Restoring Criticism to Language: A Critical Agenda in Language Pedagogy

Authors

  • Panayota Gounari
  • Juan Carlos Davila Davila
  • Juan Carlos Guerra

Keywords:

Critical pedagogy, critical approaches in language education, literacy, language policy, language teachers

Abstract

This paper intends to redefine what a critical approach in the formation in languages may involve, how it is located in various approaches (functional / interactionist / reproductive / critical) to literacy, what are its implications in language education. The author's aim is to keep discussion open in order to give the long expected and required step towards a more critical discourse from the point of view of language teachers and researchers in the field of language learning and pedagogy.

How to reference this article:

Gounari, Panayota, “Devolviéndole lo crítico al lenguaje: una agenda crítica en la pedagogía de los idiomas”, Revista Educación y Pedagogía, Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Educación, vol. XX, núm. 51, (mayoagosto), 2008, pp. 51-64.

Received: april 2008

Accepted: april 2008

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Author Biographies

Panayota Gounari

Ph. D., docente asesor, Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada, Universidad de Massachusetts, Boston

Juan Carlos Davila Davila

Docente-asesor, Corporacion Colombiana del Lenguaje Integral, Medellín.

Juan Carlos Guerra

Magíster en TESOL, Fresno Pacific University. Docente de la Escuela de idiomas y de la Corporación Colombianadel Lenguaje Integral. Miembro del grupo de Investigación Pedagogía y Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras de laUniversidad de Antioquia.

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Published

2011-08-11

How to Cite

Gounari, P., Davila Davila, J. C., & Guerra, J. C. (2011). Restoring Criticism to Language: A Critical Agenda in Language Pedagogy. Revista Educación Y Pedagogía, 20(51), 51–64. Retrieved from https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/revistaeyp/article/view/9896