Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
Historical perspectives
By adopting a historical perspective, this edited collection of papers takes a fresh look at a key concept in applied linguistics, that of innovation. A substantial introduction advocates historical re-evaluation of this notion via exploration of its rise to prominence, while the ten subsequent chapters present in-depth case studies of apparently successful as well as ineffective innovation(s), from the early eighteenth to the late twentieth century. Language learning/teaching developments in Brazil, China, England, France, Germany and Italy are considered along with ‘global’ innovations in language learner lexicography, while the languages considered include Chinese, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese and Spanish. Various types of primary source material are utilized, illustrating the possibilities of applied linguistic historiography for both students and academics new to the field. The book questions ideas of perpetual innovation and progress, supporting the adoption of more critical perspectives on change and innovation in applied linguistics and language teaching.
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 20] 2023. x, 220 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 5 June 2023
Published online on 5 June 2023
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Information about the authors | pp. vii–x
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation?Richard Smith and Tim Giesler | pp. 2–22
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Part I. Product innovation
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Chapter 2. Tart–scriblita–torta–torte–torta–tortilha: A piece of cake! Acquiring lexis in R. John Andree’s (1725) A vocabulary, in six languagesGiovanni Iamartino and Lucia Berti | pp. 24–42
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Chapter 3. Teaching phraseology in the 19th century: John Charles Tarver’s Royal phraseological English–French, French–English dictionaryStefania Nuccorini | pp. 43–58
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Chapter 4. Innovation in monolingual English learner’s dictionaries: A historical perspectiveReinhard Heuberger | pp. 59–80
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Part II. Innovation through scientific discovery
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Chapter 5. La linguistique appliquée: Innovation in language learning/teaching research in France (1955–85)Shona Whyte | pp. 82–103
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Chapter 6. Classroom-oriented teacher research in modern languages: An innovation of the Reform MovementFriederike Klippel | pp. 104–120
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Part III. Oscillations along a continuum
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Chapter 7. Change without innovation? Language teaching in late 19th-century GermanyTim Giesler and Sabine Doff | pp. 122–136
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Chapter 8. “Reflection on language”: Innovation and tradition in ELT textbooks in Italy in the 1980s and 1990sLuciana Pedrazzini | pp. 137–161
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Part IV. Adaptation in specific contexts
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Chapter 9. Describing and learning
the Chinese languages: Innovation in Western language pedagogical tools of the late Ming and late Qing periodsMariarosaria Gianninoto | pp. 164–179 -
Chapter 10. Curriculum innovation
through concept borrowing: The case of “learner autonomy” in English language education in Chinese universities (1978–2007)Shi Pu | pp. 180–198 -
Chapter 11. Beyond written texts: History as told by the objects of modern foreign language classes in a Brazilian schoolMarta Banducci Rahe | pp. 199–216
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Index | pp. 217–220
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Muszyńska, Barbara, Joanna Pfingsthorn & Tim Giesler
2023. The Role of Online Learning Environments in the Enhancement of Language Learners’ Intercultural Competence: A Scoping Review of Studies Published between 2015 and 2022. Languages 8:3 ► pp. 211 ff. 
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFDC: Language acquisition
Main BISAC Subject
LAN020000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching