Special Issue AILA Review 38

The founders of the research network EMEVEDI https://aila.info/research/list-of-rens/english-as-a-medium-of-education-multilingualism-and-the-sdgs-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/ organized a themed issue to explore approaches to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in applied linguistics focusing in particular on unequal relations of power manifested in language ideologies and practices in diverse educational and social contexts. The papers in the 38(2) special issue discuss the hegemony of English and Eurocentric norms from a decolonial perspective, providing examples of inclusive language education. The role of researchers, applied linguists and language educators in promoting a more critically informed, plural, and culturally rich environment for knowledge production and language teaching, learning and use is also discussed. In this issue the authors explore how applied linguistics can foster the development of EDI in multilingual approaches and contexts identifying, interrogating and/or interrupting the legacy of coloniality in language practices and views. The special issue titled Decolonial approaches to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Applied Linguistics – addressing local and global EDI challenges is guest edited by professors Kyria Finardi, Marina Orsini-Jones and Azirah Hashim.

  1. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Production and Dissemination in Languages other than English: Possibility or Wishful Thinking?

Cláudio França & Kyria Finardi

  1. Individual differences in English-Medium Education: Comparing multilingual identity, beliefs, motivations and perspectives in EME in Spanish and Chinese undergraduates

Jennifer Ament & Mengjia Zhang

  1. Redefining English Language Teaching in Punjab: Embracing Translanguaging and Plurilingual Competence for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Preeti Suri & Marina Orsini-Jones

  1. Language Teacher Education in Brazil and the place of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Juliana Cristina Salvadori,  Eduardo Henrique Diniz de Figueiredo, Bárbara Cortat Simoneli

  1. Heritage speakers in Switzerland: Plurilingualism and social justice in a multilingual country.

Andrea Wehrli

  1. Internationalisation at Home through Critical Virtual Exchange

Mirjam Hauck, Ana Cristina Biondo Salomão, Müge Satar & Gustavo Primo

  1. Longitudinal civic engagement: Undergraduate students’ reflections on an intergenerational virtual exchange

Carolin Fuchs & Hannah Ferguson

  1. Virtual Exchange for English Language Teaching (VEELT): Engagement and Inclusion Challenges

Yu-Hua Chen, Sofia Di Sarno-García, Marina Orsini-Jones & Karina Guadalupe Díaz Pedroza 

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