Narratives of Non-English L2 Language Teachers

This book invludes chapters from L2 instructors who teach a wide range of languages in different settings, including different geographical, sociolinguistic, and institutional contexts. This book is suitable for pre-service teachers, teacher educators, and researchers in language education, as well as in-service teacher training programs.

List of contents

Contents
Introduction: Broadening Perspectives in L2 Teaching: Insights from Teacher Narratives in Non-English Language Contexts
Nur Yi¿itölu 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

Farah Ali

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

Roger Anderson

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

Sandra Keller and Erin Tremblay Ponnou-Delaffon

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

Jessica Kirzane

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

Olexandra Kostenko

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

Ares Llop Naya

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

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

1. An English professor's journey of teaching Turkish as a second language

Ay¿e Naz Bulamur

1. Teaching German as L2 to Unconventional Learners: A Challenge for the 'Ideal-Learner'

Teaching Habitus
Yulia Edeleva

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

Cristina Ni¿u

1. 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 Yi¿itölu Aptoula & Melinda Reichelt

About the author

Nur Yi¿itölu Aptoula is an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Bogazici University.
Melinda Reichelt is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of English at the University of Toledo.

Product details

• Assisted by: Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula (Editor), Reichelt Melinda (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 25.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032815572
• ISBN: 978-1-032-81557-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, teacher training, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching and learning, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Bilingualism and multilingualism