When
Professor Fajardo started to ask us assumptions about terminology, we immediately
were run over by some things that were forgot and supposed to be known. I just
look for something useful and I found this:
Immediately
I looked for the terminology "Critical Applied Linguistics" which
didn't allow me to sleep since that day (laugh) and I want to share with you
mates what according to the dictionary the expression means.
Critical
Applied Linguistics: An approach that
applies theories and methods of CRITICAL THEORY to problems in language
education, literacy, discourse analysis, language the workplace, translation,
and other language related domains.
Well, now
I have to ask for "What is CRITICAL THEORY?"
Critical
Theory: Originally form of social theory now also used to refer to an
educational philosophy and movement that emphasizes the importance of critical
examination of topics and practices where issues of social justice are at
stake. The goal of critical theory is to identify, confront, and resolve
problems of injustice through the processes of awareness, reflection, and
argumentation. Language and language use is an important focus of critical
theory since language is believed to play a key role in creating or maintaining
power and in expression ideological positions because it represents participants’'
values either directly or indirectly. Empowerment and emancipation from the constraints
of social institutions and structures are key themes in most critical approaches.
We weren't
too far away of the concept, were we?
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