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This book presents an ethnographic study of a modern language classroom where students not only learn to speak, read, listen or write a new language, but where they also learn to understand, to feel and to be in new ways, and to potentially transform themselves and the world around them through language study.
FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description
Many educators aim to engage students in deeply meaningful learning in the language classroom, often facing challenges to connect the students with the culture of the language they are learning. This book aims to demonstrate that substantial intercultural learning can and does occur in the modern language classroom, and explores the features of the classroom that support meaningful culture-in-language-learning. The author argues that transformative modern language education is intimately tied to a view of language learning as an engagement in meaning-making activity, or semiotic practice. The empirical evidence presented is analyzed and then linked to both the theorizing of culture-in-language-teaching and to practical concerns of teaching.
Author Biography
Erin Kearney is Assistant Professor of Foreign and Second Language Education at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is interested in cultural dimensions of foreign and second language teaching and learning, as well as language teacher development and education, early foreign language learning and language awareness, and classroom discourse and interaction in L2 settings.
Table of Contents
1. The Challenges of Addressing Culture in Modern Language Education 2. The Culture Learning Target: Engagement with Meaning Potentials 3. Creating and Investigating Intercultural Worlds in a Modern Language Classroom 4. Understanding Signification and Interpretive Acts through Engagement with Cultural Representations 5. Realizing Meaning Potentials through Narrative Writing 6. Sense-Making in a Web of Meanings: Implications for Theory, Research and Practice References
Review
Erin Kearney's book is theoretically engaging and deeply insightful in the argument it foregrounds for a social semiotic approach in modern languages teaching and learning. Truly a 'must read' for graduate students and scholars interested in contemporary debates on ML education, this book could not have been more timely. -- Beatrice Dupuy, University of Arizona, USA This book addresses, in a superb and comprehensive manner, the question of how students and teachers actually realise the practice of interpreting, creating and exchanging meaning in language learning, recognising that these processes are cultural and indeed, intercultural. Its distinctive feature is that it addresses seamlessly and authoritatively both the conceptualisation and the enactment in practice of intercultural language teaching and learning. A real pleasure to read. -- Angela Scarino, University of South Australia, Australia This exciting publication masterfully weaves together two critical components in modern language education-intercultural learning and meaning making-and illustrates the features of classroom culture-in-language-learning. Given its focus on culture in language education, it will resonate with several audiences, including researchers of intercultural learning, those learning how to conduct qualitative research, and language educators seeking to broaden their pedagogical knowledge related to teaching culture. -- Heather Willis Allen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA This book raises some very important questions concerning the objectives of ML education in the United States and offers different avenues of exploring the related issues. Kearney convincingly argues the benefits and relevance of a semiotic approach to intercultural learning in ML education via a textually rich classroom and clearly outlines the role of meaning-making potentials. -- Stephanie J. Lerat, University of Lorraine, France LINGUIST List 27.4163
Long Description
Many educators aim to engage students in deeply meaningful learning in the language classroom, often facing challenges to connect the students with the culture of the language they are learning. This book aims to demonstrate that substantial intercultural learning can and does occur in the modern language classroom, and explores the features of the classroom that support meaningful culture-in-language-learning. The author argues that transformative modern language education is intimately tied to a view of language learning as an engagement in meaning-making activity, or semiotic practice. The empirical evidence presented is analyzed and then linked to both the theorizing of culture-in-language-teaching and to practical concerns of teaching.
Review Text
Erin Kearney's book is theoretically engaging and deeply insightful in the argument it foregrounds for a social semiotic approach in modern languages teaching and learning. Truly a 'must read' for graduate students and scholars interested in contemporary debates on ML education, this book could not have been more timely.
Review Quote
This exciting publication masterfully weaves together two critical components in modern language education--intercultural learning and meaning making--and illustrates the features of classroom culture-in-language-learning. Given its focus on culture in language education, it will resonate with several audiences, including researchers of intercultural learning, those learning how to conduct qualitative research, and language educators seeking to broaden their pedagogical knowledge related to teaching culture.
Details ISBN1783094664 Author Erin Kearney Short Title INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN MODE Series Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education Language English ISBN-10 1783094664 ISBN-13 9781783094660 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 28 Year 2015 Subtitle Expanding Meaning-Making Potentials Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 407.1 Imprint Multilingual Matters Publication Date 2015-12-03 Illustrations illustrations UK Release Date 2015-12-03 AU Release Date 2015-12-03 NZ Release Date 2015-12-03 Pages 216 Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd Alternative 9781783094677 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this
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