Germán Canale
Biographic Data
| ID | 2073350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Germán Canale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Germán |
| FAMILY NAME | Canale |
| SIGNATURE | CANALE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de la República de Uruguay |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5149-1442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
La polémica como desplazamiento discursivo en medios digitales
Los medios construyen, reproducen y difunden —de diversas maneras— polémicas públicas. En base a un corpus mayor de 72 noticias digitales sobre lenguaje inclusivo de género en Uruguay, en este artículo analizo 13 noticias sobre una polémica en Uruguay en torno a la decisión de expedir títulos universitarios con lenguaje de género no binario. A diferencia del resto del corpus, el discurso periodístico no construyó la noticia directamente como polé…
How can the subaltern (researcher) speak? On the global/local context tension in blind peer-review reports
From capitalist production to neoliberal lifestyle
Textbooks provide learners with a particular version of social reality by indexing dominant discourses, values and aspirations. Situated in Multimodal Critical Discourse Studies ( Machin 2013 ), this paper analyzes the visual representation of social relations and social actors in three nationally-produced/adapted English Language Teaching series in Uruguay from 1933 to 2023. Drawing on social actor analysis ( van Leeuwen 2008 ; Ledin and Machin …
Culture in Textbook Analysis and Evaluation
Culture has played an important role in language education for quite some time now. However, to date, there are still heated debates over its definition, its relation with language, and how to better incorporate it in the language teaching curriculum. In the field of applied linguistics, there is a growing number of research addressing culture and culture‐related aspects and their representation in language textbooks. These studies draw on differ…
Introducción al volumen temático
Managing Character (Homo)Sexuality in English Language Teaching Textbooks
This study investigates the process of the production of a local English language teaching textbook series in Uruguay. Drawing on ethnographic approaches to critical discourse analysis, the study examines how the sexuality of a male character–initially conceived as openly gay–becomes semiotically regulated at different stages of textbook production, so that his (sexual) identity is managed, controlled, and backgrounded. In addition to the textboo…
Una Caracterización Del Discurso Anti-Género/Sexualidad Y Sus Estrategias Desde El Análisis Crítico Del Discurso
Este artículo ofrece una reflexión crítica en torno a un aspecto específico del “armamento simbólico” de las luchas actuales anti-género y diversidad sexual: sus estrategias discursivas. Para ello, se presenta una definición operativa del discurso anti-género/sexualidad que muestra el complejo entramado social, político, económico y cultural que sostiene la producción y circulación de este discurso. Luego, se identifican –en base a investigacione…
Neoliberal foreign language education
In the past decades, neoliberalism has permeated (foreign) language education, as has been discussed by critical research in the fields of: curriculum theory, applied linguistics, discourse analysis, language policy, language assessment, to name a few. Despite the fact that research on foreign language education and neoliberalism is certainly growing, less attention has been paid to actual “ways out” or alternatives to neoliberal foreign language…
Gender in EFL Education
Long-ingrained views of EFL teaching foreground grammar and language skills as the main goal of learning, backgrounding how the language classroom and materials contribute to (social) knowledge construction. Along these lines, EFL textbooks tend to avoid explicitly -and critically- addressing gender identities: they naturalise and reinforce binary and heteronormative ideologies of gender for which there is a ‘natural’ and unequivocal relation bet…
The language textbook
This guest-edited Special Issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum presents a collection of studies that look into language textbooks through three key themes: representation, interaction and learning. The full issue considers textbooks produced in different parts of the world, for different audiences (in terms of geographical location, age and level of proficiency), for the teaching of several languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Spanis…
Discurso, Política Educativa y Tecnología
Plan Ceibal es una política social, tecnológica y educativa que promueve el uso de tecnología en las aulas uruguayas. En tanto texto (Ball 2006), busca democratizar el acceso a la tecnología para borrar diferencias socioeconómicas. Sin embargo, en tanto práctica (Mortimer y Wortham 2015), su implementación produce significados (algunos de ellos “inesperados” desde el punto de vista oficial) que pueden eventualmente (re)construir asimetrías en las…
The language textbook
Language textbooks have been –and still are- the centre of attention of substantial research in the field of applied linguistics, language education and instruction, and language studies, among others. This paper synthesizes results and findings from the current Special Issue ‘The language textbook: representation, interaction and learning’’. In particular, it discusses how -and to what extent- this collective work expands our current undertstand…
La Construcción de la clase de inglés como lengua extranjera a través de dos artefactos curriculares
El presente trabajo reporta avances de un proyecto mayor sobre laconvivencia de dos artefactos curriculares – laptops y libros de texto –en una clase de lengua inglesa de primer año de secundaria enMontevideo (Uruguay). La investigación se apoya en los enfoquesetnográficos del discurso (MacGILCHRIST y van HOUT, 2011) paraindagar - en base a datos de observación de aula obtenidos a lo largo deun año académico- la manera en que la docente y los est…
