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Chapter 11. Beyond written texts

History as told by the objects of modern foreign language classes in a Brazilian school
  • Marta Banducci Rahe
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Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
This chapter is in the book Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Abstract

This chapter analyses the objects and artifacts used in foreign language classes in a secondary school in Campo Grande, a Brazilian city, from 1931 to 1961, and compares these with official sources such as government policy documents and texts on new methodological approaches in an attempt to examine whether and how intended innovations helped to shape teachers’ daily practices. A document found in the archives of this school points to the purchase of record collections, record players and postcards, showing that there were attempts to follow official reforms. However, closer examination shows that the presence of these objects in the school did not bring about the expected changes. Material Culture, as represented by such artefacts, can be seen to open up a new perspective to be considered within Applied Linguistic Historiography.

Abstract

This chapter analyses the objects and artifacts used in foreign language classes in a secondary school in Campo Grande, a Brazilian city, from 1931 to 1961, and compares these with official sources such as government policy documents and texts on new methodological approaches in an attempt to examine whether and how intended innovations helped to shape teachers’ daily practices. A document found in the archives of this school points to the purchase of record collections, record players and postcards, showing that there were attempts to follow official reforms. However, closer examination shows that the presence of these objects in the school did not bring about the expected changes. Material Culture, as represented by such artefacts, can be seen to open up a new perspective to be considered within Applied Linguistic Historiography.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Information about the authors vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation? 2
  6. Part I. Product innovation
  7. Chapter 2. Tart–scriblita–torta–torte–torta–tortilha: A piece of cake! 24
  8. Chapter 3. Teaching phraseology in the 19th century 43
  9. Chapter 4. Innovation in monolingual English learner’s dictionaries 59
  10. Part II. Innovation through scientific discovery
  11. Chapter 5. La linguistique appliquée 82
  12. Chapter 6. Classroom-oriented teacher research in modern languages 104
  13. Part III. Oscillations along a continuum
  14. Chapter 7. Change without innovation? 122
  15. Chapter 8. “Reflection on language” 137
  16. Part IV. Adaptation in specific contexts
  17. Chapter 9. Describing and learning the Chinese languages 164
  18. Chapter 10. Curriculum innovation through concept borrowing 180
  19. Chapter 11. Beyond written texts 199
  20. Index 217
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.20.11ban

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Information about the authors vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. How can perspectives from Applied Linguistic Historiography improve our understanding of innovation? 2
  6. Part I. Product innovation
  7. Chapter 2. Tart–scriblita–torta–torte–torta–tortilha: A piece of cake! 24
  8. Chapter 3. Teaching phraseology in the 19th century 43
  9. Chapter 4. Innovation in monolingual English learner’s dictionaries 59
  10. Part II. Innovation through scientific discovery
  11. Chapter 5. La linguistique appliquée 82
  12. Chapter 6. Classroom-oriented teacher research in modern languages 104
  13. Part III. Oscillations along a continuum
  14. Chapter 7. Change without innovation? 122
  15. Chapter 8. “Reflection on language” 137
  16. Part IV. Adaptation in specific contexts
  17. Chapter 9. Describing and learning the Chinese languages 164
  18. Chapter 10. Curriculum innovation through concept borrowing 180
  19. Chapter 11. Beyond written texts 199
  20. Index 217
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