Plurilingual Pedagogies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Conceptual Shifts in Language Teaching and Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Plurilingual Pedagogies: An Introduction

      • Sunny Man Chu Lau, Saskia Van Viegen

      Pages 3-22

   3. Mise en Écho des Perspectives on Plurilingual Competence and Pluralistic Pedagogies: A Conversation with Danièle Moore

      • Danièle Moore, Sunny Man Chu Lau, Saskia Van Viegen

      Pages 23-45

   4. ‘It Takes a Village to Research a Village’: Conversations Between Angel Lin and Jay Lemke on Contemporary Issues in Translanguaging

      • Angel M. Y. Lin, Yanming (Amy) Wu, Jay L. Lemke

      Pages 47-74

3. Plurilingual Engagements for Critical Literacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. “Walking in Two Worlds” in the Plurilingual Classroom: Learning from the Case of an Intergenerational Project

      • Avril Aitken, Loretta Robinson

      Pages 77-96

   3. A Critical Thematic Unit in a Teaching Praxicum: Health Issues and Plurilingualism in the “English” Classroom

      • Mario E. López Gopar, William M. Sughrua, Lorena Córdova-Hernández, Beatriz Patricia López Torres, Elvira Ruiz Aldaz, Victor Vásquez Morales

      Pages 97-113

   4. Translanguaging for Critical Bi-Literacy: English and French Teachers’ Collaboration in Transgressive Pedagogy

      • Sunny Man Chu Lau

      Pages 115-135

4. Back Matter

   Pages 137-141

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5. Plurilingual Engagements for Language and Literacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Pluralistic Approaches in Early Language Education: Shifting Paradigms in Language Didactics

      • Daniela Coelho, Yecid Ortega

      Pages 145-160

   3. Remaking the Ground on which they Stand: Plurilingual Approaches Across the Curriculum

      • Saskia Van Viegen

      Pages 161-183

   4. Translingual Writers as Mentors in a High School “English” Classroom

      • Kate Seltzer

      Pages 185-204

6. Back Matter

   Pages 205-212

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7. Plurilingual Engagements for Higher Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. Faculty First: Promoting Translanguaging in TESOL Teacher Education

      • Zhongfeng Tian

      Pages 215-236

   3. Plurilingualism and TESOL in Two Canadian Post-secondary Institutions: Towards Context-Specific Perspectives

      • Angelica Galante

      Pages 237-252

   4. Applying Plurilingual Pedagogy in First-Year Canadian Higher Education: From Generic to Scientific Academic Literacy

      • Steve Marshall

      Pages 253-269

8. Back Matter

   Pages 271-276

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This book critically engages with theoretical shifts marked by the ‘multilingual turn’ in applied linguistics, and articulates the complexities associated with naming and engaging with the everyday language practices of bi/multilingual communities. It discusses methodological approaches that enable researchers and educators to observe and interact with these communities and to understand their teaching and learning needs. It also highlights pedagogical approaches and instructional strategies involved with learning and teaching language and/or content curriculum to students across various learning and educational contexts.

The book addresses recent debates on the multi/plural turn in applied linguistics and articulates the limitations of these debates - particularly the absence of discussion of social power relations and contexts in applying different theoretical lenses. It features empirical research from primarily North American classrooms to highlight how plurilingual pedagogies take shape in unique educational contexts, resisting monolingual approaches to language in education. Furthermore, it includes commentary/response pieces from established scholars in dialogue with recent plurilingual research in the field, to put the work in critical perspective within extant theories and literature.

• second language education/ESL/ bilingual education
• multiliteracies and multimodalities
• teacher education
• ELT and plurilingualism
• translanguaging for critical bi-literacy
• Health issues and plurilingualism in the "English" classroom
• early childhood language education
• multilingual plurilingual literacies
• the multilingual turn in applied linguistics
• learning and instruction
• bilingualism

“In Plurilingual pedagogies: Critical and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language in Education, complementary contributors fluidly navigate discussion of theoretical constructs framed within practical, real-world research in plurilingual settings. Unique in this sense and others, woven throughout the text are commentaries and discussions from pre-eminent scholars in the fields of language acquisition and applied linguistics. Through exploring studies across age levels, the editors skillfully negotiate between critical scholarship and practical application of plurilingual pedagogies. This volume makes a considerable contribution to critical examination of language(s) (in) education.” (Sarah C.K. Moore, University of Maryland, USA)

• School of Education, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Canada

  Sunny Man Chu Lau

• Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University, Toronto, Canada

  Saskia Van Viegen

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