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Transformation, Embodiment, and Wellbeing in Foreign Language Pedagogy

Enacting Deep Learning

Dr Joseph Shaules (Keio University, Japan) Dr Troy McConachy (University of Warwick, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
25 July 2024
This volume introduces pedagogical approaches and empirical studies that emphasize deeper, embodied engagement with language, the transformative potential of the language learning experience, and the importance of learner and teacher well-being. A deep learning orientation sees foreign language learning not as a psychologically neutral process of internalising linguistic rules but as an embodied process that is intimately tied to learners’ experience of self, including emotion, body states, metaphoric understanding, aesthetic sensibilities, and moral intuitions. This volume challenges language teachers and teacher trainers to move beyond instrumentalist views of language learning, to recognise the deeply impactful nature of the language learning experience, and to consider how language pedagogy can contribute to the development of the learner as a whole person.

Chapters in this volume consider the enactment of deep learning from diverse theoretical perspectives, including positive psychology, embodied cognition, cognitive linguistics, motivational theory, literary theory, and moral psychology. The volume provides language teachers, teacher trainers and applied linguists with concrete insights into the multidisciplinary foundations of conceptualizing, planning, and implementing deep learning in language classrooms.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9781350254527
ISBN 10:   1350254525
Pages:   240
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Joseph Shaules is Specially Appointed Professor at the Center for Global Interdisciplinary Courses at Keio University, Japan, a faculty member of the Tsuda University Graduate Program in TESOL, and the Director of the Japan Intercultural Institute. Troy McConachy is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK.

Reviews for Transformation, Embodiment, and Wellbeing in Foreign Language Pedagogy: Enacting Deep Learning

This is a much-needed anthology within the foreign language education literature, offering a fresh perspective on approaches to embodiment, transformation, and wellbeing. A great addition to researchers’ and teachers’ bookshelves! * Christina Gkonou, Reader and Programme Leader for the MA TESOL course, University of Essex, UK *


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