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.
Gergana Vitanova is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Central Florida, USA.Hayriye Kayi-Aydar is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Arizona, USA. Jihea Maddamsetti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Old Dominion University, USA.Manka Varghese is a Professor in the College of Education, University of Washington, USA.
Chapter 1. Gergana Vitanova, Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Jihea Maddamsetti and Manka Varghese: IntroductionChapter 2. Ayesha Rabadi-Raol: Intersectional Justice: Rethinking Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Teaching and Teacher EducationChapter 3. Daniela Silva: Implementing Racial Literacy to Foster Teacher Candidates’ Understanding of Intersectionality in English Language TeachingChapter 4. Zhaoyu Wang and Seongryeong Yu: The Mediating Power of Intersectionality: Examining Language Teacher Professional Development Through a Vygotskian LensChapter 5. Yuzuko Nagashima and Luke Lawrence: Recontextualizing Intersectionality for the ELT Field: A New Approach to Making Use of Intersectionality in Language Teaching and Education ResearchChapter 6. Bedrettin Yazan: Intersectionality of Language Teacher Identity in Teacher Candidates’ Critical Autoethnographic NarrativesChapter 7. Rashi Jain: “...Running [into] Writer’s Block”: Transnational Loss, Chronic Illnesses, and Reimagined HomeChapter 8. Yasmine Romero: To Build an Intersectional Framework: Dialoguing Across Language and Writing StudiesChapter 9. Sabrina Wesley-Nero: Exploring Intersectionality and Teacher Identity to Advance Anti-Racism in Dual Language EducationChapter 10. Nelly Patiño-Cabrera and Rachel Snyder Bhansari: “Mi voz no se escucha”: The Work Experiences of Latine Teachers in DLBE SchoolsChapter 11. Dunja Radojković: Intersectionality in Intercultural Teacher Development: Serbian Teachers of English in the Middle EastPeter I. De Costa: Afterword
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.