Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education

Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality

Julie S. Byrd Clark, Fred Dervin

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781134757008
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Sprachen & Linguistik
• Subtopic: Soziolinguistik

With the impact of accelerated globalization, digital technologies, mobility, and migration, the fields of Applied Linguistics, Language, and Intercultural Education have been shifting. One shift in need of further exploration is that of systematic and coherent reflexivity in researching language and culture. This unique and timely book thus examines the significance of reflexivity as an integral process, particularly when researching the multifaceted notions of multilingualism and interculturality in education. It also contributes to current critical approaches to representations of languages and cultures in identity politics. As such, the authors offer innovative ways of engaging with reflexivity in teaching, learning, and research through multimodal and complex ways. The chapters span a diverse range of educational settings in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 The Process of Becoming Reflexive and Intercultural: Navigating Study Abroad and Reentry Experience
• 2 ‘Or, Just It’s My Fault, Right?’: Language Socialization through Reflexive Language Writing Feedback
• 3 Reflexivity and Self-Presentation in Multicultural Encounters: Making Sense of Self and Other
• 4 Researching Chinese Students’ Intercultural Communication Experiences in Higher Education: Researcher and Participant Reflexivity
• 5 Critical Reflexive Ethnography and the Multilingual Space of a Canadian University: Challenges and Opportunities
• 6 Reflexivity in Motion in Language and Literacy Learning
• 7 Uses of Digital Text in Reflexive Anthropology: The Example of Educational Workshops for Out-of-School/Educationally Excluded Adolescents
• 8 Reflexivity and Critical Language Education at Occupy LA
• 9 Weaving a Method: Mobility, Multilocality, and the Senses as Foci of Research on Intercultural Language Learning
• 10 Everyday Practices, Everyday Pedagogies: A Dialogue on Critical Transformations in a Multilingual Hong Kong School
• Conclusion: Reflexivity in Research and Practice: Moving On?
• Commentary
• Contributors
• Index