| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 267 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: toward diversity and decolonization / Siham Bouamer and Loïc Bourdeau -- Multilingual texts and contexts: inclusive pedagogies in the French foreign language classroom / Cecilia Benaglia and Maya Angela Smith -- Unlearning Francophonie: legacies of colonialism in French grammar textbooks / Madeline Bedecarré -- Racism, colonialism, and the limits of diversity: the racialized "other" in the French foreign language textbooks / Julia D. Spiegelman -- Making the colonial present audible to our students / Kristen Stern -- Blackness and social justice in the French classroom / Marda Messay -- Honoring Native American voices in the Francophone studies classroom: restoring oral testimonies to their rightful place in the story of the early modern Americas / Charlotte Daniels and Katherine Dauge-Roth -- Halte au capacitisme! A toolkit for creating accessible French language classrooms for neurodiverse students and student with disabilities / Thea Fronsman-Cecil -- Language policy and change in the classroom: teaching the feminization of professional titles in intermediate French / Alisha Reaves -- Teaching French feminisms from an intersectional perspective / Blase A. Provitola -- Teaching trans knowledges: situating expansive possibilities in an intermediate French course / Kris Aric Knisely -- Queering the French language classroom: a social justice approach to discussing gender, privilege, and oppression / Hasheem Hakeem -- Decanonizing contemporary culture course: teaching culture with Twitter / Daniel N. Maroun -- Approaching plurality and contributing to diversity through podcast pedagogy / Thomas Muzart -- Beyond the book: multimodal texts and assignments as anti-racist pedagogy / Bethany Schiffman -- Decolonial and feminist course design and assessment in the first-year French curriculum / Kelly Biers |
| Summary |
This edited volume presents new and original approaches to teaching the French foreign-language curriculum, reconceptualizing the French classroom through a more inclusive lens. The volume engages with a broad range of scholars to facilitate an understanding of the process of French (de)colonization as well as its reverberations into the postcolonial era, and a deeper engagement with the global interconnectedness of these processes. Chapters in Part I revist the concept of the "francophonie," decenter the field from "metropolitan" or "hexagonal" and white France and underline how current teaching materials reproduce epistemic and colonial violence. Part II adopts an intersectional approach to address topics of gender inclusivity, trans-affirming teaching, queer materials, and ableism. Finally, Part III presents new ways to transform the discipline by affirming our commitment to social justice and making sure that our classrooms are representative of our students enriching diversity. Siham Bouamer is Assistant Professor of French at Sam Houston State University, USA. Her research focuses on transnational movements from and to the Maghreb in twentieth and twenty-first-century film and literature and pedagogy in textbooks. Loic Bourdeau is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. His research lies in twentieth and twenty-first-century French and Quebec literature and cinema, with special theoretical interests in feminist and queer studies. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed August 16, 2022) |
| Subject |
French language -- Study and teaching.
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French language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
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Decolonization -- Social aspects
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Inclusive education.
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Curriculum enrichment.
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Social justice and education.
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Mainstreaming, Education
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Curriculum enrichment
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Decolonization -- Social aspects
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French language -- Study and teaching
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French language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
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Inclusive education
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Social justice and education
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| Genre/Form |
Essays
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Essays.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bouamer, Siham, editor.
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Bourdeau, Loïc, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030953577 |
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3030953572 |
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