Short description:

This seminal handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the research on world language education and how that research can transform into effective and daily instructional practices for K-16 language teachers.

Long description:

This seminal handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the research on world language education and how that research can transform into effective and daily instructional practices for K-16 language teachers.

With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the volume addresses cutting-edge research, trends, and practice. Covering key topics in language education, the volume is organized in six sections: Teaching Methods and Approaches; Culture, Pragmatics, and Intercultural Communicative Competence; Assessment and Program Evaluation; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the World Language Classroom; Technology Integration and Online Language Teaching and Learning; and Key Issues in World Language Instruction, including advocacy, teacher recruitment and retention, and professional development.

This handbook is an essential text for all scholars, researchers, and educators in world languages.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Teaching Methods and Approaches

1.  Teaching Approaches and Methods in World Language Instruction

Victoria Russell

2.  ACTFL?s Core Practices: The Six Pillars of Effective Language Teaching

Kate McCrea Francis and Celia Chomón Zamora

3.  Target Language Comprehensibility in the World Language Classroom

Krista Chambless and Christina Huhn

4.  Differentiated Instruction: Meeting Student Needs

Leslie Baldwin

5.  Project-Based Language Learning: Evolution, Design Features, and Research Insights

Julio C. Rodríguez

6.  Literacy-Based Approaches to World Language Instruction

Bruna Sommer-Farias and Myriam Abdel-Malek

7.  Supporting Heritage Learners in the Classroom and Beyond

Maria M. Carreira

8.  Early Language Learning in Dual Language Bilingual Education and Traditional Elementary Classrooms

Katherine Barko-Alva and Paola Mendizábal

9.  Experiential Learning: Engaging Students in Real-World Language Use

Todd A. Hernández with Paul A. García

Part 2: Culture, Pragmatics, and Intercultural Communicative Competence

10.  Navigating the Multifarious Waters of Intercultural Communication with Learner-Centered Classroom Tasks

Aleidine J. Moeller and Stephanie W. P. Knight

11.  Centering Communication in ICC: Fostering Target Language Use with Critical Cultural Inquiry

Paula Garrett-Rucks

12.  Embrace the Unknown: Interlanguage Pragmatics through Games and Play

Julie Sykes, Sébastien Dubreil, and Stephanie W. P. Knight

13.  Assessing Intercultural Capability

Angela Scarino, Michelle Kohler, and Anthony J. Liddicoat

14.  The Why and How of Teaching for Social Justice and Intercultural Citizenship: Experiences of Early Adopters

Manuela Wagner, Terry A. Osborn, and Violet Affleck

15.  Developing Critical Cultural Awareness and Critical Consciousness in World Language Classrooms

Theresa Catalano and Inoussa Malgoubri

16.  Intercultural Communicative Competence and Intercultural Citizenship

Dorie Conlon and Michael Byram

17.  Perspective-Making and Its Potential in Intercultural Learning

Erin Kearney and Tasha Austin

Part 3: Assessment and Program Evaluation

18.  Assessment Competence in World Language Education

Lynda Taylor and Beverly Baker

19.  Proficiency Testing in World Language Education

J. Dylan Burton and Paula Winke

20.  Performance Assessment in World Language Education

Francis John Troyan, Jason Martel, and Anna Zaitseva

21.  Student Feedback and Uptake in World Language Education

Bobby Hobgood

22.  Dynamic Assessment in World Language Education

Ali Kushki and Kristin J. Davin

23.  Program Evaluation in World Language Education

Margaret E. Malone and Meg Montee

Part 4: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the World Language Classroom

24.  The Antiracist World Language Classroom in the Midst of Opposing DEI Legislations

Krishauna Hines-Gaither and Cécile Accilien

25.  Educator Agency in World Language Education: A Movement toward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Cassandra Glynn and Beth Wassell

26.  Transdisciplinary Curricular Frameworks for Justice-Centered Pedagogies in the World Language Classroom

L.J. Randolph Jr.

27.  Teaching Towards Gender Justice: Considerations in Materials Design, Selection, and Use

Kris Aric Knisely

28.  Making Invisible LGBTQIA+ Students Visible in World Language Curricula

Paul A. García and James E. Coda

29.  Supporting Neurodiverse Students in the Secondary World Language Classroom

Meredith McDonald White, Jenniffer Whyte, and Kimberly M. Winslow

30.  An Antiracist Approach to World Language Assessment: Making the Invisible Visible

Trina Philpot-Monta?o

Part 5: Technology Integration and Online Language Teaching and Learning

31.  Technology Integration in Europe: An Experiential Approach

Ursula Stickler and Regine Hampel

32.  OER and OEP for Second Language Learning and Teaching

Carl S. Blyth and Joshua J. Thoms

33.  Differentiation and Retention: How Flipped Lessons Support Student Needs

Lauren Rosen

34.  Building Connections among World Language Learners with Virtual Exchange

Deniz Gökçora and Raymond Oenbring

35.  Supporting Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages through Technology Integration and Online Language Learning

Luca Giupponi, Emily Heidrich Uebel, Felix A. Kronenberg, and Danielle Steider

36.  The Maker Movement in World Language Education

Gillian Lord

37.  The Fine Line between Digital Literacy and Academic Dishonesty in Online World Language Instruction

Errol O?Neill  

Part 6: Key Issues in World Language Instruction

38.  Seal of Biliteracy Implementation in World Language Programs

Kristin J. Davin and Amy J. Heineke

39.  Engaging World Language Educators in Continuing Professional Development

Rebecca Kanak Fox, Kelley E. Webb, and Joan Kang Shin

40.  The World Language Teacher Shortage and Teacher Retention: Insight and Recommendations

Pete Swanson and Jason Fischbach

41.  The World Language edTPA: Lessons Learned from a National Certification Assessment

Susan A. Hildebrandt

42.  Indigenous Language Revitalization: Dual Language Immersion in Practice

Brandon T. Locke

43.  Preparing Students for a Career in Languages: Why World Language Education Programs Matter

Patricia W. Cummins

Conclusion: Future Directions in World Language Instruction