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View article: Educating the Multilingual Subject
Educating the Multilingual Subject Open
One strand of Claire Kramsch’s work has been a deep reflection on what it means to be multilingual. Kramsch has argued that being multilingual involves subjective and symbolic dimensions of engagement with languages, cultures and interlocu…
View article: Developing a Critical Intercultural Perspective in Language Learning
Developing a Critical Intercultural Perspective in Language Learning Open
Intercultural language teaching and learning is one manifestation of the critical turn in language education. Its critical dimension is characterised by a strong emphasis on self-reflexivity in both teaching and learning, and by a transfor…
View article: Teachers’ cognition in changing practice: Implementing group discussion in EFL classes in universities in South-Western China
Teachers’ cognition in changing practice: Implementing group discussion in EFL classes in universities in South-Western China Open
This paper presents a qualitative study that examined how group discussions were used in EFL classes at universities in Yunnan Province, a resource-limited region in southwest China and how regional issues affected their use and effectiven…
View article: Research perspectives on virtual intercultural exchange in language education
Research perspectives on virtual intercultural exchange in language education Open
This opening chapter features a three-way discussion between three leading authors in the field of Intercultural Education. Their expertise spans three continents and a variety of educational settings. The discussion was based on the autho…
View article: Teacher education for diversity: afterword
Teacher education for diversity: afterword Open
This final contribution offers an overview of issues that arise in the earlier papers. It makes a commentary on what has been established about teacher education for diversity in Anglophone countries, by considering three themes that emerg…
View article: An Introduction to Conversation Analysis
An Introduction to Conversation Analysis Open
Conversation is one of the most widespread uses of human language, but what is actually happening when we interact this way? How is conversation structured? How does it function?
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\nAnswering these questions and more, An Introduction to …
View article: Changing Practice in University English Language Teaching: The Influence of the Chronotope on Teachers’ Action
Changing Practice in University English Language Teaching: The Influence of the Chronotope on Teachers’ Action Open
This study aims to investigate how time is coordinated with the professional space of the universities in western China. It examines how the situatedness of English language teachers in institutional spaces influences their understandings …
View article: Constraints on innovation in English language teaching in hinterland regions of China
Constraints on innovation in English language teaching in hinterland regions of China Open
Since the start of the twenty-first century, English has come to be seen by the Chinese government as a linchpin of its continued economic and political influence. Its resultant efforts to promote innovation in English language teaching al…
View article: English and Language Policies in East and Southeast Asia
English and Language Policies in East and Southeast Asia Open
This chapter briefly reviews developments in both status planning, that is the social and official roles languages may have in political systems, and corpus planning, that is how languages can be standardized so that they can better fulfil…
View article: A tribute to Robert (Bob) Boris Kaplan (1929-2020): A distinguished scholar and supportive colleague
A tribute to Robert (Bob) Boris Kaplan (1929-2020): A distinguished scholar and supportive colleague Open
With the passing of Robert (Bob) B. Kaplan we have lost not only a distinguished scholar in the field of Applied Linguistics but also one of the founding editors of Current Issues in Language Planning. Inspired by the idea of establishing …
View article: Ideology in language policy and educational practice
Ideology in language policy and educational practice Open
This chapter provides a number of perspectives on ideology as it influences language policy and educational practice in the teaching and learning of English in the contemporary world. It shows the critique of linguistic imperialism address…
View article: The Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia
The Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia Open
This chapter discusses the umbrella term 'local language' will be used as this is most closely related to the terminology used in language education policies. In attempting to understand language education policy in Indonesia, it is crucia…
View article: Critical perspectives in intercultural language learning.
Critical perspectives in intercultural language learning. Open
In the last 25 years, the topic of learning strategies has attracted a great deal of interest, quite often to analyse the use first (L1) and second language (L2) learners make of these strategies and how they can be helped to improve strat…
View article: Critical perspectives in intercultural language learning.
Critical perspectives in intercultural language learning. Open
Intercultural language teaching and learning is one manifestation of the critical turn in language education. Its critical dimension is characterised by a strong emphasis on self-reflexivity in both teaching and learning, and by a transfor…
View article: Language teaching and learning as a transdisciplinary endeavour
Language teaching and learning as a transdisciplinary endeavour Open
Language teaching and learning is commonly considered as a research discipline that resides within the field of ‘applied linguistics’, at least in the way the field is conceptualized by English-speaking academia. However, if we consider la…
View article: The impact of school structures and cultures on change in teaching and learning: the case of languages
The impact of school structures and cultures on change in teaching and learning: the case of languages Open
This paper reports on a project of structural and curriculum change in the Languages learning area in three Australian schools that implemented new models of Languages provision over a 3-year period and seeks to examine the ways that schoo…
View article: Reconceptualising Learning in Transdisciplinary Languages Education
Reconceptualising Learning in Transdisciplinary Languages Education Open
Understanding and working with the complexity of second language learning and use in an intercultural orientation necessitates a re-examination of the different theories of learning that inform the different schools of second language acqu…
View article: Translation as intercultural mediation: setting the scene
Translation as intercultural mediation: setting the scene Open
This introduction to the volume examines the concept of intercultural mediation as it applies to the work of translators. To frame the discussion, it considers what it means for a translator to mediate between languages and cultures and th…