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Emma Britton, continuing education instructor in University Without Walls, and Theresa Austin, professor in the College of Education, have co-edited a book volume on Computer-Assisted Language teaching and Learning (CALL) in instructional settings.

Published by University of Toronto Press (UTP), “Advancing Critical CALL Across Institutions and Borders: Reimainging Possibilities for Languages, Literacies, and Cultures,” is co-edited with UMass Amherst graduates Hengyi Liu and Xinyue Zuo, and Angelika Kraemer of Cornell University. The volume also includes 25 co-authors from across the globe.

In the book, CALL is represented as neither neutral nor apolitical. The chapters demonstrate advocacy for “Critical CALL,” inviting language teachers and students to question unexamined assumptions at the base of technology use in language learning – highlighting ways that technology-enhanced instruction can disrupt social inequities and how it can exacerbate them.

“This volume’s goal is to foster diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for multilingual learners and their teachers within technology-enhanced spaces,” according to the editors. “Critical CALL is enacted through building relationships and collaborations that are transnational and interinstitutional in their nature.”

More information about the book, and links to order the volume, can be found on the UTP website.