World Language Education as Critical Pedagogy: , Reagan, Osborn..

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World Language Education as Critical PedagogyThe Promise of Social Justice\nAuthor(s): Timothy G. Reagan, Terry A. Osborn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367465216, 978-0367465216\nSynopsis\nAccessible and cutting-edge, this text is a pivotal update to the field and offers a much-needed critical perspective on world language education. Building off their classic 2002 book, The Foreign Language Educator in Society, Timothy G. Reagan and Terry A. Osborn address major issues facing the world language educator today, including language myths, advocacy, the perceived and real benefits of language learning, linguistic human rights, constructivism, learning theories, language standards, monolingualism, bilingualism and multiculturalism.\n\nOrganized into three parts \""Knowing Language,\"" \""Learning Language,\"" and \""Teaching Language\"" this book applies a critical take on conventional wisdom on language education, ev.