Liberating Language Education - Paperback

by Vally Lytra (Editor), Cristina Ros I. Solé (Editor), Jim Anderson (Editor)

This book engages with new ways of understanding language that include other resources and practices and bring to the fore its messiness, unpredictability and interconnectedness. The chapters illustrate how a translingual and transcultural orientation to language can provide a point of entry to reimagining language education in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Vally Lytra is Reader in Languages in Education and Head of the MPhil/PhD Programme in Education at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her research interests include multilingualism, community and minority languages education and inclusive language pedagogies.

Cristina Ros i Solé is Lecturer in Language, Culture and Learning at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her current research focus is situated at the interface between language, identity and material culture where she investigates the relationship between multilingual speakers' ordinary collections and their identities.

Jim Anderson is Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. His work focuses on theories and methods of second language learning and bilingualism, multilingualism and new literacies, and language policy.

Vicky Macleroy is Reader in Education and Head of the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her research interests focus on language development and multilingualism, multiliteracies and digital storytelling, and transformative pedagogy.