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Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics / ed. by Christopher J. Hall, Clare Cunningham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781788928236
  • 9781788928243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 418 23
LOC classification:
  • P129
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Communities -- 2. Can Southern Epistemological and Indigenous Ontological Orientations to Applied Linguistics Challenge its Ethnocentrism? -- 3. Late Capitalism and New Challenges: Indigenous Communities Taking Risks in Defense of Vulnerable Languages and Territories in Guatemala and Colombia -- 4. The Bumpy Journey Towards the Irish Sign Language Act: Critical Considerations and Personal Reflections of a Deaf Activist–Scholar -- 5. ‘Befriending’ Risks, Vulnerabilities and Challenges: Researching Sexuality and Language in Educational Sites -- Part 2: Policy -- 6. Challenging Constitutional Bilingualism with ‘What if …’: Counterfactual Histories and At-risk Minorities in Finland -- 7. UK Language Policy Quo vadis? Language Learning in the UK post Brexit -- 8. Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Sign Language Recognition in Canada -- Part 3: Research -- 9. From the Outside Looking in: The Risks and Challenges of Analysing Extremist Discourses on Far-right and Manosphere Websites -- 10. Critical Incidents in a Teacher–Researcher and Student– Participant Relationship: What Risks Can We Take? -- 11. Taking Risks in Literacy Research – Using an Interpreter in Multilingual Research Interviews -- Part 4: Education -- 12. A Challenge for Applied Linguistics: Developing a Novel Curriculum in the Field of Language and Integration -- 13. Teaching Controversial Issues in the Language Education of Adult Migrants to the UK: A Risk Worth Taking -- 14. Access to English in Pakistan: Diff erences in Instruction as a Risk to Social Integration -- 15. Afterword -- Index
Summary: The chapters in this book call attention to vulnerabilities, challenges and risks for applied linguists and the communities they work with across a broad range of contexts from the Global North and South, and in both signed and spoken languages. Together they provide insights on both academic and professional practice across several areas.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Communities -- 2. Can Southern Epistemological and Indigenous Ontological Orientations to Applied Linguistics Challenge its Ethnocentrism? -- 3. Late Capitalism and New Challenges: Indigenous Communities Taking Risks in Defense of Vulnerable Languages and Territories in Guatemala and Colombia -- 4. The Bumpy Journey Towards the Irish Sign Language Act: Critical Considerations and Personal Reflections of a Deaf Activist–Scholar -- 5. ‘Befriending’ Risks, Vulnerabilities and Challenges: Researching Sexuality and Language in Educational Sites -- Part 2: Policy -- 6. Challenging Constitutional Bilingualism with ‘What if …’: Counterfactual Histories and At-risk Minorities in Finland -- 7. UK Language Policy Quo vadis? Language Learning in the UK post Brexit -- 8. Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Sign Language Recognition in Canada -- Part 3: Research -- 9. From the Outside Looking in: The Risks and Challenges of Analysing Extremist Discourses on Far-right and Manosphere Websites -- 10. Critical Incidents in a Teacher–Researcher and Student– Participant Relationship: What Risks Can We Take? -- 11. Taking Risks in Literacy Research – Using an Interpreter in Multilingual Research Interviews -- Part 4: Education -- 12. A Challenge for Applied Linguistics: Developing a Novel Curriculum in the Field of Language and Integration -- 13. Teaching Controversial Issues in the Language Education of Adult Migrants to the UK: A Risk Worth Taking -- 14. Access to English in Pakistan: Diff erences in Instruction as a Risk to Social Integration -- 15. Afterword -- Index

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The chapters in this book call attention to vulnerabilities, challenges and risks for applied linguists and the communities they work with across a broad range of contexts from the Global North and South, and in both signed and spoken languages. Together they provide insights on both academic and professional practice across several areas.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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