Diversity and Inclusion in English Language Education: Supporting Learning Through Research and Practice

by Ann-Marie Hunter (Editor)

Overview

This edited volume takes an expansive, no-nonsense view of the spectrum of English language learners to address their varied backgrounds and their wide range of needs, worries, motivations, and abilities. Each chapter addresses a key area and group of students to enable English language teachers to come away with the knowledge and skills they need to support their students. The contributors, who represent a diverse range of voices themselves, cover essential topics, including dyslexia, neurodiversity, linguistic inclusion, deaf students, LGBTQI+ students, racial and cultural inclusion, and more.

Accessible and grounded in cutting-edge research, this book features key concepts, methodologies, and strategies that will encourage reflection and inclusive pedagogy. An invaluable resource for students, researchers, and professionals, this volume demonstrates how English language education can be a force for transformative change and social inclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032169903
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/28/2023
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ann-Marie Hunter is a Lecturer of TESOL and Linguistics at York St John University, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Trouble and Care in the English language classroom  Part 1: Inclusive language 2. An inclusive approach to teaching English to deaf adult learners  3. Inclusion in foreign language education: Using translingual scaffolding to support vocabulary learning in primary school  4. Traditional stories in ELT: Translingual practice for inclusive writing and digital skills instruction  Part 2: Inclusive teaching 5. ‘You don't want to lose anyone, you don't want anyone falling behind’: Online ESOL, inclusion and accessibility in the UK  6. LGBTQI+ Sexualities and a Diversity-Focused Approach in English for Academic Purposes  7. Developing senior learners’ autonomy in second language learning  Part 3: Teaching inclusion 8. How to talk about race in the English language classroom  9. English language learners dealing with trauma: developing ESL teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills  10. Accommodating learners with SpLDs in the language classroom: Problems and solutions