Community-Based Language Learning

Joan Clifford is assistant professor of the practice in Spanish at Duke University and regularly offers Spanish service-learning courses that focus on education, global health, and identity. As Director of the Community-Based Language Initiative in Duke Service-Learning, she consults with faculty across disciplines and supports community-based learning in world language courses. Her research centers on community engaged pedagogies and intercultural competence. Deborah S. Reisinger is assistant professor of the practice in French at Duke University. As director of Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, she oversees advanced language courses in global health, public policy, and environmental studies. Reisinger teaches service-learning courses on refugee resettlement and social entrepreneurship, and is the author of numerous articles on language pedagogy, intercultural competence, and French for Specific Purposes.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One: A Theoretical Framework for CBLLChapter Two: Student Learning OutcomesChapter Three: Assessment DesignChapter Four: Identity, Language, and PowerChapter Five: Dissonance, Resistance, and Transformative LearningChapter Six: Authentic and Ethical PartnershipsAppendixesCreditsReferences