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Meeting Foreignness

Autor Paola Giorgis
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 oct 2018
How is Foreignness defined by language? Who has the power to define the 'foreigner' as such, on which grounds, from which positioning, for which purposes? And within such premises, which is the role of foreign languages in defining, or challenging, Foreignness? This book reflects on the concept of Foreignness from a special lens, that of foreign languages and Foreign Language Education. Advancing that the experience of foreignness that foreign languages foreground opens up to a different apprehension of the self and the others, this work shows how such experience can problematize, question, and challenge meanings, assumptions, conceptualizations and representations ordinarily taken-for-granted, a much needed reflection at times when prevailing narratives essentialize individuals and groups according to their linguacultural backgrounds. Though with a global perspective, the book also addresses the Italian context in particular: after introducing a brief historical background, it examines how 'foreignness' is addressed, portrayed, or questioned in contemporary socio-cultural and political debates, and presents practical activities to show how the foreign language can be used for intercultural purposes. An original interdisciplinary approach, combining Critical Linguistics, Foreign Language Education, Intercultural Studies, and Critical Pedagogies, together with works of literature and examples from several fields, integrates theoretical references, practices and research methodologies to take the reader within the complex and fascinating world of languages, displaying how they inform individual and collective identities and representations, and how they can both serve processes of manipulation and domination, as well as those of empowerment and emancipation. For its interdisciplinary and integrated approach, this book aims to address teachers, educators, scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students, but also those readers who are curious to know more about languages, and about how they shape our identities, our meanings and our lives.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498560504
ISBN-10: 1498560504
Pagini: 142
Dimensiuni: 158 x 234 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

Paola Giorgis teaches English language, literature and visual arts in Italian high schools and holds a PhD in anthropology of education and intercultural education. More info at: - https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/?s=giorgis - http://researching-multilingually-at-borders.com/?page_id=1818 - wom.an.ed - women¿s studies in anthropology and education www.womaned.org

Cuprins

Introduction The Missing Link: Presenting What, How, from Where and to Whom Part One Within Praxis 1. The Context 1.1 Made in Italies 1.2 Native or Foreign? 1.3 Languages, Identities, Migrations 2. The Educational Perspective 2.1 The Activities 2.1.1 Intercultural Grammar 2.1.2 Intercultural Poetry 2.1.3 Intercultural Citizenship 2.1.4 A Comment on the Activities Part Two Within Theory 1. Introduction: What¿s in a Word? 2. Foreign 3. Language 3.1 mOther tongue 3.2 Other Languages 3.3 Language and Power 4. Education 4.1 Critical Pedagogies 5. Critical 6. Intercultural 6.1 Intercultural Education 7. Experience Part Three Within Research 1. Introducing the Research Study 2. The Contexts 3. The Participants 4. Methodology and Data Collecting 4.1 General Considerations on Methodology 4.2 Data Collecting: Sampling 4.3 Some Issues Regarding Data Collecting 4.3.1 In/Out Issue 4.3.2 Objectivity/Subjectivity 4.3.3 Ethical Issues 4.4 Interviews and Back-talk Focus Groups 4.4.1 Motivation and Procedures 4.4.2 Theoretical References 5. Analysis of Data 5.1 Main Principles 5.1.1 Reflexivity 5.1.2 Text Construction and Rhetorical Figures 5.1.3 Dialogue Between the Data and the Framework 5.1.4 Triangulation and Accountability 6. The Findings 7. Discussion 7.1 On the Study 7.2 On the Research Methods Part Four Meeting Foreignness. Foreign Language Education as a Critical (and) Intercultural Experience 1. Meeting Foreignness 2. Foreign Language Education as a Critical (and) Intercultural Experience 2.1 English and English Language Teaching 2.2 English as a Foreign Language and English as a Lingua Franca 2.3 English as a Lingua Franca and English Language Teaching. An Impossible Match? 3. Foreign Languages and the Intercultural 4. What¿s Next? 4.1 How to Do It A Final Note The Bigger Picture. A Few Remarks on Some fin-de-siècle Fascinations

Descriere

The purpose of the book is to highlight the critical and intercultural potential of foreign languages and foreign language education. The book addresses the complexity of the experience of (foreign) languages and offers both theoretical interdisciplinary suggestions and applied examples of activities.