The Complexity of Identity and Interaction in Language Education

Nathanael Rudolph · Ali Fuad Selvi · Bedrettin Yazan

Aug 2020 · Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching Book 7 · Multilingual Matters

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This book addresses two critical calls pertaining to language education. Firstly, for attention to be paid to the transdisciplinary nature and complexity of learner identity and interaction in the classroom and secondly, for the need to attend to conceptualizations of and approaches to manifestations of (in)equity in the sociohistorical contexts in which they occur. Collectively, the chapters envision classrooms and educational institutions as sites both shaping and shaped by larger (trans)communal negotiations of being and belonging, in which individuals affirm and/or problematize essentialized and idealized nativeness and community membership. The volume, comprised of chapters contributed by a diverse array of researcher-practitioners living, working and/or studying around the globe, is intended to inform, empower and inspire stakeholders in language education to explore, potentially reimagine, and ultimately critically and practically transform, the communities in which they live, work and/or study.

About the author

Nathanael Rudolph is an Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics and Language Education at Kindai University in Higashiosaka, Japan. His research interests include translingual practice, critical approaches to language teacher and learner identity, and (in)equity in (and beyond) language education.

Ali Fuad Selvi is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Teaching English as a Foreign Language Program at Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus. His research interests include Global Englishes and its implications for language learning and teaching.

Bedrettin Yazan is an Assistant Professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Alabama, USA. His research interests include language teacher learning and identity, language policy and planning, World Englishes, and collaboration between ESL and content-area teachers.

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