ABSTRACT
This edited volume provides innovative insights into how critical language pedagogy and taboo topics can inform and transform the teaching and learning of foreign languages.
The book investigates the potential as well as the challenges involved in dealing with taboo topics in the foreign language classroom. Traditionally subsumed under the acronym PARSNIP (politics, alcohol, religion, narcotics, isms, and pork). By examining how additional controversial topics such as disability, racism, conspiracy theories and taboo language can be integrated into conceptual teaching frameworks and teaching practice, this edited volume draws on examples from literary texts and pop culture such as young adult novels, music videos, or rap songs and investigates their potential for developing critical literacies. The book considers foreign language teaching outside of English teaching contexts and sets the groundwork for addressing the integration of taboo topics in foreign language education theory, research, and practice.
Filling an important gap in educational research, the book will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and students of foreign language education, critical pedagogy, and applied linguistics. It will also be useful reading for teacher trainers and educators of foreign language education.
Chapter 1 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Funded by the University of Bamberg.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |20 pages
Introduction
part I|47 pages
Theoretical Considerations and Insights
part II|32 pages
Empirical Inquiries
chapter 9|8 pages
Teaching “13 Reasons Why”
part III|146 pages
Specific Taboos and Practical Examples
chapter 10|10 pages
Swear/Taboo Words in English Rap Lyrics
chapter 11|13 pages
Disability Awareness Education in ELT
chapter 13|14 pages
Let's Talk about Sexting
chapter 14|13 pages
Making the Unseen Seen
chapter 18|12 pages
Cultural Taboos from a Sri Lankan Perspective
chapter 19|10 pages
La pobreza, las drogas y el sida
part |13 pages
Conclusion