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Critical Language Pedagogy

Expected online publication date:  03 September 2026

Alessia Cogo
Affiliation:
King’s College London and University College London
Graham V. Crookes
Affiliation:
University of Hawaiʻi
Sávio Siqueira
Affiliation:
Bahia Federal University

Summary

Critical language pedagogy (CLP) is the application of critical pedagogy (CP) ideas and principles to the teaching of additional languages. CLP is mainly associated with a theory of education in which the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire is to be taken as central. This Element aims to provide readers with a simple and direct introduction to this perspective on additional language teaching. It addresses main principles, regular practices, materials, and their availability and form and considers future development work needed. The starting point is teachers' values, alongside students' issues and problems, and the (ideal) end point is a desired network of teachers (together with students and community members) who have a shared interest in transforming their classrooms in directions that will foster human flourishing.

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