Abstract
This autoethnographic study reports on transnational Plurilingualism-Infused Teaching English as an Additional Language (PluriTEAL) practices at a university in Japan, where a degree program requires the Japanese students to learn English and (to) conduct their own research projects in British Columbia, Canada over the first two years of their undergraduate studies for social transformation purposes. This Content-Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) design has been embodied through Placemaking Project in the mixture of cyber and physical spaces at a global level. By seeking possible best practices in online education models, the set of coursework aims at students’ online scholarly journeys of project-based inquiry to end physically in a foreign country. This evidence-based blended mode of pedagogy (online & in-person) also provides the audience with a theoretical understanding and application designs in exploring a pedagogy in TEAL that is anchored in the framework of Plurilingualism and Plurilingual competence. The pedagogy is a holistic approach to learner’s personal repertoire of linguistic and cultural knowledge and skills as their Funds of Knowledge for learning in various fields, systems and ideologies of global and local communities. To embody this pedagogical lens to a practical level in the learners’ individually unique research projects, PASTeL (Plurilingualism, Art, Science, Technology, and Literacy) is explored in CLIL frameworks. The data collection methods include pedagogical fieldnotes and reflective journaling. This pedagogical-methodological approach to educational research is a reflection of a collaborative inquiry model where the students and instructors co-explore a co-constructive methodology for online documentation of the reflective learning journey.
Presenters
Koichi HaseyamaLecturer, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
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Theme
Designing Social Transformations
KEYWORDS
TEAL, Plurilingualism, Blended/Hybrid Education, Social Transformation
