represent agile ways of blending old and new approaches to carry forward into twenty-first-century postsecondary classrooms.

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In an era when social justice and technology mandates dominate curricular priorities in language education and indeed more broadly, this timely volume compiles a well-curated and impressive range of contributions from leading international scholars in the field. Research-informed practices and theoretical insights offer language teachers and teacher educators concrete pathways and strategies for responding to increasing complexity and intersectionality in their classrooms. Curriculum theorists and practitioners alike will benefit from the thought-provoking chapters that span issues of student engagement, language and power, and digital storytelling. - Clea A. Schmidt, Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba This edited volume expertly bridges theory and practice, offering critical and innovative approaches to the teaching and learning of languages, literatures, and linguistics in higher education. It covers a rich array of topics that provide educators, both experienced and novice alike, with concrete language pedagogies to meet the current needs for communication across cultures, languages, modalities, and art forms, as well as both physical and virtual spaces. - Sunny M.C. Lau, Associate Professor in the School of Education, Bishop's University

"""In an era when social justice and technology mandates dominate curricular priorities in language education and indeed more broadly, this timely volume compiles a well-curated and impressive range of contributions from leading international scholars in the field. Research-informed practices and theoretical insights offer language teachers and teacher educators concrete pathways and strategies for responding to increasing complexity and intersectionality in their classrooms. Curriculum theorists and practitioners alike will benefit from the thought-provoking chapters that span issues of student engagement, language and power, and digital storytelling."" - Clea A. Schmidt, Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba ""This edited volume expertly bridges theory and practice, offering critical and innovative approaches to the teaching and learning of languages, literatures, and linguistics in higher education. It covers a rich array of topics that provide educators, both experienced and novice alike, with concrete language pedagogies to meet the current needs for communication across cultures, languages, modalities, and art forms, as well as both physical and virtual spaces."" - Sunny M.C. Lau, Associate Professor in the School of Education, Bishop's University"

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Fernanda Carra-Salsberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University. Maria Figueredo is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University. Mihyon Jeon is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at York University.

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