Intersectionality in Multilingual and Language Teacher Education
Directions for Research and Practice
Gergana Vitanova editor Hayriye Kayi-Aydar editor Manka Varghese editor Jihea Maddamsetti editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Multilingual Matters
Publishing:15th Sep '26
£119.95
This title is due to be published on 15th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This book showcases the construct of intersectionality and how it applies to the multiple dimensions of language and multilingual teacher identities. It also illustrates how intersectionality might affect language teachers’ potential for agency and their pedagogical practices.
Outstanding original application of intersectionality to language teacher education and multilingual classrooms.
This book showcases the construct of intersectionality and how it applies to the multiple dimensions of language and multilingual teacher identities. The chapters illustrate how intersectionality affects teachers’ potential for agency and their pedagogical practices.
By highlighting intersectionality’s role in teacher education, the book seeks to understand how all forms of oppressive social practices play out in classrooms and educational contexts, and how an intersectional lens can suggest ways in which to counter these in multilingual classrooms and language teaching.
The chapters use a range of methodologies to explore theoretical, empirical and pedagogical implications of an intersectional analysis of language teaching. The book’s insights can and should be used to effect change that benefits everyone in the language classroom and the wider educational community.
Curated by an expert team of scholars in identity and language teacher education, this volume synthesizes and advances the scholarship of intersectionality in our field. The chapters provide a wonderful array of examples that will be a meaningful resource for researchers, teacher educators, and language teachers who seek to center intersectionality in their work. * Francis Troyan, The Ohio State University, USA *
This book demonstrates convincingly and powerfully why it is essential to explore the full range of language teachers’ intersecting identities and how they are affected by systems of oppression and privilege. I will recommend this book to anyone interested in researching language teachers. * Elizabeth R. Miller, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA *
Employing intersectionality as a critical framework, this collection examines how colonial legacies continue to shape ELT educators’ identities and practices. Through clear and engaging chapters, it encourages readers to identify harmful practices and move toward educational equity grounded in intersectionality and epistemic justice. * Gloria Park, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA *
ISBN: 9781800419957
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
Weight: unknown
214 pages