Discourse in f(r)iction. Production and reception of gender roles discourse in an audio-visual text about piropos
This paper studies the constraints the audience – and also producers – ?nd when attempting to deconstruct a traditional gendered practice (piropos) in a recent ?ctional clip that depicts this practice in an unconventional way, with women as the performers. The production of the clip is analyzed using multimodal discourse analysis tools to explore how the audiovisual text (re)produces speci?c gender(ed) meanings at the interplay of several semioti…
(Re)Searching culture in foreign language textbooks, or the politics of hide and seek
Textbooks are curriculum artefacts that embody particular ideologies and legitimise specific types of knowledge [Apple, M. W. (1982). Education and power. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul; Apple, M. W., & Christian-Smith, L. K. (1991). The politics of the textbook. In M. W. Apple & L. K. Christian-Smith (Eds.), The politics of the textbook (pp. 1–21). London, NY: Routledge]. As the general public tends to associate them with truth rather than opini…
Historia y presente del yeísmo (rehilado) en el Uruguay
El yeísmo, así como su rehilamiento y ensordecimiento, son rasgos caracterizadores del español del Uruguay. Varios estudios locales han indagado sobre estos fenómenos atendiendo tanto a cuestiones diacrónicas como sincrónicas. Sin embargo, y tal como se desprende de la literatura especializada, no contamos hasta el momento con una mirada crítica y global de estos estudios ni con una evaluación panorámica de sus resultados. En el presente trabajo,…
Tuteo and voseo in the classroom
This study is based on the results of an online survey of Montevidean educators on their attitude toward the tuteo and voseo in the classroom. Traditionally, tuteo was considered the only correct form of address for classroom use in Uruguay’s capital. The results of the 78 completed surveys, along with qualitative data from 11 interviews, suggest a shift in that tradition. Teachers report using voseo with almost similar frequency as tuteo ; voseo…
(Re)Searching culture in foreign language textbooks, or the politics of hide and seek
Textbooks are curriculum artefacts that embody particular ideologies and legitimise specific types of knowledge [Apple, M. W. (1982). Education and power. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul; Apple, M. W., & Christian-Smith, L. K. (1991). The politics of the textbook. In M. W. Apple & L. K. Christian-Smith (Eds.), The politics of the textbook (pp. 1–21). London, NY: Routledge]. As the general public tends to associate them with truth rather than opini…
The language textbook
This guest-edited Special Issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum presents a collection of studies that look into language textbooks through three key themes: representation, interaction and learning. The full issue considers textbooks produced in different parts of the world, for different audiences (in terms of geographical location, age and level of proficiency), for the teaching of several languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Spanis…
The language textbook
Language textbooks have been –and still are- the centre of attention of substantial research in the field of applied linguistics, language education and instruction, and language studies, among others. This paper synthesizes results and findings from the current Special Issue ‘The language textbook: representation, interaction and learning’’. In particular, it discusses how -and to what extent- this collective work expands our current undertstand…
Una Caracterización Del Discurso Anti-Género/Sexualidad Y Sus Estrategias Desde El Análisis Crítico Del Discurso
Este artículo ofrece una reflexión crítica en torno a un aspecto específico del “armamento simbólico” de las luchas actuales anti-género y diversidad sexual: sus estrategias discursivas. Para ello, se presenta una definición operativa del discurso anti-género/sexualidad que muestra el complejo entramado social, político, económico y cultural que sostiene la producción y circulación de este discurso. Luego, se identifican –en base a investigacione…
Tuteo and voseo in the classroom
This study is based on the results of an online survey of Montevidean educators on their attitude toward the tuteo and voseo in the classroom. Traditionally, tuteo was considered the only correct form of address for classroom use in Uruguay’s capital. The results of the 78 completed surveys, along with qualitative data from 11 interviews, suggest a shift in that tradition. Teachers report using voseo with almost similar frequency as tuteo ; voseo…
(Re)Searching culture in foreign language textbooks, or the politics of hide and seek
Textbooks are curriculum artefacts that embody particular ideologies and legitimise specific types of knowledge [Apple, M. W. (1982). Education and power. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul; Apple, M. W., & Christian-Smith, L. K. (1991). The politics of the textbook. In M. W. Apple & L. K. Christian-Smith (Eds.), The politics of the textbook (pp. 1–21). London, NY: Routledge]. As the general public tends to associate them with truth rather than opini…
Historia y presente del yeísmo (rehilado) en el Uruguay
El yeísmo, así como su rehilamiento y ensordecimiento, son rasgos caracterizadores del español del Uruguay. Varios estudios locales han indagado sobre estos fenómenos atendiendo tanto a cuestiones diacrónicas como sincrónicas. Sin embargo, y tal como se desprende de la literatura especializada, no contamos hasta el momento con una mirada crítica y global de estos estudios ni con una evaluación panorámica de sus resultados. En el presente trabajo,…
Discourse in f(r)iction. Production and reception of gender roles discourse in an audio-visual text about piropos
