Mobility and Localisation in Language Learning

Learning a foreign language facilitates the most intimate access one can get to the culture and society of another language community. The process of learning a foreign language always involves intercultural levels of engagement between the languages and cultures concerned. This series is not limited to the field of applied linguistics but also includes relevant research from linguistic anthropology, language learning pedagogy, translation studies and language philosophy.

Jane Fenoulhet is Professor of Dutch Studies at University College London. She teaches and researches Dutch literature in a European context, literary translation and literary pedagogy. Her interests also extend to the history and future of humanities disciplines in the context of globalisation. Recent publications include (2007); book chapters on the history of Dutch Studies, the place of history in the literature curriculum and Dutch women writers; as well as articles on pedagogy, cultural history and feminist literary history. Cristina Ros i Solé is Principal Research Fellow in Language Pedagogy at University College London where she has led a number of research projects on the teaching of culture in language learning, less commonly taught and heritage languages, and mobile assisted language learning. Previously, she was Head of Spanish at the Open University, UK. Her publications include several courses on Spanish language teaching, research articles and chapters on the construction of language learners’ identities, the teaching of culture and the use of technology in language learning.

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Contents: Itesh Sachdev: Foreword – Jane Fenoulhet/Cristina Ros i Solé: Introduction – Cristina Ros i Solé/Jane Fenoulhet: Language-Learning Itineraries for the Twenty-First Century – Geneviève Zarate: Language Biography and International Mobility: On the Position of Multilingual and Multicultural Capital in the Academy – Simon Coffey: Modern Language Learning as a Figured World of Privilege – Hugh Starkey: Language Learning for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship – Christopher Moseley: Language Learning Targeted for Social Integration: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia – Anna Pilkington/Lydia Buravova: Teachers, Learners, Textbooks and Post-Soviet Russia – Inma Álvarez: Learning About Chinese-Speaking Cultures at a Distance – Gerdi Quist/Christine Sas: Cultural Complexity in Dutch Language Learning: Tendencies and Tensions – Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen: Danishness, Cosmopolitanism and Democratic Citizenship in Danish Language-Learning Materials.