Failing Fortunes of Applied Linguistics: Towards Surviving Mastery

• Autores: Marcelyn Oostendorp
• Localización: Applied linguistics, ISSN 0142-6001, Vol. 44, Nº 5, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Toward A Decolonial Applied Linguistics), págs. 882-899
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The discourse of mastery is prominent in applied linguistics. The idea of mastery, however, does not remain only on the discourse level: curricula and policies are meant to be implemented, and therefore mastery and all that is associated with it (near perfection, dominance over something, etc.) is also practiced. In this paper, I argue that we might survive mastery by recuperating other ways of being, thinking, and learning. By drawing on examples from the South African higher educational context, I show glimpses of other ways of doing and thinking about language. Drawing inspiration from decolonial theory, I extend the notion of linguistic citizenship by showing that, for applied linguists, vulnerability, relationality, and failure could be points of focus as productive as mastery.