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Challenging Boundaries in Language Education

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Editors:
  1. Achilleas Kostoulas

    1. Oxford Road, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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  • Includes diverse theoretical perspectives, including some that are novel, in language education
  • Provides a good balance between research- and practice-oriented contributions
  • Highlights the challenges of transnational mobility and the refugee crisis for language educators

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Conceptualizing and Problematizing Boundaries in Language Education

    • Achilleas Kostoulas
    Pages 1-11

  3. Rethinking Language Education Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. A Journey Through the Landscapes of Language Education

      • Janez Skela
      Pages 15-32

    3. Repositioning Language Education Theory

      • Achilleas Kostoulas
      Pages 33-50

    4. An Ecological Perspective for Critical Action in Applied Linguistics

      • Juup Stelma, Richard Fay
      Pages 51-69

    5. Space and Time for Understanding(s): The Recursive Cycle of Language Education and Classroom Enquiry

      • Anna Costantino
      Pages 71-86

  5. Redefining Language Teachers and Learners

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Thinking Outside the Box: The Impact of Globalization on English Language Teachers in Austria

      • Alia Moser, Petra Kletzenbauer
      Pages 165-181

    3. Third-Age University Teachers in Language Education: Navigating the Boundaries of Work-Life Balance and Retirement

      • Sonja Babić, Kyle Talbot
      Pages 183-198

    4. Study Abroad: L2 Self-efficacy and Engagement in Intercultural Interactions

      • Gianna Hessel
      Pages 199-210

    5. Schools as Linguistic Space: Multilingual Realities at Schools in Vienna and Brno

      • Lena Schwarzl, Eva Vetter, Miroslav Janík
      Pages 211-228

    6. Beyond Conventional Borders of Second Language Teachers’ Education: A Digital, Interdisciplinary, and Critical Postgraduate Curriculum

      • Roula Kitsiou, Maria Papadopoulou, George Androulakis, Roula Tsokalidou, Eleni Skourtou
      Pages 229-245

    7. Boundaries Crossed, and New Frontiers: Ongoing Theoretical, Empirical, and Pedagogical Issues in Language Education

      • Achilleas Kostoulas
      Pages 247-255

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 257-260
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About this book

This edited collection challenges the perceptions of disciplinary, linguistic, geographical and ideological borders that run across language education. By highlighting commonalities and tracing connections between diverse sub-fields that have traditionally been studied separately, the book shows how the perspectives of practitioners and researchers working in diverse areas of language education can mutually inform each other. It consists of three thematic parts: Part I outlines the field of language education and challenges its definition by highlighting additional theoretical constructs that have tended to be viewed as separate from language education. Part II investigates curricular boundaries, showing how the language-learning curriculum can be enriched by connections with other curricular areas. Lastly, Part III looks into the challenges and opportunities associated with language education against the backdrop of globalisation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Oxford Road, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Achilleas Kostoulas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Challenging Boundaries in Language Education

  • Editors: Achilleas Kostoulas

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17057-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17056-1Published: 19 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17059-2Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17057-8Published: 08 June 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 260

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics

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