Disrupting, Decentring and Diversifying Languages and Cultures in Australian Universities

• Autore: Diaz Adriana
• Pubblicazione: Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.449
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Study and teaching; Language and culture
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- List of illustrations -- Figure 1.1. Visual representation of disrupting, decentring and diversifying forces -- Figure 1.2. Visualising the interplay of disrupting, decentring and diversifying forces -- Figure 6.1. LGBTQI+ in Italy and Australia -- Figure 6.2. The education of citizenship -- Figure 6.3. Catcalling in Melbourne and Milan -- Figure 7.1. A design pattern for teachers designing for adult language learning at university -- Figure 7.2. An excerpt of learner-robot interactions -- Figure 7.3. Making dumplings with a robot, a tablet and tangible objects (food ingredients and kitchenware) -- Figure 7.4. Students' positive perceptions of statements incorporated in the post-study survey -- Figure 7.5. The design team's immediate reflection, shared on the social media platform LINE -- Figure 8.1. Factors contributing to students' motivation -- Figure 8.2. The project as a challenging experience -- Figure 8.3. The level of anxiety experienced in comparison to a class presentation -- Figure 9.1. The beginning of the VR non-immersive video tour (Project 1) -- Figure 9.2. Example of a virtual tour break and interactive links (Project 1) -- Figure 9.3. The voyage by sea of the two steamships, Piemonte and Lombardo (Project 2) -- Figure 9.4. 3D models of the expedition artefacts created with Sketchfab (Project 2) -- Figure 9.5. Virtual gallery of the three diarist-volunteers (Project 2) -- Figure 9.6. Video installation (Project 2) -- Table 3.1. Graduates of South Australian language training courses since 2011 -- Table 6.1. Virtual exchanges in 2021 -- Table 6.2. Virtual exchanges in 2022 -- Table 6.3. Italian students' comments -- Table 7.1. The task design process for making dumplings -- Table 8.1. The project as a rewarding experience and as an example of project-based learning. ; Table 8.2. The use of language as part of the project and its link to the Italian presence in Melbourne -- Table 10.1. Template grading rubric -- Table 10.2. Student edits and sources table -- Table 10.3. Learner engagement as shown by LMS analytics -- Acronyms -- Editors and contributors -- 1. Disrupting, decentring and diversifying languages and cultures in Australian higher education -- 2. Slipping and sliding: Knowledge production, innovation and creativity from an Indigenous educational perspective -- 3. Falling between the cracks: Learning and teaching Aboriginal languages in the adult education sector in South Australia -- 4. Disrupting idealisations of communication in language learning pedagogy: Digital possibilities -- 5. In step: SOGIESC and language teaching, and learning and the linguistic diversification of gender justice -- 6. Diversifying language and culture through real-world connections: Virtual exchanges during the COVID-19 pandemic -- 7. Designing for adult language learning in a robot-assisted language learning context -- 8. 'It wasn't like getting up in front of the class to speak': Promoting L2 motivation and reducing L2 speaking anxiety through a podcasting project -- 9. No tickets required! Interactive virtual tours and virtual environments in the study of Italian language and culture -- 10. Loosening the reins of teacher control: Empowering student writers through web‑based tools -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: How can languages and cultures in Australian higher education be disrupted, decentred and diversified?.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disrupting, Decentring and Diversifying Languages and Cultures in Australian Universities
• ISBN: 1-76046-708-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911061748303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: LCNAU Studies in Languages and Cultures Series