The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning
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The most up-to-date reference text on the latest science in plurilingual and intercultural language education, covering both new research and current practice
The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning reveals the nuances and complexities of teaching and learning languages while providing a timely account of the most recent developments and research in the field. The first reference work to examine plurilingual and intercultural language teaching and learning trends across five continents, this innovative volume examines the various ways learners acquire language.
Divided into four sections, this Handbook explains the conceptual basis of intercultural and plurilingual learning, describes core pedagogical concepts in different contexts, discusses various learning and teaching approaches, and surveys the historical development of foreign language instruction, methods, and theories. In-depth chapters address code-switching and translanguaging, equity in foreign language learning, intercultural sensitivity, technology-enhanced learning, world Englishes, the role of language policy in nation-building, the situations of migrants in language classrooms, and more.
A field-defining overview of the latest research on the science of language education and acquisition, The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning:
- Explores how policy and pedagogy can adapt to the shifting demographics of local student populations as the world becomes increasingly mobile
- Addresses new trends and evolving themes that are currently determining the future of language education and policy around the world
- Discusses future trends in language education policy, assessment, and teacher training in light of new attitudes about language, community, and statehood
- Features contributions from a wide range of scholars reflecting different cultural, linguistic, regional, and ideological perspectives
- Introduces European research discourses on intercomprehension into the English-speaking world
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series, The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning is an essential resource for students, educators, and researchers in Applied Linguistics, language teaching and learning, English as a Lingua Franca, plurilingualism/multilingualism, TESOL, cognitive linguistics, language policy, language acquisition, and intercultural communication.
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Andy Gao is Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of New South Wales. He is an expert in language teaching, language education policy, and language strategy, and has published articles in such journals as Language, Culture and Curriculum; The International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism; and Language Policy. He is an Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
Paula Garrett-Rucks is Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition at Georgia State University, USA. Her work is on social justice in language learning, computer assisted language learning, and learners' cultural perceptions and stereotypes. She is author of Intercultural competence in instructed language learning: Bridging theory and practice (Information Age Publishing, 2016).
Content
SECTION 1a: Culture
1. Identity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2. From Multiculturalism to Social Justice: Implications for Language Education in the United States and Canada
3. Intercultural Competence
4. Critical Interculturality in Language Learning: Plurilingualism for Problematizing and Enriching the Notion
SECTION 1b: Language
5. Language, Languages, Plurilingual Education
6. Endangered Languages and Language Revitalization
7. Conceptualising and Positioning Lingua Francas: English and Other Languages
8. Language Comparison in Plurilingual Learning and Processing
9. Rethinking Codeswitching and Translanguaging as Language Management Strategies in the Dynamic Model of Multilingualism
10. Multimodality and Trans-Semiotics
SECTION 1c: Language policies
11. Languages and Nation Building
12. Language Policy and Planning: A Focus on ASEAN and EU Contexts
13. Critical Approaches to World Englishes
14. Issues of Equity and Access in Foreign Language Education
15. Plurilingual Language Policies and Teaching Approaches in Higher Education
SECTION 2: PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTS
SECTION 2a: PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTS OF INTERCULTURAL LEARNING
16. Intercultural Discourses between Universalism and Particularism
17. Transculturality (Revisited)
18. Assessing Intercultural Competence
19. Intercultural Education through Literature
20. Intercultural Learning in Preschool and Primary School Contexts
21. Intercultural Learning in Secondary School Contexts and in Adult Education
22. Linguistic and Cultural Mediation
SECTION 2b: PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTS OF PLURILINGUAL LEARNING
23. Didactics of Plurilingualism - A European View
24. Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence: Origins, Current Trends and Future Directions
25. Plurilingual Assessment
26. Many Languages - One Curriculum
27. Using Telecollaboration to Prepare Teacher Candidates for Plurilingual Students
SECTION 3: LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES
28. Teaching Intercomprehension and Foreign Language Learning Competence
29. Teaching and Learning Materials Fostering Plurilingualism
30. Intercultural and Plurilingual Aspects in Language Teacher Education
31. Teaching Plurilingualism
32. Teaching Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence
33. Plurilingual Language Learning Competence
34. Doing Language and Gender in the Classroom: Teaching toward Justice
SECTION 4: DIACHRONIC ASPECTS
35. Methods and Motivations in Foreign Language Teaching from Antiquity to the Present
36. From Native Speaker to Intercultural Plurilingual Speaker: About the Eventful History of Guiding Concepts in Applied Linguistics and Foreign Language Pedagogy
37. Critical Applied Language/Linguistics Imaginings and Academic Legacies for a Better World