Failing Fortunes of Applied Linguistics: Towards Surviving Mastery

Autor/in	Oostendorp, Marcelyn
Titel	Failing Fortunes of Applied Linguistics: Towards Surviving Mastery
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 44 (2023) 5, S.882-899 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Oostendorp, Marcelyn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amad037
Schlagwörter	Applied Linguistics; Mastery Learning; Foreign Countries; World Views; Higher Education; Decolonization; Failure; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Ausland; World view; Weltanschauung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Dekolonisation; Entkolonialisierung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The discourse of mastery is prominent in applied linguistics. The idea of mastery, however, does not remain only on the discourse level: curricula and policies are meant to be implemented, and therefore mastery and all that is associated with it (near perfection, dominance over something, etc.) is also practiced. In this paper, I argue that we might survive mastery by recuperating other ways of being, thinking, and learning. By drawing on examples from the South African higher educational context, I show glimpses of other ways of doing and thinking about language. Drawing inspiration from decolonial theory, I extend the notion of linguistic citizenship by showing that, for applied linguists, vulnerability, relationality, and failure could be points of focus as productive as mastery. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01