Pluricentric Languages and Language Education

This book maps out the pedagogical implications of the global spread and diversification of pluricentric languages for language education and showcases new approaches that can take account of linguistic diversity. Moving the discussion of contemporary norms aims and approaches to pluricentric languages in language education beyond English this book provides a multilingual comparative perspective through case study examples of Spanish French German Portuguese Dutch and Vietnamese. The chapters document compare and evaluate existing practices in the teaching of pluricentric languages and highlights different pedagogical approaches that embrace their variability and diversity. Presenting approaches to overcome barriers to innovation in language education the book will be of great interest to academics researchers doctoral students in the field of language education as well as socio- and applied linguists. Practitioners interested in linguistic diversity more broadly will also find this book engaging. The Open Access version of this book available at www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-4. 0 license. . Language: English