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A Critical Examination of Language and Community, edited by Paul Chamness Miller and colleagues, presents international perspectives on language and community. The book features reviews, multi-disciplinary perspectives, empirical research, and discussions on the intersection of language, power, and social practices.
The Readings in Language Studies series offers international perspectives on critical themes in language studies, including pedagogy, power, identity, and second language acquisition. Developed with the International Society for Language Studies, each volume features global authors and the latest research.
Founded in 2002, the International Society for Language Studies is a global organization dedicated to critical, interdisciplinary language studies. Its eighth volume, Critical Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Society, offers international perspectives on various language-related themes.
This volume explores the intersection of language studies and peace, featuring international contributions that include reviews, multi-disciplinary perspectives, empirical research, and pedagogical reflections. It aims to bridge disciplinary territories and examine relationships among language, power, discourses, and social practices.
English Language Teaching (ELT), especially English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL), has been witnessing unprecedented changes in curriculum, teaching methodology, and the application of learning theories. This has created a demand for teachers who can teach English to learners of varied cultural, socio-economic and psychological backgrounds. The book, in its second edition, continues to discuss the modern trends, innovations, as well as the difficulties and challenges in teaching and learning ESL in a non-native context. The book, with contributions from many experts (each one specializing in a particular field) from countries such as UK, USA, Australia, N...
This book is the result of the cooperation between Cambridge Scholars Press and the Centre for Applied Linguistics of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment of Santiago de Cuba. The present volume is a peer-reviewed selection from the papers written in English that were presented at the 9th International Symposium on Social Communication (Santiago de Cuba, January 24-28, 2005). The symposia are held by the Santiago-based institution every two years. Since their inception in 1987, these meetings have provided an excellent opportunity for scientific exchange among scholars from all continents, through the presentation of papers, keynote speeches, and workshops focusing on the ...
This book explores intersections between spirituality, social justice, and world language learning. It highlights their relevance to teacher education, classroom practices, and theoretical discussions. The essays aim to open fresh questions and show the importance of these intersections in academic and social contexts.
Language educators in general, and foreign language educators in particular, need to be aware of and sensitive to issues related to the interface and nexus of language, education, and ideology. This work places foreign language education in its social context, as well as applying critical pedagogy to the foreign language classroom, to help educators become more aware of the social, political, historical, and economic contexts in which they work and which effect the classroom setting. Research and scholarship in critical pedagogy is impressive, extensive, and powerful, and has had significant impact on nearly every aspect of contemporary educational scholarship. One area in which critical the...