Teachers as Curriculum Designers for Transcultural Communicative Competence

Dr Jennifer Eddy (Queens College, City University of New York, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
18 September 2025

Language teaching theory & methods; Curriculum planning & development

Series: Bloomsbury Guidebooks for Language Teachers

What do language instructors consider when faced with new curriculum guidelines? How can teacher leaders encourage learner autonomy and creativity through relevant, purposeful and novel pupil deliverables? How does this experience change how teachers view their profession? This book guides educators on design of MFL, heritage and community language curriculum and assessment tasks, providing a blueprint for any revision initiative even within a prescribed national context.

This framework, implemented with Curriculum for Wales, engages teachers in design for spiral progression of intercultural themes within MFL, heritage and community language curricula. It provides a model for other national curriculum initiatives to encourage uptake via creative task design for both teacher and learner autonomy. With language uptake a concern globally, this book is applicable to any MFL or heritage language setting.

This book includes 'voices from the field' where teachers explain their process and how their teacher autonomy provided a model for their pupils and increased their confidence with languages. Including 20 exemplars in English, with cultural content and instructional strategies for French, Spanish, German, and Welsh, this book looks at universal, intercultural themes to facilitate application to all languages and cultures.

By: Dr Jennifer Eddy (Queens College City University of New York USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.180kg
ISBN: 9781350446731
ISBN 10: 1350446734
Series: Bloomsbury Guidebooks for Language Teachers
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 18 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables List of Appendices Preface Foreword, Claire Gorrara and Lucy Jenkins (Cardiff University, UK) Acknowledgements 1. Teacher as Designer 2. Designing What Matters 3. How Do Languages Connect Us? 4. How Do We Understand the World Around Us and Support Others? 5. How Do We Express Ourselves and Engage Others? 6. How Do We Create and Share with Others? 7. Design With no End in Mind Appendices Glossary References Index

Jennifer Eddy is Associate Professor and program director of World Language Education at Queens College, City University of New York, USA. Jennifer is also the author of Designing World Language Curriculum for Intercultural Communicative Competence (2022).