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Narratives of Non-English L2 Language Teachers book cover

1st Edition

Narratives of Non-English L2 Language Teachers

Edited By Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, Melinda Reichelt Copyright 2026
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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This book highlights the narratives of teachers of non-English languages. Much of what we know about L2 teaching is based on conclusions drawn from research on teaching in English as an L2, with languages besides English being given short shrift or ignored entirely. Examining L2 teaching practices related to non-English languages can help us gain a more comprehensive understanding of language... Read more

Contents

Introduction: Broadening Perspectives in L2 Teaching: Insights from Teacher Narratives in Non-English Language Contexts

Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula & Melinda Reichelt

Part 1: Narratives of Non-English Language Teachers in Institutional and Formal Contexts

  1. Teaching the Sociopolitics of Spanish: Language Pedagogy from a Sociolinguistic Lens

    2. Farah Ali

  2. Cultivating World Languages within --then Leaving-- a Historically Black College/ University

    3. Roger Anderson

  3. Beyond borders: Teaching for multiplicity in the L2 French classroom

    4. Sandra Keller and Erin Tremblay Ponnou-Delaffon

  4. It Comes Down to Us: Teaching Yiddish at the University Level

    5. Jessica Kirzane

  5. Crossing Linguistic Frontiers: Task-Based Russian and Ukrainian Language Teaching in Military and Government Contexts

    6. Olexandra Kostenko

  6. Teaching Catalan abroad: making the most of bridging the local and the global

    7. Ares Llop Naya

  7. From Spanish Teacher to World Language Teacher Educator: An Exploration of Pedagogical Evolution

    8. Brian Olovson

    Part 2: Narratives of Non-English Language Teachers in Community and Language Program Contexts

  8. An English professor’s journey of teaching Turkish as a second language

    9. Ayşe Naz Bulamur

  9. Teaching German as L2 to Unconventional Learners: A Challenge for the ‘Ideal-Learner’

    10. Teaching Habitus

    Yulia Edeleva

  10. Teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language to adults in Romania

    11. Cristina Nițu

  11. COVID’s Silver Lining: The Story of a Community Yiddish Group

          Judy Liskin-Gasparro

Conclusion: Future Directions in L2 Teaching: Expanding the Scope Beyond English

Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula & Melinda Reichelt

Biography

Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula is an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Boğaziçi University.

Melinda Reichelt is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of English at the University of Toledo.

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