Linguistic Landscapes Beyond the Language Classroom

Greg Niedt is Lecturer in Liberal Arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA.Corinne A. Seals is Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Greg Niedt and Corinne A. SealsPart I: Other Forms of Language Classroom 1. From Part of the Scenery to Curricular Resources: Authentic Signs as Portals to Cultural Practices within a Residential German Language Immersion Program, Justin Quam and Heidi E. Hamilton2. Unveiling Sign Languages in the Linguistic Landscape: Representations of Sign Languages in Nonsigning and Signing Milieux, Jami Fisher, Donna Jo Napoli, and Gene Mirus3. New Caledonia: A Semiotic Analysis of the Landscape as an Opportunity for Learning, Diane de Saint Léger and Kerry MullanPart II: Structured Spaces Becoming Classrooms4. The Linguistic Landscape of Public Health Institutions in Tanzania, Paschal Mdukula5. Information, Education and Language Policy in the Linguistic Landscape of an International Airport in New Zealand, Una Cunningham and Jeanette King6. English Learning Experience in a Textile Company in Turkey, Yasemin Kirkgöz7. The Public Discourse and Presentation of Migrant Groups within a Museum Space, Barbara LoesterPart III: LLs as Activist Education8. Exploring Multimodal Story Houses in the Indigenous Paiwan-Rukai Post-Disaster Reconstruction, Chun-Mei Chen9. Activist Teaching through the Linguistic Landscape in Göttingen and Lviv, Corinne A. Seals and Greg Niedt10. Affective and Epistemic Stance as Approaches to Educating the Public (Or Not) During Ireland’s Eighth Amendment Referendum Campaign, Louis Strange11. Dynamic Walking Tour Methodology for LL Research: A Case Study in Jaffa, Amir Michalovich, Sarah Naaman, Moraia Trijnes, Iman Agbaria, and Elana ShohamyIndex

Moving through public spaces we are surrounded by linguistic landscapes all the time. We perceive and react to the display of texts and images and we also learn. The captivating contributions in this volume focus on learning that takes place in non-traditional educational settings, as diverse as a summer camp, a factory, an airport, a museum, a hospital or activist and political signs. All provide teachable moments and this focus ties together these studies. This volume contributes in important ways to the expansion of the scenery of linguistic landscape studies.