Overview
Background
I am originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina where I achieved a tertiary level degree as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. In the year 2000, after completing these studies, I came to Australia as an international student to complete a BA (Hons) in Languages and Applied Linguistics. I then continued my postgraduate studies in the area of critical intercultural language pedagogy. For nearly two decades, I have been involved in teaching across Applied Linguistics, English, Italian and Spanish language programs in Australian higher education. I am a passionate languages and intercultural education scholar whose theoretical and empirical work centre on how insights from critical pedagogy and decolonial theories can help us un/re-learn the ways in which we engage with the world. In my teaching practice, I am committed to creating innovative and inclusive, liberatory learning experiences for language learners and fellow language educators to become critically aware of intersectional, power-bound dynamics in everyday interaction.
Availability
- Dr Adriana Diaz is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Griffith University
- Bachelor (Honours), Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Critical, Decolonial Language Pedagogies
Approaches to language learning and teaching that challenge traditional, Eurocentric views of 'language,' prioritizing social justice, inclusivity, and equity through a critical examination of power structures, cultural hierarchies, and historical contexts that have marginalised certain languages and knowledge systems.
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Intercultural language learning
Educational approach that fosters critical reflection on cultural diversity, aiming to build communicative competence and intercultural sensitivity essential for effective interaction in a globalised world.
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Critical Translation Studies
A lens through which to advance language studies as a socially situated act that reflects and influences power dynamics, cultural representation, and ideology. This perspective views translation as a transformative process, highlighting issues of ethics, agency, and cultural bias, and urging a critical awareness of its role in shaping narratives.
Works
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2024
Book Chapter
Defying Deficit Views of Literacy through RefugeeCrit and Multicultural Literacies,
Veliz, Leonardo, Heinrichs Henry, Danielle and Diaz, Adriana R. (2024). Defying Deficit Views of Literacy through RefugeeCrit and Multicultural Literacies,. Reimagining Literacies Pedagogy in the Twenty-first Century Reimagining Literacies Pedagogy in the Twenty-first Century - Theorizing and Enacting Multiple Literacies for English Language Learners. edited by Leonardo Veliz, Miguel Farias and Michelle Picard. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury.
2024
Book Chapter
(Re)centring Diversity in Language Pedagogies through Open Access Educational Resources
Diaz, Adriana (2024). (Re)centring Diversity in Language Pedagogies through Open Access Educational Resources. Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in Education. (pp. 192-211) Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004709850_011
2024
Journal Article
Introduction to the Special Issue: Pluriversalizing the Teaching and Learning of Spanish
Veliz, Leonardo, Díaz, Adriana Raquel and Heinrichs, Danielle H. (2024). Introduction to the Special Issue: Pluriversalizing the Teaching and Learning of Spanish. Critical Multilingualism Studies, 11 (2), i-xvi.
2023
Journal Article
The (im)possibility of breaking the cycle of rippling circularities affecting Australian language education programs: a Queensland example
Díaz, Adriana R., Fillmore, Naomi and Cordella, Marisa (2023). The (im)possibility of breaking the cycle of rippling circularities affecting Australian language education programs: a Queensland example. Language Learning in Higher Education, 13 (1), 29-49. doi: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2002
2023
Book Chapter
Los cimientos que apuntalan y perpetúan la Babel monolingüe australiana
Ortiz Jiménez, Macarena and Díaz, Adriana Raquel (2023). Los cimientos que apuntalan y perpetúan la Babel monolingüe australiana. Retos en el sistema educativo ante la multiculturalidad y el plurilingüismo. Educación primaria y secundaria. (pp. 117-134) edited by María-Teresa del-Olmo-Ibáñez, María Fernanda Medina Beltrán and María Soledad Villarrubia Zúñiga. Barcelona, Spain: Octaedro.
2023
Journal Article
Introduction to the Special Issue: Pluriversalizing the Teaching and Learning of Spanish
Veliz, Leonardo, Díaz, Adriana Raquel and Heinrichs, Danielle H. (2023). Introduction to the Special Issue: Pluriversalizing the Teaching and Learning of Spanish. Critical Multilingualism Studies, 11 (2), i-xvi.
