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22 - Possible Selves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Claire Kramsch
Edited by
Gail Prasad ,
Nathalie Auger  and
Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman
Gail Prasad
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
Nathalie Auger
Affiliation:
University of Montpellier
Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Through her own trajectory, as well as her daughter’s, Emmanuelle Le Pichon describes their experiences of “languages belonging” and legitimacy from France to Canada via Italy, the Netherlands and the United States. Emmanuelle Le Pichon shows her concern with categorizing and reductive terms such as foreign language or L1, L2, L3 and proposes alternative ways for a proactive celebration of diversity in the classroom.

Keywords

foreign languagesmother tongueslanguage of schoolingmultiliteracytranslanguagingintercomprehensionintercultural communicationmetacognitive awarenessinclusionminority language students
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Multilingualism and Education
Researchers' Pathways and Perspectives
 , pp. 184 - 193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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