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The practicality and relevance of second language critical pedagogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2009

Graham Crookes
Graham Crookes*
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University of Hawai'i, USAcrookes@hawaii.edu
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Abstract

The paper reviews eight topics in the area of second language critical pedagogy: (i) historical inheritances and lines of development associated with critical pedagogies; (ii) advocacy (and the need for critical language teachers to engage in it); (iii) the diverse institutional contexts that could be explored for critical language pedagogy; (iv) the range of languages within which critical approaches have been explored; (v) EFL critical pedagogy; (vi) the broad range of categories of oppression addressed by critical language pedagogy; (vii) materials for critical language pedagogy, and (viii) the role of the ‘imaginary’ in encouraging critical language pedagogy. I suggest that these constitute matters which, if given attention by critical language pedagogy specialists, could enhance the perceived practicality and/or relevance of the area.

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Language Teaching , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , July 2010 , pp. 333 - 348
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