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

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 pr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of 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