Re-examining authenticity under the agency lens.
(2024) Digital Learning Environments and Authenticity in ELT and Language Education — Location: Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (online presentation) (6.May.2024)
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- This contribution re-examines the concept of authenticity in language education through the perspective of agency. In simple terms, agency is the ability or power to act, make decisions, and influence events. When applied to language education, agency is linked to all the components, actions or strategies leveraged to shape the teaching and learning environment (see for instance Larsen-Freeman, 2019; Vaughn, 2020). Agency is also one of the key aspects of socio-materialist theories (Guerrettaz et al., 2021). Recent research (e.g. Reinhardt, 2020; Godwin-Jones, 2021; Meunier & Decorte, forthcoming, 2024) acknowledges the insights gained from recent socio-material research in language education. It also emphasises the complexity of individual learning trajectories and recognizes that digital technologies have become part of the ecologies of language teaching, learning and use. Such approaches examine the complex interplay of agency between human (teachers, learners) and non-human elements (ranging from traditional materials to current artificial intelligence tools). I will provide concrete examples for discussing and redefining authenticity in language education in three modes of agency: direct personal agency, proxy agency (via other human and/or non-human agents) and collective agency.
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Meunier, F. (2024). Re-examining authenticity under the agency lens. Digital Learning Environments and Authenticity in ELT and Language Education, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (online presentation). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232707