Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education

This landmark volume engages the lived realities of linguistic discrimination by naming and countering colonialingualism, an operating system that marginalizes Indigenous and minoritized communities in language education.

Paul Meighan is a Gael sociolinguist and ESL professor at Sheridan College, Canada. He is the originator of the term "colonialingualism". Leonardo Veliz is an associate professor of language and literacy education at the University of New England, Australia.

Global South resistance to colonialingualism: An introduction Paul Meighan and Leonardo Veliz PART I Countering colonialingualism: Theoretical foundations, methodological shifts, and pedagogical reimaginings 1 Charting actionable pedagogical directions for decolonizing the languages curriculum Adriana Diaz and Macarena Ortiz-Jimenez 2 "Is that allowed?": Raciolinguistic entanglements and transraciolinguistic transgressions in EL(T) spaces Rashi Jain 3 Toward a transepistemic academe: A critical autoethnography of lived coloniality in Pakistani ELT and academic specialization in (applied) linguistics Waqar Ali Shah 4 Dialogic autoethnography as a duet performance of countering colonialingualism Ufuk Kele- and Bedrettin Yazan PART II Countering colonialingualism: Indigenous knowledges, language revitalization, and educational reworlding 5 Illuminating African epistemologies: Reclaiming literacy through Indigenous knowledge systems in higher education Leketi Makalela and Gaokgakala Daniel Lemmenyane 6 Tackling neo-colonialingualism: Revitalizing Australian Aboriginal languages in the classrooms Sender Dovchin, Nakarra/Nagada Michelle Martin, and Rhonda Oliver 7 Life stories of Indigenous peoples: Challenging coloniality and colonialingualism Yesenia Bautista Ortiz, Mario Lopez-Gopar, Jamie L. Schissel, and Jose Julio Morales Chavez 8 Countering colonialingualism and promoting Indigenous language revitalization in higher education Stephen May, Peter Keegan, and Mi Yung Park 9 Decolonial struggles for Indigenous multilingual education Prem Phyak and Tsewang Chuskit PART III Countering colonialingualism: Transformative practices, policy routes, and transnational community praxis 10 Countering colonialingualism with intellectual sovereignty of the Global South: English language education and social justice and equity in Bangladesh Shaila Sultana 11 Entanglements, Englishes, and transraciolinguistic becoming: Navigating colonialingualism across borders Patriann Smith, Dianne Wellington, Yetunde S. Alabede, Andrew Hunte, and Taiwo Ogundapo 12 Decolonizing bilingual education in Brazil for countering colonialingualism Luciana C. de Oliveira, Fernanda C. Liberali, Michele Salles El Kadri, and Antonieta Megale 13 Moving beyond the coloniality of English: Building spaces of otherwise Muzna Awayed-Bishara 14 From marginalization to inclusion: Refugee learners' struggles with English dominance and future aspirations Leonardo Veliz, Paul Meighan, and Julian Chen Toward a transformative framework for decolonizing language education: An afterword Paul Meighan and Leonardo Veliz