Materializing ‘Competence’: Perspectives From International STEM Scholars

SURESH CANAGARAJAH

doi:10.1111/modl.12464

journal article Jan 08, 2018

Materializing ‘Competence’: Perspectives From International STEM Scholars

SURESH CANAGARAJAH

The Modern Language Journal Vol. 102 No. 2 pp. 268-291 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractApplied linguists have been exploring approaches to second language acquisition and competence that move beyond a prioritization of cognition and grammar that was derived from the foundational structuralist legacy in linguistics. Recently, for example, they have collaborated in putting together an integrated alternative model (Douglas Fir Group, 2016) to move theory and pedagogy forward. Shifting further yet toward the material locus and spatiotemporal conditioning of communication, this article reports on the communicative practices of international STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) scholars. Its data analysis uses a spatial orientation informed by schools such as new materialism, post‐humanism, and actor network theory, influenced largely by scholars in material and spatial sciences. The article calls for a fuller materialization, embodiment, and performativity in theorizing language competence than currently conceptualized in applied linguistics.

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Published: Jan 08, 2018
Vol/Issue: 102(2)
Pages: 268-291
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SURESH CANAGARAJAH

Pennsylvania State University Departments of Applied Linguistics and English 303 Sparks Building, University Park PA 16802

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SURESH CANAGARAJAH (2018). Materializing ‘Competence’: Perspectives From International STEM Scholars. The Modern Language Journal, 102(2), 268-291. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12464

Materializing ‘Competence’: Perspectives From International STEM Scholars

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