Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education

Theory and Practice

Adriana Raquel Díaz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2013
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-78309-034-1 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on narrowing the gap between the often conflicting theoretical and practical imperatives faced by language teachers in an internationalised higher education context. It provides conceptual discussions of emerging critical intercultural language pedagogies as well as empirical accounts and case studies from the frontline.

Despite widespread agreement about the need to develop interculturally competent graduates, there is a lack of agreement about how this goal may be achieved in practice. This is significant as universities around the world, particularly in English-speaking countries, have espoused an interculturally-aware vision for their future graduates and turned to language education, as an inherently intercultural activity, to expose students to a world which is linguistically and culturally different from their own. This book focuses on narrowing the gap between the often conflicting theoretical and practical imperatives faced by language teachers in an internationalised higher education context. It does so by providing comprehensive conceptual discussions of emerging critical intercultural language pedagogies as well as empirical accounts and case studies from the frontline.

Adriana Raquel Díaz is Associate Lecturer at the School of Languages and Linguistics, Griffith University, Australia. Her main research activities focus on the development of intercultural competence, the variables affecting the implementation of intercultural language curricula and teaching methodologies as well as teachers' journeys in the development of intercultural language learning pedagogies.

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

PART I – THE THEORY/PRACTICE GAP IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PEDAGOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Chapter 1 – Stumbling Blocks to Bridging the Theory/Practice Gap

Chapter 2 – From Stumbling Blocks into Building Blocks

PART II – THEORY VS. PRACTICE AND THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY

Chapter 3 – Case Studies of Curricular Innovation

Chapter 4 – The Good, the Bad and the Feasible

PART III – BRIDGING THE GAP WITHOUT FALLING INTO THE PRECIPICE

Chapter 5 - Articulating the Feasible with Sustainable Innovation

Conclusion - Prospects for a Field in Transition

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.9.2013
Reihe/Serie	Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	302 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-78309-034-0 / 1783090340
ISBN-13	978-1-78309-034-1 / 9781783090341
Zustand	Neuware