Decolonizing Foreign Language Education The Misteaching of English and Other Colonial Languages

• Main Author: DeGraff, Michel
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Routledge 2019; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Series in Critical Narrative
• Subjects: applied linguistics; Bilingualism; critical pedagogy; deficit ideology; Education Policy & Politics; efl; English language; English language > Globalization; English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers; ESL; first language education; foreign language education; globalization; hegemony; heritage language education; Imperialism and philology; monocultural; multilinguism; Second language acquisition; Second language acquisition > Social aspects; second language education; sla; Sociolinguistics; Sociology of Education; teacher education; translanguaging; translingual; Foreign Language Teaching Programs; Vice Versa; English Language Learners; Heritage Language Learners; ESL Program; Latinx Students; Foreign Language Teacher; ESL Teacher; Language Ontogeny; L2 Acquisition; Foreign Language Teacher Education; Applied Linguistics; Professional Development; Heritage Language Education; Heritage Language Students; Lingua Franca; Foreign Language Study; SLA Research; Dynamic Language Practices; Language Education Programs; Foreign Language Education; Heritage Language Teachers; Foreign Language Teacher Education Programs; SLA Researcher; Heritage Language
• ISBN: 9781138320680; 1138320684; 1138320692; 9781138320697
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429453113

Decolonizing Foreign Language Education interrogates current foreign language and second language education approaches that prioritize white, western thought. Edited by acclaimed critical theorist and linguist Donaldo Macedo, this volume includes cutting-edge work by a select group of critical language scholars working to rigorously challenge the marginalization of foreign language education and the displacement of indigenous and non-standard language varieties through the reification of colonial languages. Each chapter confronts the hold of colonialism and imperialism that informs and shapes the relationship between foreign language education and literary studies by asserting that a critical approach to applied linguistics is just as important a tool for FL/ESL/EFL educators as literature or linguistic theory.