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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828884803321

Autore

Osborn Terry A. <1966-, >

Titolo

Teaching world languages for social justice : a sourcebook of principles and practices / / Terry A. Osborn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J. : , : L. Erlbaum Associates, , 2006

ISBN

1-135-60985-3

1-135-60986-1

1-283-96166-0

1-282-37566-0

9786612375668

1-4106-1719-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

418/.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Teaching World Languages for Social Justice; Copyright  Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1.Leaving the Marketplace; 2.Dialogical Classrooms: Foundations of a New Foundation; 3.Teacher Preparation as the Basis for Praxis; 4.The Politics of Grammar and Vocabulary; 5.Canon Fire: Why Literature Still Has Its Place; 6.Critical Discourse and Visual Analysis as Pedagogy; 7.Crossing the Lines: Interdisciplinary Possibilities; 8.A Small Virtual World After All: Communities in Cyberspace; 9.Reconcile! Toward a Unified Discipline; Afterword

Appendix: Language Spoken at Home for the United States: 2000References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Teaching World Languages for Social Justice: A Sourcebook of Principles and Practices offers principles based on theory, and innovative concepts, approaches, and practices illustrated through concrete examples, for promoting social justice and developing a critical praxis in foreign language classrooms in the U.S. and in wider world language communities. For educators seeking to translate these ideals into classroom practice in an environment dominated by the current



standards movement and accountability measures, the critical insights on language education offered in this text will be