The Complexity of Identity and Interaction in Language Education by Nathanael Rudolph

The Complexity of Identity and Interaction in Language Education by Nathanael Rudolph

This book brings together critical approaches to identity and experience, with attention to the complexity of identity and interaction in and beyond the classroom, within language education. The chapters, written by professionals from a diverse array of backgrounds and contexts, have a particular focus on teacher education and classroom practice.

As labels for people and practices proliferate in contemporary scholarship with sometimes inconsistent conceptualizations of language education, this book brings these theories to bear on situated interactionsIt transcends disciplinary boundaries by drawing from the wealth of available scholarly resources for interpretation. Thus it provides much-needed clarity on the way these conceptualizations play out for different educational outcomes.

* Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, USA *
Resistant to the vacuous pitfalls of reductionism, this dynamic volume draws from an impressively broad range of contexts and collaborators to scrutinize how identities of tangible substance and complexity are realized as impacting upon the seen and unseen powers and processes within language education. * Damian J. Rivers, Future University Hakodate, Japan *
For educators who are feeling increasingly pushed towards efficiency, speed, and productivity, and therefore often towards limited and reductionist understandings of identity, this volume’s call to focus on complexity is refreshing. The collection of voices from an expansive range of geographical, institutional, and social contexts offers a variety of approaches to considering identity work in the context of our everyday interactions. * Suhanthie Motha, University of Washington, USA *

From a methodological and theoretical perspective, the volume presents a variety of promising approaches for scholars designing studies on these issues, which is one of its primary contributions to a field long dominated by positivist and experimental models of research [...] the volume would be a worthwhile addition to teacher educators’ libraries, a potential text for second language acquisition courses – particularly for those planning to teach at the university and adult levels – and a useful supplemental resource for research-focused applied linguistics courses.

-- Melissa B Hauber-Özer, George Mason University, USA * LINGUIST List 32.2198 *

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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ISBN 13	9781788927420
ISBN 10	1788927427
Title	The Complexity of Identity and Interaction in Language Education
Author	Nathanael Rudolph
Series	Psychology Of Language Learning And Teaching
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Multilingual Matters
Year published	2020-08-07
Number of pages	312
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