Engaging in Critical Language Studies

This volume illuminates critical issues in language studies by questioning unequal relations of power regarding race, gender, sexuality, ability, language, multimodality, communication, and more. The authors' critical engagement offers renewed understandings of identity, pedagogy, and policies."— Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia"ISLS continues to deliver on its mission of promulgating critical scholarship in language-related studies. This volume continues this now two-decades long mission and includes contributions from both wellknown and promising scholars. This volume belongs on the shelves of those who recognize the role languages play in sustaining and interrupting relationships of power."— Terry A. Osborn, University of South Florida

• Identifying and Responding to Linguicism: Toward a Conceptual Model; Timothy Reagan and Danielle Gabrielli.Chapter 1. Teach Critical Content and Aim for Transformation: The Potential of Language Study in K-12 Education as a Key to Active Citizenship; Martina Fernández Fasciolo.Chapter 2. Transformative Resistance: Politeness Conflict in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom; Gerrard Mugford.Chapter 3. Harmonious Bilingualism Spanish-English Mexican American Children; Irdawati Bay Nalls.Chapter 4. Transforming Teacher-Student Communication Under COVID-19: Using the ARS to Give Students Voice in Remote Japanese University EFL Courses-Part I; Brian G. Rubrecht.Chapter 5. Teaching Implied Meaning Using Written Texts in Public Spaces: Social, Societal, and International Factors in English, Arabic, and Lithuanian; Betty Lanteigne, Ronak Husni, and Radvyda Vaišvilaitė.Chapter 6. Metaphorical Creativity for Social Justice: Challenging Stock Stories With Poetry, Music, and Film; Gerry Yokota.Chapter 7. Describing and Perceiving Sexual Orientation Based on Linguistic Cues: An Update of Schwieter (2010); John W. Schwieter and Jaime Antonio Rivera Flores.Chapter 8. Preservice Teachers Confronting Issues of Diversity Through a Radical Field Experience; Paul Chamness Miller and Erin A. Mikulec.Chapter 9. Empowerment and Its Limitations: Considering Why Things Go Wrong in Second Language Classrooms; Elizabeth R. Miller.Chapter 10. Assessment of English Language Learners and Learning Disabilities With Consideration of Ethno-Cultural Background; Susana Rivera-Mills.Chapter 11. Multicultural Social Justice Education Through the Lens of Positioning: English Language Learners in K-12 Contexts; Hayriye Kayi-Aydar.Chapter 12. Revaluing Our Discourse Varieties, Revaluing Ourselves: Falling in Love With Reading and Our Own Beautiful Selves, Through Student-Centered Inquiry and Organizing the West Valley Reading Rally; Mia Angélica Sosa-Provencio.Chapter 13. The Power of Powerless Linguistic Particles: Their Pragmatic Impact on Bilingual Hearings; Marjorie Zambrano-Paff.Chapter 14. From West Indian Black to Afro-Costa Rican: A Sociohistorical Perspective on the Role of Language, Race, and Culture in the Transition; Lisbeth A. Philip.About the Editors.About the Contributors.Sharing the Memories of Paul IIda.Hair, Not for Sale to Whites; Yuko Taniguchi.