Using the linguistic landscape as a pedagogical resource
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23359247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Sayer (0000-0003-3187-2541, The University of Texas at San Antonio, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-154 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ELT Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-0893 • E-ISSN: 1477-4526 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/elt/ccp051 |
| OpenAlex | W2163451533 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 74 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article discusses the idea of linguistic landscape and describes a small-scale research project undertaken in a local EFL community in Mexico using public signs to analyse the social meanings of English. The author presents a framework that distinguishes between intercultural and intracultural uses, as well as iconic and innovative uses of English on signs. He also identifies six social meanings represented on the signs and uses photographs to illustrate each meaning. He argues that the project is useful both for thinking about the innovative ways people use the language in local contexts and as a template for a classroom-based project that teachers can implement that engages EFL students in investigating and talking about social language use. The conclusion presents an approach for using the linguistic landscape as a pedagogical resource in the EFL classroom which casts the students as language investigators and offers ideas for extension activities that connect the language classroom to the streets of the learners’ community.
Linguistic landscape · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Pedagogy · Resource (disambiguation) · Sociology · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Reflections on the Construction Status of Linguistic Landscapes in the Educational Field in China
Teacher-Researchers Exploring Urban Semiotic Landscape as a Decolonizing Praxis
Exploring the perceptions of passers-by through the participatory documentary photography tool PhotoVoice
Social Meanings in School Linguistic Landscape
Linguistic Landscape for Korean Learning
Il paesaggio linguistico plurilingue e la didattica
A presença do alemão na paisagem linguística de uma cidade do interior de SP
Language use and tourism in Yogyakarta; The linguistic landscape of Malioboro
Incorporating Linguistic Landscape as Authentic Material in Teaching Italian for Acquiring Linguistic-Communicative Competencies
Repositioning biliteracy as capital for learning
A Linguistic Landscape Study of Signage on Nimmanhemin Road, A Lanna Chiang Mai Chill-Out Street
Linguistic Landscape
Multilingualism in the Linguistic Landscape of the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Everyday Literacies in Education
Linguistic Landscape and Language Learning
“Leave no trace”
Mapping visual language
Linguistic Landscape as a Resource in Egap Courses
Language Guerrillas
El paisatge lingüístic a la Facultat d’Educació de la Universitat les Illes Balears
Starting small
‘Once you step out of the school, it’s different’
The linguistic landscape and materials development
Sitting on the fence
Developing beginning language learners’ (meta-)cultural understanding via student-led Linguistic Landscape research
Opening spaces of learning in the linguistic landscape
Modeling Linguistic Landscapes
Increasing multilingualism in schoolscapes
Educators’ perspectives on translanguaging schoolscape and language education for refugee students in Greek educational settings
Negotiating meaning and identity through translation in the linguistic landscape in Shantou
The shifting knowledge frontiers
English and local languages in linguistic structuration of the public space in Islamabad and the neighbouring town
Sign geist
Developing sociolinguistic awareness through Japanese virtual linguistic landscapes in Sakubun classroom
A typological investigation of errors in the use of English in the bilingual and multilingual linguistic landscape of Tehran
Navigating Covid-19 linguistic landscapes in Vancouver’s North Shore
The contribution of exterior schoolscapes to neighbourhoods
Using young learners’ language environments for EFL learning
Teaching Philippine English through schoolscapes
Examining the Impact of Digital Linguistic Landscapes on Students’ motivation, and Self‐Perceived Achievement in Second Language Writing
Is “poor” English in linguistic landscape useful for EFL teaching and learning? Perspectives of EFL teachers in China
Expanding global language education in public primary schools
You will certainly learn English much faster at work than from a textbook.” – Law students learning English beyond the language classroom
Engaging with difference
Drive-thru linguistic landscaping
The pedagogical benefits of a linguistic landscape project in Japan
‘ Localizing English in town ’
Chinese students’ engagement with linguistic landscapes during a summer school in Scotland
Engaging with linguistic landscaping in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Linguistic landscape, critical language awareness and critical thinking
The motivations of heritage and non-heritage students in learning portuguese in L(USA)land
What’s in a house name? Student-teachers’ dialogic encounters with multilingual texts in the environment
The visible languages on landscape linguistics in primary schools in Kupang and the implementation of education language policy
Fostering critical multilingual language awareness with teacher candidates in Türkiye through linguistic landscape projects
Linguistic Landscapes in a Multilingual World
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The coexistence of moral-educational values and neoliberal selves
Critical multilingual language awareness through linguistic landscapes
Linguistic visibility and multilingual representation in a UAE schoolscape
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Les paysages linguistiques au Cambodge
Preparing Preservice Educators to Teach Critical, Place‐Based Literacies
Intersecting scapes and new millennium identities in language learning
When the parish turns into a classroom
Understanding low outcomes in English language education in Austrian middle schools
The idea of English in Iran
Mobilising multilingual repertoires in L3 learning
The linguistic landscape in China
Examining city image construction through the lens of linguistic soundscape
Learning Māori beyond the classroom with the linguistic landscape
Linguistic landscaping in Tabriz, Iran
Streetwise English and French advertising in multilingual DR Congo
English in advertising in Colombia
| Unique citing works | 74 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,63 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |