Challenging boundaries in language education / Achilleas Kostoulas, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kostoulas, Achilleas, 1977- editor.

Series:

Second language learning and teaching

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

xx, 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

This edited collection challenges the perceptions of disciplinary, linguistic, geographical and ideological borders that run across language education. By highlighting commonalities and tracing connections between diverse sub-fields that have traditionally been studied separately, the book shows how the perspectives of practitioners and researchers working in diverse areas of language education can mutually inform each other. It consists of three thematic parts: Part I outlines the field of language education and challenges its definition by highlighting additional theoretical constructs that have tended to be viewed as separate from language education. Part II investigates curricular boundaries, showing how the language-learning curriculum can be enriched by connections with other curricular areas. Lastly, Part III looks into the challenges and opportunities associated with language education against the backdrop of globalisation.

Contents:

A journey through the landscapes of language education

Repositioning language education theory

Challenging curricular boundaries and identities through CLIL: an e-learning professional development program for CLIL teachers

Across languages and cultures: modelling teaching and learning with intercomprehension

Schools as linguistic space: multilingual realities at schools in Vienna and Brno

Beyond conventional borders of second language teachers' education: a digital interdisciplinary, and critical postgraduate curriculum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

303017056X

9783030170561

OCLC:

1089778324