Introduction to the Special Issue

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" Introduction to the Special Issue "
Byrd Clark, Julie S.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	926049
Doc. No	:	LA42w5386d
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Byrd Clark, Julie S.
Title & Author	:	Introduction to the Special Issue [Article]\ Byrd Clark, Julie S.
Title of Periodical	:	L2 Journal
Volume/ Issue Number	:	8/4
Date	:	2016
Abstract	:	The initial ideas for this special issue transpired from an invited symposium panel, “Interdisciplinary Approaches for Language Teaching and Learning in Contemporary and Transnational Spaces,” that I organized for the 2014 AILA (Association Internationale de la Linguistique Appliquée) World Congress in Brisbane, Australia. With the acceleration of globalization, mobility, technological change, and the continued rise of youth with transnational identities and complex linguistic practices, I was compelled to talk about the need for interdisciplinary approaches that would inform language education in transnational times. Two years later, through several drafts and deliberations that went into this issue for L2 Journal, and with sensitivity to the current shifts in the field of applied linguistics, I have found that transdisciplinary represents a more appropriate fit for language learning and teaching in contemporary times.