This paper studies the constraints the audience – and also producers – ?nd when attempting to deconstruct a traditional gendered practice (piropos) in a recent ?ctional clip that depicts this practice in an unconventional way, with women as the performers. The production of the clip is analyzed using multimodal discourse analysis tools to explore how the audiovisual text (re)produces speci?c gender(ed) meanings at the interplay of several semioti…
La Construcción de la clase de inglés como lengua extranjera a través de dos artefactos curriculares
El presente trabajo reporta avances de un proyecto mayor sobre laconvivencia de dos artefactos curriculares – laptops y libros de texto –en una clase de lengua inglesa de primer año de secundaria enMontevideo (Uruguay). La investigación se apoya en los enfoquesetnográficos del discurso (MacGILCHRIST y van HOUT, 2011) paraindagar - en base a datos de observación de aula obtenidos a lo largo deun año académico- la manera en que la docente y los est…
Discurso, Política Educativa y Tecnología
Plan Ceibal es una política social, tecnológica y educativa que promueve el uso de tecnología en las aulas uruguayas. En tanto texto (Ball 2006), busca democratizar el acceso a la tecnología para borrar diferencias socioeconómicas. Sin embargo, en tanto práctica (Mortimer y Wortham 2015), su implementación produce significados (algunos de ellos “inesperados” desde el punto de vista oficial) que pueden eventualmente (re)construir asimetrías en las…
The language textbook
Language textbooks have been –and still are- the centre of attention of substantial research in the field of applied linguistics, language education and instruction, and language studies, among others. This paper synthesizes results and findings from the current Special Issue ‘The language textbook: representation, interaction and learning’’. In particular, it discusses how -and to what extent- this collective work expands our current undertstand…
Gender in EFL Education
Long-ingrained views of EFL teaching foreground grammar and language skills as the main goal of learning, backgrounding how the language classroom and materials contribute to (social) knowledge construction. Along these lines, EFL textbooks tend to avoid explicitly -and critically- addressing gender identities: they naturalise and reinforce binary and heteronormative ideologies of gender for which there is a ‘natural’ and unequivocal relation bet…
The language textbook
This guest-edited Special Issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum presents a collection of studies that look into language textbooks through three key themes: representation, interaction and learning. The full issue considers textbooks produced in different parts of the world, for different audiences (in terms of geographical location, age and level of proficiency), for the teaching of several languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Spanis…
Neoliberal foreign language education
In the past decades, neoliberalism has permeated (foreign) language education, as has been discussed by critical research in the fields of: curriculum theory, applied linguistics, discourse analysis, language policy, language assessment, to name a few. Despite the fact that research on foreign language education and neoliberalism is certainly growing, less attention has been paid to actual “ways out” or alternatives to neoliberal foreign language…
Una Caracterización Del Discurso Anti-Género/Sexualidad Y Sus Estrategias Desde El Análisis Crítico Del Discurso
Este artículo ofrece una reflexión crítica en torno a un aspecto específico del “armamento simbólico” de las luchas actuales anti-género y diversidad sexual: sus estrategias discursivas. Para ello, se presenta una definición operativa del discurso anti-género/sexualidad que muestra el complejo entramado social, político, económico y cultural que sostiene la producción y circulación de este discurso. Luego, se identifican –en base a investigacione…
Culture in Textbook Analysis and Evaluation
Culture has played an important role in language education for quite some time now. However, to date, there are still heated debates over its definition, its relation with language, and how to better incorporate it in the language teaching curriculum. In the field of applied linguistics, there is a growing number of research addressing culture and culture‐related aspects and their representation in language textbooks. These studies draw on differ…
Introducción al volumen temático
Managing Character (Homo)Sexuality in English Language Teaching Textbooks
This study investigates the process of the production of a local English language teaching textbook series in Uruguay. Drawing on ethnographic approaches to critical discourse analysis, the study examines how the sexuality of a male character–initially conceived as openly gay–becomes semiotically regulated at different stages of textbook production, so that his (sexual) identity is managed, controlled, and backgrounded. In addition to the textboo…
La polémica como desplazamiento discursivo en medios digitales
Los medios construyen, reproducen y difunden —de diversas maneras— polémicas públicas. En base a un corpus mayor de 72 noticias digitales sobre lenguaje inclusivo de género en Uruguay, en este artículo analizo 13 noticias sobre una polémica en Uruguay en torno a la decisión de expedir títulos universitarios con lenguaje de género no binario. A diferencia del resto del corpus, el discurso periodístico no construyó la noticia directamente como polé…
How can the subaltern (researcher) speak? On the global/local context tension in blind peer-review reports
From capitalist production to neoliberal lifestyle
Textbooks provide learners with a particular version of social reality by indexing dominant discourses, values and aspirations. Situated in Multimodal Critical Discourse Studies ( Machin 2013 ), this paper analyzes the visual representation of social relations and social actors in three nationally-produced/adapted English Language Teaching series in Uruguay from 1933 to 2023. Drawing on social actor analysis ( van Leeuwen 2008 ; Ledin and Machin …
Sociology (8 works) · Ideology (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Representation (politics (5 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)