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Introduction: What Is ‘Artistry’ and Why Do We Need It in Second Language Education?

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In this opening chapter, the author introduces teacher artistry in language education and the profile of the teacher/artist in performative language teaching and research. It touches on the concepts of voice and identity in second language learning, connecting both to the artistry of teaching and knowing-in-action. It also discusses the key educators who have advocated teaching as an art. As introduction to this book, the chapter advances the central question underpinning the book, namely: How can teacher/artists navigate the aesthetic dimension to facilitate performative language learning? It illustrates how the three parts of the book complement each other to address this question from a theoretical, practical and research-based perspective.

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Piazzoli, E. (2018). Introduction: What Is ‘Artistry’ and Why Do We Need It in Second Language Education?. In: Embodying Language in Action. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77962-1_1

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