CLIL, Unequal Working Conditions and Neoliberal Subjectivities in a State Secondary School

Autor/inn/en	Codó, Eva; Patiño-Santos, Adriana
Titel	CLIL, Unequal Working Conditions and Neoliberal Subjectivities in a State Secondary School
Quelle	In: Language Policy, 17 (2018) 4, S.479-499 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Codó, Eva)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1568-4555
DOI	10.1007/s10993-017-9451-5
Schlagwörter	Language of Instruction; Course Content; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Interdisciplinary Approach; Second Language Instruction; Sociolinguistics; Educational Policy; Romance Languages; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Secondary School Teachers; English (Second Language); Multilingualism; Spanish; Power Structure; Neoliberalism; School Restructuring; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Spain (Barcelona) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Kursprogramm; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Soziolinguistik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Romanische Sprache; Lehrerverhalten; Unternehmungsgeist; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Spanisch; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Ausland
Abstract	The introduction of English and other foreign languages as media of instruction, which is generally referred to as content and language integrated learning (CLIL), has transformed the teaching experiences of a large number of educators. Yet their daily struggles and personally ambivalent stances have hardly been examined. This paper addresses this overlooked area of CLIL practice by taking a critical sociolinguistic stance towards language-in-education policy. Drawing on an ethnographic case study, it analyses the on-the-ground implementation of PEP, a government initiative to foster the plurilingualisation of the Catalan education system, in a state secondary school near Barcelona. Through the situated analysis of policy makers', administrators', and educators' actions and discourses, the paper shows how the different groups of actors rationalise their engagement with the programme differently, while still aligning themselves with the official imagination of PEP, and constructing a collective ethos of commitment and hard work to improve the school's reputation. Three "neoliberalised worker" subject positions are identified: the entrepreneurial head teacher, who anticipates avenues for school transformation before they are put into place; the "activised civil servants," who construct themselves as exemplary moral agents; and the maximally "flexible temporary teachers," who live their participation in PEP with anxiety and a sense of burden, but are also aware of the many opportunities PEP offers. This paper contributes situated insights on CLIL implementation and addresses issues of power and inequality overlooked by the dominant paradigms in the field. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01