Tag: monolingual ideologies

  • Critiques of Translanguaging Approaches

    Critiques of Translanguaging Approaches

    Over the past few years, translanguaging as a theoretical framework has risen in popularity (at least in my circles) and this means that critiques of it have also become more vocal, something I definitely noticed attending the recent AAAL Conference. Critique is a necessary part of academic work and theoretical development, so this is important.…

  • Does a multidialectal approach mean teaching all of the dialects?

    Does a multidialectal approach mean teaching all of the dialects?

    This is a question I get frequently when I advocate for a multidialectal approach to learning Arabic. The short answer is no.The longer answer is also no, but with a much lengthier explanation, which I thought I’d give in this post. In general, there are two types of people who ask this question. The first…

  • Summer Blog and Podcast Recommendations

    Summer Blog and Podcast Recommendations

    I traditionally take the summer off of blogging, so this is my last post until August! So, I thought I’d provide a roundup of some of my favorite blogs and podcasts for you to consume, as if you enjoy my blog you will probably enjoy some of these as well.

  • Variation and Standardization in the Language Classroom: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?

    Variation and Standardization in the Language Classroom: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?

    Variation is inherent to languages and language users, yet is it often the subject of consternation in the language classroom, especially at lower levels. Essentially, the questions center around which variety to teach? Can we teach multiple varieties? Will this confuse students? Will they understand how to use them? What if they mix varieties? Per…

  • Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn

    Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn

    Next month marks the release of Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn, a book I am very excited to see in print!. I’m a co-editor, along with Wenhao Diao, and thought it would be fun to write a post highlighting how this book came about, as well as the chapters themselves and the…

  • Ideologies of Study Abroad: Language Immersion

    Ideologies of Study Abroad: Language Immersion

    In the Spring, I started a new blog series on ideologies of study abroad with a post on study abroad as tourism. It’s time for the second post, and this time I’ll be focusing on one of the most prevalent and pernicious ideologies of study abroad as it relates to language teaching, that of study…

  • Reframing Monolingual Ideologies in the Language Classroom

    Reframing Monolingual Ideologies in the Language Classroom

    Wednesday is the one day I teach in person this semester, and this past Wednesday was the first time I’d been to my office on campus since March. I was excited to discover the 2019 volume of the American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Foreign Language Programs (AAUSC) in my mailbox! The…

  • Language Ideologies in the Wild: Science of Learning

    Language Ideologies in the Wild: Science of Learning

    As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, I think it is really important for language teachers to be aware of our language ideologies as there are major implications for our classrooms. The funny thing is, once you start noticing your own language ideologies, you also see language ideologies, and even more so the lack of…

  • Are monolingual models making us ask the wrong questions? Translanguaging in the language classroom.

    Are monolingual models making us ask the wrong questions? Translanguaging in the language classroom.

    (ACTFL), and then for the Arabic Language Conference at AUC, I’ve been having conversations with language teachers (mostly Arabic ones) about translanguaging in the classroom, and why I think it’s so important that we take this perspective.  Or why, even if you don’t want to take a translanguaging perspective, it’s important to realize that you…

  • Monolingual Ideologies and Plurilingual Realities

    Monolingual Ideologies and Plurilingual Realities

    Two weeks ago, I attended the Integrationists Conference at Penn State University, whose theme was “Integrationism and Philosophies of Language: Emerging Alternative Epistemologies in the Global North and the Global South”While I had not heard of Integrationism as a linguistic theory until I saw the announcement for this conference, I was interested in learning more…