Activating linguistic and cultural diversity in the language classroom
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Activating linguistic and cultural diversity in the language classroom
（Educational linguistics, v. 55）
Springer, c2022
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Other editors: Geoff Lawrence, Aline Germain-Rutherford, Angelica Galante
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Description
This book challenges the reader to rethink and reimagine what diversity in language education means in transnational societies. Bringing together researchers and practitioners who contributed to the international LINguistic and Cultural DIversity REinvented (LINCDIRE) project, the book examines four pillars of innovation in language education: the Action-oriented approach, Plurilingualism, Indigenous epistemologies and Technology enhanced learning. The book critically discusses plurilingual pedagogical approaches that draw on learners' linguistic and cultural repertoires to encourage and support the dynamic use of languages in curricular innovation. It is a fundamental resource for language teachers, curriculum designers and educational researchers interested in understanding current thinking on the relevance and benefit of a plurilingual paradigm shift for language education in today's societies.
More specifically, this book:
Examines the development of plurilingualism and the potential of real-life oriented teaching and learning.
Explores the concept of plurilingual and pluricultural competence.
Focuses on collaboration and reflection from a humanistic tradition.
Explores educational technology and explains the limitations and challenges of adopting ready-made tools.
Highlights the iterative, design-based research process that informed the development of LINCDIRE's pedagogical framework and action-oriented scenarios.
Introduces practical examples of action-oriented tasks and scenarios, and illustrates the online tool (LITE) in terms of its current functionalities and design.
Describes the implementation challenges and opportunities of plurilingual action-oriented tasks and discusses the results of implementation.
Finally, the book examines future pedagogical innovation and research directions in order to help readers reflect on the implications of achieving sustainable change in language education.
This exciting collection addresses an important question in language education: How can plurilingualism and cultural diversity be harnessed to promote sustainable innovation in language learning and teaching? Readers will find contributions from the diverse authors timely, compelling, and engaging.
- Dr. Bonny Norton, FRSC, University Killam Professor, UBC Dept. of Language & Literacy Education, Canada
Embracing a design-based research framework, this book offers learners and teachers powerful validation and a rich, relatable and inspiring action-oriented approach to holistic, dynamic, mediated, embodied, true-to-life, plurilingual language teaching and learning.
- Dr. Elka Todeva, Professor of Applied Linguistics, MATESOL Program / Advanced Seminar in Plurilingual Pedagogy, SIT Graduate Institute, Washington, D.C.
Anyone seeking innovation in Language Education will find in this volume a treasure trove of theoretical, empirical and methodological insights to answer the questions that arose among the 25 co-authors' discussions to rethink language use, language learning, and language teaching.
- Dr. Mercedes Bernaus, Emeritus Professor, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
This thought-provoking and timely book argues convincingly for the need to reconceptualize innovation in language education in an increasingly diverse world.
-Dr. Regine Hampel, Associate Dean (Research Excellence), Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University, UK
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction (Galante).- Part I: Theorizing Innovation.- Chapter 2. Plurilingualism: Integrating languages and cultures in a personally reflective, and socially mediated process (Piccardo).- Chapter 3. Conceptualizing innovation in language education: Holistic and reflective teaching and learning (Germain-Rutherford).- Chapter 4. Technology and tools: From ePortfolios to an integrative system (Lawrence).- Part II: Developing and Researching Innovative Practice.- Chapter 5. Language Integration Through E-Portfolio (LITE): Building, mediating and reflecting on the application of e-portfolio elements to promote plurilingual language education (Goodier).- Chapter 6. Scenarios for learning - scenarios as learning: A design-based research process (Scholze).- Chapter 7. Implementing innovation: Findings from diverse classrooms (Antony-Newman).- Part III. Activating Innovation.- Chapter 8. Teachers implementing action-oriented scenarios: Realities of the 21st century classroom (Townend).- Chapter 9. Action-oriented scenarios in the Anishinaabemowin context: Linking pedagogical innovation with local resources for language revitalization (Potkonjak).- Chapter 10. Advancing plurilingual and pluricultural competence in the language classroom (Galante).- Part IV. Future Directions for Innovation in Language Education.- Chapter 11. All things interconnected: Activating holistic, dynamic and diverse perspectives in the enactment of innovative language education (Piccardo).
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