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

This volume emphasizes the importance of deeper,embodied engagement with language,the transformative potential of the language learning experience,and the well-being of both learners and teachers. It challenges language teachers and teacher trainers to move beyond instrumentalist views of language learning and to consider how language pedagogy can contribute to the development of the learner as a whole person. Chapters in the volume explore the enactment of deep learning from diverse theoretical perspectives, providing concrete insights into the multidisciplinary foundations of conceptualizing, planning, and implementing deep learning in language classrooms.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 12 January 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This comprehensive volume delves into pedagogical approaches and empirical studies that prioritize a profound, embodied engagement with language, the transformative power of the language learning experience, and the well-being of both learners and teachers. A deep learning perspective views foreign language learning as an embodied process that is intricately linked to learners' experiences of self, encompassing emotions, body states, metaphorical understanding, aesthetic sensibilities, and moral intuitions. This volume urges language teachers and teacher trainers to transcend instrumentalist views of language learning, recognizing the profound impact of the language learning journey and exploring how language pedagogy can foster the holistic development of learners as individuals.

Chapters within this volume explore the enactment of deep learning from diverse theoretical perspectives, including positive psychology, embodied cognition, cognitive linguistics, motivational theory, literary theory, and moral psychology. By drawing upon these diverse frameworks, the volume offers language teachers, teacher trainers, and applied linguists valuable insights into the multidisciplinary foundations of conceptualizing, planning, and implementing deep learning in language classrooms.

Through its comprehensive coverage, this volume equips educators with the tools and knowledge necessary to create engaging, immersive, and meaningful language learning environments that foster deep learning and promote the well-being of all participants.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350254480