Critical pedagogies and language learning / edited by Bonny Norton, Kelleen Toohey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norton, Bonny, 1956-

Toohey, Kelleen, 1950-

Series:

Cambridge applied linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Language teachers--Training of.

Language teachers.

Physical Description:

xiii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This important volume on the critical pedagogical approach addresses such topics as critical multiculturalism, gender and language learning, and popular culture.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Critical pedagogies and language learning: An introduction / Bonny Norton, Kelleen Toohey 1

I Reconceptualizing Second Language Education 19

Chapter 2 Two takes on the critical / Allan Luke 21

Chapter 3 Critical multiculturalism and second language education / Ryuko Kubota 30

Chapter 4 Gender and sexuality in foreign and second language education: Critical and feminist approaches / Aneta Pavlenko 53

Chapter 5 Assessment in multicultural societies: Applying democratic principles and practices to language testing / Elana Shohamy 72

II Challenging Identities 93

Chapter 6 Representation, rights, and resources: Multimodal pedagogies in the language and literacy classroom / Pippa Stein 95

Chapter 7 Subversive identities, pedagogical safe houses, and critical learning / Suresh Canagarajah 116

Chapter 8 "Why does this feel empowering?": Thesis writing, concordancing, and the corporatizing university / Sue Starfield 138

Chapter 9 Modals and memories: A grammar lesson on the Quebec referendum on sovereignty / Brian Morgan 158

III Researching Critical Practices 179

Chapter 10 The logic of nonstandard teaching: A course in Cape Verdean language, culture, and history / Ines Brito, Ambrizeth Lima, Elsa Auerbach 181

Chapter 11 Comic book culture and second language learners / Bonny Norton, Karen Vanderheyden 201

Chapter 12 Classroom interaction, gender, and foreign language learning / Jane Sunderland 222

Chapter 13 Living with inelegance in qualitative research on task-based learning / Constant Leung, Roxy Harris, Ben Rampton 242

IV Educating Teachers for Change 269

Chapter 14 Introducing a critical pedagogical curriculum: A feminist reflexive account / Angel M. Y. Lin 271

Chapter 15 Negotiating expertise in an action research community / Kelleen Toohey, Bonnie Waterstone 291

Chapter 16 Performed ethnography for critical language teacher education / Tara Goldstein 311

Chapter 17 Critical moments in a TESOL praxicum / Alastair Pennycook 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521828023

0521535220

OCLC:

52109644