Transdisciplinarity across Two-Tiers: The Case of Applied Linguistics and Literary Studies in U.S. Foreign Language Departments

Autor/in	Warner, Chantelle
Titel	Transdisciplinarity across Two-Tiers: The Case of Applied Linguistics and Literary Studies in U.S. Foreign Language Departments
Quelle	In: AILA Review, 31 (2018) 1, S.29-52 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-0213
DOI	10.1075/aila.00012.war
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Interdisciplinary Approach; Departments; Criticism; Literature; Specialists; Applied Linguistics; Modern Languages; Teaching Methods; College Faculty; Case Studies; Epistemology; Cultural Education; Language Teachers; German; Doctoral Degrees; Educational Background; Teacher Attitudes; Interviews; Politics; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Department; Abteilung; Kritik; Literatur; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Gegenwartssprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fakultät; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Erkenntnistheorie; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Deutscher; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Vorbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Politik
Abstract	In the ten years since the Modern Language Association published their report, "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" (2007) dissatisfaction with the "two-tiered configuration" of US foreign language departments has become increasingly vocal. While the target of the criticism is often the curriculum, it has often been noted that programmatic bifurcations mirror institutional hierarchies, e.g. status differences between specialists in literary and cultural studies and experts in applied linguistics and language pedagogy (e.g. Maxim et al., 2013; Allen & Maxim, 2012). This chapter looks at the two-tiered structure of collegiate modern language departments from the perspectives of the transdisciplinary shape-shifters who maneuver within them--scholars working between applied linguistics and literary studies. These individuals must negotiate the methodologies and the institutional positions available to them--in many instances, the latter is what has prompted them to work between fields in the first place. The particular context of US foreign language and literature departments serves as a case study of the lived experiences of doing transdisciplinary work in contexts that are characterized by disciplinary hierarchies and the chapter ends with a call for applied linguistics to consider not only the epistemic, but also the institutional and affective labor needed to sustain transdisciplinary work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01