Discourses on language teaching, language learning and linguistic diversity in teacher education
The case of English in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12890409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louay Salman Haji (University of Human Development, corresponding author), Annika Norlund Shaswar (0000-0001-9353-2249, Umeå University), Ake Wedin (0000-0002-2992-0818, Dalarna University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 336-354 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Multicultural Discourses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-7143 • E-ISSN: 1747-6615 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17447143.2024.2359662 |
| OpenAlex | W4399386247 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
In this study, we investigate linguistic diversity in teacher education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a setting where discourses on emigration and re-emigration are strong. The aim is to explore social discourses on linguistic diversity as constructed in teacher training programmes for teaching English to primary and secondary school pupils, in course descriptions at two universities, and the implications of these discourses for the suggested teaching practices. Four discourses were identified: double monolingualism, contrastive perspective, linguistic diversity as one of many types of diversity and English as a gateway to future possibilities. Students' earlier linguistic resources in other languages were treated as negative for the development of their English-language skills. English and Kurdish were treated in ways that suggest they should be kept separate and skills in other languages were rendered invisible. This is likely to have an impact on students' teaching in the future, making them less inclined to recognise their pupils' prior knowledge of other languages. We conclude that, more research is needed focusing on issues of circular migration and diaspora, and on other themes than those dominant in the West and the Global North, such as high number of immigrants and issues of integration and assimilation
Cultural diversity · Diaspora · Diversity (politics · Emigration · Immigration · Linguistic diversity · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Traveling texts, translocal/transnational literacies, and transcontextual analysis
Neoliberalism, language, and migration
Diaspora and language
Spatiotemporal scales and the study of mobility
The Sociolinguistics of Globalization
Teacher education around the world
Student Teaching’s Contribution to Preservice Teacher Development
Discourse and social change
Translanguaging in Higher Education
The Multi/Plural Turn, Postcolonial Theory, and Neoliberal Multiculturalism
Polylingual Languaging Around and Among Children and Adolescents
The multilingual turn
Nurturing critical multilingual awareness with pre-service (pre)primary teachers through an interdisciplinary, project-based approach
Studying Diversity in Teacher Education
Disinventing and Reconstituting Languages
Analysing Discourse
Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis
Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
Teaching for a monolingual school? (In)visibility of multilingual perspectives in Swedish teacher education
Essentializing vs. non-essentializing students’ cultural identities
Towards a methodology of cultural discourse studies
Cultural Discourse Studies as culturalist approach to communication
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Using thematic analysis in psychology
Analyzing Student Learning Gains to Evaluate Differentiated Teacher Preparation for Fostering English Learners' Achievement in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms
Critiquing Teacher Preparation Research
Framing Teacher Preparation Research
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Super-diversity and its implications
Talking around super-diversity
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |