Overview
- Introduces conceptual understanding of language as heteroglossic
- A unique balance between theory and empirical research in classroom contexts
- Ties in with the latest developments in plurilingual theories and research
- Focuses on critical and creative plurilingual endeavors across a range of classrooms
Part of the book series: Educational Linguistics (EDUL, volume 42)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Conceptual Shifts in Language Teaching and Learning
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Plurilingual Engagements for Critical Literacy
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Plurilingual Engagements for Language and Literacy
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Plurilingual Engagements for Higher Education
Keywords
- second language education/ESL/ bilingual education
- multiliteracies and multimodalities
- teacher education
- ELT and plurilingualism
- translanguaging for critical bi-literacy
- Health issues and plurilingualism in the "English" classroom
- early childhood language education
- multilingual plurilingual literacies
- the multilingual turn in applied linguistics
- learning and instruction
- bilingualism
About this book
This book critically engages with theoretical shifts marked by the ‘multilingual turn’ in applied linguistics, and articulates the complexities associated with naming and engaging with the everyday language practices of bi/multilingual communities. It discusses methodological approaches that enable researchers and educators to observe and interact with these communities and to understand their teaching and learning needs. It also highlights pedagogical approaches and instructional strategies involved with learning and teaching language and/or content curriculum to students across various learning and educational contexts.
The book addresses recent debates on the multi/plural turn in applied linguistics and articulates the limitations of these debates - particularly the absence of discussion of social power relations and contexts in applying different theoretical lenses. It features empirical research from primarily North American classrooms to highlight how plurilingual pedagogies take shape in unique educational contexts, resisting monolingual approaches to language in education. Furthermore, it includes commentary/response pieces from established scholars in dialogue with recent plurilingual research in the field, to put the work in critical perspective within extant theories and literature.Reviews
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plurilingual Pedagogies
Book Subtitle: Critical and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language in Education
Editors: Sunny Man Chu Lau, Saskia Van Viegen
Series Title: Educational Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36983-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36982-8Published: 11 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36985-9Published: 11 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36983-5Published: 10 April 2020
Series ISSN: 1572-0292
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1656
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 339
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics, Literacy, Learning & Instruction, Multilingualism, Bilingualism