Woodcock / Feuerherm Trauma-Informed Applied Linguistics

Perspectives on Migration, Language and Resilience
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-78892-711-6
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 202 Seiten

Explores the connection between language and trauma to demonstrate how language interacts with healthcare, education, interpreting, narrative construction and mental health.

This edited volume brings together scholars in applied linguistics who use trauma-informed theories and practices. Organized across three themes – narrative, interpreting and language education – the chapters examine the relationship between language and trauma, with particular attention to multilingual and migrant communities in Western contexts.

The chapter authors collate research to date and present new findings on topics such as narrating traumatic experiences, trauma-informed interviewing and interpreting, trauma-informed teaching and pedagogy, vicarious trauma among practitioners, and the relationship between trauma and language learning.

As global displacement and migration continue to rise, this volume offers timely insights and practical recommendations for more trauma-informed policies and practices. It will be of interest to educators, interpreters, researchers and professionals in law, healthcare and social services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodcock, Maybritt D.

Feuerherm, Emily M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Maybritt D. Woodcock and Emily M. Feuerherm: Introduction

Part 1: Narration

Chapter 1: Elena Foulis, Rachel Showstack and Kelly Guzman: Trauma-Informed Oral History Practices for Social Justice in Multilingual Communities

Chapter 2: Jeremy A. Rud: Practising Trauma-Informed Listening in Asylum Application Interviews

Chapter 3: Diana Camps: Competing Conceptions of Childhood: Implications for Trauma-Informed Approaches to Policy and Practice for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum in the UK

Chapter 4: Johanna Holzer: Linguistic Perspectives on Young Migrants’ Discursive Reconstructions of Migration-Related Experiences

Part 2: Interpreting

Chapter 5: Maybritt D. Woodcock: Interpreting Services for Modern Slavery Survivors in England as a Matter of Trauma-Informed Care

Chapter 6: Chiara Rao and Koen Kerremans: The Helper’s Hidden Burden: Vicarious Trauma in Interpreters Involved in Humanitarian Aid

Chapter 7: Kendra V. Dickinson, Belem López and Glenn Martínez: Trauma-Informed Practices in Interpreter Training with Latinx High School Students

Part 3: L2 Education

Chapter 8: Mirjam Broersma: Trauma and Second Language Acquisition: A Critical Literature Review

Chapter 9: Francesca La Morgia: Integrating Language, Art and Well-Being: Reflections on a Trauma-Informed Collaborative Project for Families Seeking International Protection in Ireland

Chapter 10: Melisa Miralles: Healing and Social Justice: Transformative Practices in the Heritage Language Classroom

Ava Becker: Afterword: Bringing a Trauma-Informed Lens to Applied Linguistics Research

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Feuerherm, Emily M.
Emily M. Feuerherm is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Her research interests include second language acquisition, language policy, citizenship and participatory action research.

Woodcock, Maybritt D.
Maybritt Woodcock is a PhD candidate in the Department of British and North American Studies at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Her research interests lie in sociolinguistics and the interdisciplinary field of community-based participatory research and her PhD focuses on language barriers of modern slavery survivors in England.

Maybritt D. Woodcock is a PhD candidate in the Department of British and North American Studies at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Her research interests lie in language equity, migration, multilingualism and the interdisciplinary field of community-engaged research. Her PhD focuses on language barriers of modern slavery survivors in England.

Emily M. Feuerherm is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Her research interests include second language acquisition, language policy, citizenship, intersections of language and health, and engaged research methodologies.