Impressive Review of Transformative Language Learning and Teaching in Russian Language Journal
Excerpt from review of Transformative Language Learning and Teaching in by Benjamin Rifkin (Farleigh Dickinson University) in Russian Language Journal -- The length parameters of this review prevent me from offering even the shallowest analysis of each of the chapters in this outstanding volume. Suffice it to say that the volume includes chapters on language learning as well as on east-west concepts of selfhood, community engagement, service learning, virtual immersion, dual immersion, engagement with migrants and refugees, technology, open-architecture curricular design, and testing and assessment, among others. I confess that I ordered this volume the moment I saw it appear in press and read it cover to cover with great interest as soon as I had it in my hands. Reading it again 204 Russian Language Journal, Vol. 72, Nos. 1-2, 2022 Reviews for the purposes of this review was just as powerful. The editors of the volume and all the contributing authors are to be commend