Half Time Scholars

Halftime Scholars - Respons-abilidad o la capacidad de responder. Response-able Spanish languaging practices: A social media discourse analysis in Australia


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Over the past 30 years, shifts in language-in-education policies have resulted in the marginalisation and exclusion of world languages in the Australian education system. This has resulted in an English-for-all literacy mindset. These policy shifts have reduced access to world languages education in Australia. On this episode, we speak with Danielle Heinrichs from the Faculty of Education at the University of Queensland. Who draws on disciplines such as sociolinguistics, and critical theories to explore the notion of response-able language practices with relation to Spanish as a world language in the Australian education system?.. Please follow Danielle's work at @danielle_uq on Twitter. 

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Half Time ScholarsBy Suren Ladd