The Routledge Handbook of the Sociopolitical Context of Language Learning

Weixiao Wei worked with Taiyuan University of Technology as a lecturer at the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures between 2010 - 2023. In July 2017, she received a visiting scholarship from China Scholarship Council (CSC) to undertake research projects at Swansea University, UK for a year. Since then, she has published three monographs and six book chapters with Routledge. She served as the first editor of The Routledge Handbook of Descriptive Rhetorical Studies published in 2023. She is also the editor of the Chinese language studies section in Routledge Resources Online - Chinese Studies section. In addition to preparing research papers, monograph and edited volumes for further publication, she has been pursuing her PhD study in rhetoric and composition at University of Houston. Der-lin Chao is Professor of Chinese and Head of the Chinese BA in Language, Literature, Translation and MA in the Teaching of Chinese programs at Hunter College, City University of New York. She devotes herself to language program pedagogy, design, and evaluation; development of technology and web-based instructional materials; teacher education; proficiency-based language education; and the history of Chinese language instruction. In addition, she is thoroughly invested in developing extra-collegiate Chinese educational initiatives, including K-12 Chinese curriculum development and enhancement with partner schools throughout the New York City area.

Introduction

Section I: The New Sociopolitical Contexts of Language Learning

1. Present and Future of the Ukrainian Language Teaching and Ukrainian Studies in Europe
2. Revisiting the Influence of Linguistic Hegemony in Oman: The Choice of English as a Medium of Instruction
3. Does Thailand’s English Language Education Reflect Thainess? The Case of a Thai Ideology in English Language Learning
4. Language education ideologies in Pakistani education policies and newspapers: Ecology of languages or diffusion of English paradigm?
5. The CEFR and English language curriculum reform in Vietnamese higher education: Tensions in teacher agency
6. Exploring Intercultural dynamics in CFL: Experiences of international students in Chinese Higher Education
7. The Globalization of the Korean Language in the Context of South Korea-China Relations

Section II: Language Learning and Teaching as Advocacy and Social Justice

8. New Dogma for a Dogma-Averse Age: A Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Pedagogy of the Oppressed

9. Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives on Addressing Social Justice in English Language and Literature Classes through Critical Pedagogy

10. Bilingual education research in the U.S.: A critical analysis of school choice and neoliberal ideologies in dual language programs

11. Implementing sustainable education through project-based learning: A case study of L2 instruction in Tunisia

12. Negotiating multilingual language education through a democratic all-stakeholder discussion in Cambodian universities: The teaching of less learned languages other than English

13. Learning the Language of Gender and Feminism in Postcommunist Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

14. Foreign language learning in a welfare linguistics framework: The case of Japanese

Section III: Ideology, Identity, and Language Politics

15. Creating an enemy as a feature of ideological discourse. The case of contemporary Russian power in relation to Ukraine

16. Language ideologies and politics of language in education in Southeast Asia

17. Ideology, language, and education: the linguistic mechanism of ideology and its transformation

18. Learning from Totalitarianism: The Inculcation of Ideology through Language

19. International Students and Neoliberal English-Medium Higher Education: Contextualizing the Impact of Race and Language Ideologies

20. Western language ideology and Saudi English identity

21. The seesaw of using Cantonese or Putonghua as the medium of instruction for teaching the Chinese Language Subject in post-colonial Hong Kong context: A storm in a teacup?

22. Linguistic Characteristics and Strategies of Charismatic Speakers: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Han Kuo-yu’s Political Speeches

23. Limits of anthropocentrism: Representation of environmental ecology in English textbooks in Pakistan

Section IV: Innovative Approaches in Language Learning and Teaching in the new global context

24. Towards equitable, diverse and inclusive language models in AI-enhanced education technology for language learners

25. Developing critical awareness and regaining personal agency: Autonomous language learning as a personal liberating process

26. Learning Portuguese in the Context of Climate Change and The Amazon

27. Adaptive Learning Methods in Speech-Language Pathology: A Case Study Exploration of Transformative Practices in the Post-Covid Era

28. Technology-enhanced scenario-based reading assessment of pre-service English teachers

29. Linguistic landscapes as a pedagogical tool to promote global citizenship skills: envisioning the role of service learning

30. Assessment of Academic Writing for Undergraduate Nursing Students during COVID-19

31. Going beyond war metaphors: An educational intervention about framing global issues