Introduction: A Relational View of Language Learning
| Autor: | Angela Scarino, Neil Murray |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Murray, Neil, Scarino, Angela |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Computer science
Language ecologies Superdiversity Multilingualism Language policy and planning Language acquisition Relational view Multiculturalism Global Englishes Epistemology Enculturation Relational view of language learning Pedagogy Language contact Semiotics Curriculum On Language Natural language |
| Zdroj: | Dynamic Ecologies ISBN: 9789400779716 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-007-7972-3_1 |
| Popis: | This introductory chapter, intended to both frame and provide a brief overview of those that follow, takes as its point of departure the realisation that in a world of globalization, where 'super diversity', multiculturalism and multilingualism increasingly characterize communities, and where language contact and cross-cultural interactions have become the norm, a change in the way in which we think about languages and languages education is needed. In particular, languages education needs to be developed on the basis of an understanding of the interplay of all the languages and cultures available in local contexts. In addition, it needs to be developed in such a way that students, as language users and language learners, become effective mediators of meanings across multiple languages, cultures and semiotic systems, thereby undergoing a process of personal transformation. We suggest that the need for such development should urge language planners, policy-makers and educators to adopt a relational perspective on language and languages that both respects and accounts for different world views and which has important implications for curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation. Each of the chapters of this volume, in its own way, provides insights into the need for and consequences of such a perspective. |
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