2022
Journal Article
Gender neutral and non-binary language practices in the Spanish language classroom: tensions between disciplinary and societal changes
Diaz, Adriana Raquel, Mejía, Glenda and Villamizar, Andrés Gabriel (2022). Gender neutral and non-binary language practices in the Spanish language classroom: tensions between disciplinary and societal changes. L2 Journal, 14 (3). doi: 10.5070/l214356302
2021
Book Chapter
Intercultural understanding in early Spanish language learning: a policy perspective from Queensland, Australia
Díaz, Adriana Raquel (2021). Intercultural understanding in early Spanish language learning: a policy perspective from Queensland, Australia. Early language learning policy in the 21st century: An international perspective. (pp. 111-129) edited by Subhan Zein and Maria R. Coady. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-76251-3_5
2021
Journal Article
Reframing and hospicing mobility in higher education: challenges and possibilities
Diaz, Adriana Raquel, Cordella, Marisa, Disbray, Samantha, Hanna, Barbara E. and Mikhaylova, Anna (2021). Reframing and hospicing mobility in higher education: challenges and possibilities. Intercultural Communication Education, 4 (1), 106-121. doi: 10.29140/ice.v4.n1.449
2021
Book
+JUNTXS: intermediate Spanish
Díaz, Adriana Raquel (2021). +JUNTXS: intermediate Spanish. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/048629d
2021
Book
JUNTXS: introductory Spanish
Díaz, Adriana Raquel (2021). JUNTXS: introductory Spanish. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/b39d463
2021
Book Chapter
Resistance to monoligualism: school principals and head of languages’ voices on factors that promote and deter languages education in Queensland, Australia
Díaz, Adriana, Cordella, Marisa and Ramos, Fabiane (2021). Resistance to monoligualism: school principals and head of languages’ voices on factors that promote and deter languages education in Queensland, Australia. Language learning in Anglophone countries: challenges, practices, ways forward. (pp. 485-502) edited by Ursula Lanvers, Amy S. Thompson and Martin East. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56654-8_24
2020
Journal Article
Coloniality, neoliberalism and the language textbook: unravelling the symbiosis in Spanish as a foreign language
Gurney, Laura and Díaz, Adriana (2020). Coloniality, neoliberalism and the language textbook: unravelling the symbiosis in Spanish as a foreign language. Language, Culture and Society, 2 (2), 149-173. doi: 10.1075/lcs.20003.gur
2020
Journal Article
Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe
Díaz, Adriana Raquel and Callahan, Laura (2020). Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe. Journal of Spanish Language Teaching, 7 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/23247797.2020.1847408
2020
Book
Tertiary language teacher-researchers between ethics and politics: silent voices, unseized spaces
Crozet, Chantal and Diaz, Adriana R. (2020). Tertiary language teacher-researchers between ethics and politics: silent voices, unseized spaces. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429505942
2019
Journal Article
Conceptualizing language, culture and intercultural communication in higher education languages programs
Moore, Paul J. and Díaz, Adriana (2019). Conceptualizing language, culture and intercultural communication in higher education languages programs. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 42 (2), 192-213. doi: 10.1075/aral.00024.moo
2018
Journal Article
(Re)imagining a course in language and intercultural communication for the 21st century
Diaz, Adriana Raquel and Moore, Paul J. (2018). (Re)imagining a course in language and intercultural communication for the 21st century. Intercultural Communication Education, 1 (3), 84-99. doi: 10.29140/ice.v1n3.87
2018
Book Chapter
Challenging dominant epistemologies in higher education: the role of language in the geopolitics of knowledge (re)production
Díaz, Adriana Raquel (2018). Challenging dominant epistemologies in higher education: the role of language in the geopolitics of knowledge (re)production. Multilingual education yearbook 2018: internationalization, stakeholders and multilingual education contexts. (pp. 21-36) edited by Indika Liyanage. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-77655-2_2
2018
Book Chapter
Stretching the global imaginaries of internationalisation: the critical role of languages education
Diaz, Adriana (2018). Stretching the global imaginaries of internationalisation: the critical role of languages education. Educational reciprocity and adaptivity : international students and stakeholders. (pp. 195-208) edited by Abe W. Ata, Ly Thi Tran and Indika Liyanage. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315201412-11
2018
Journal Article
Dialogic pedagogy: the importance of dialogue in teaching and learning
Diaz, Adriana Raquel (2018). Dialogic pedagogy: the importance of dialogue in teaching and learning. Language and Intercultural Communication, 18 (2), 277-279. doi: 10.1080/14708477.2017.1287116
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Fostering Intercultural Capability: Exploring secondary school students' perspectives on language learning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Barbara Hanna
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Doctor Philosophy
THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN EARLY LITERACY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marnee Shay, Dr Samantha Disbray
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Building belonging through everyday otherness and conviviality: A study of people from African backgrounds and long-term residents in the community of Moorooka, Brisbane
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Perceptions of diversity beyond nationality: An exploratory study on the student experience of intercultural group work at an Australian university
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Paul Moore
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Spanish as a world(ing) languaging: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of teachers' everyday practices in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Liz Mackinlay
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Beyond and within the NS/NNS Discourses: English Teaching in the Saudi PYPs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Barbara Hanna
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Effects of Planning Time on Discourse Competence in Oral Task Performance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Noriko Iwashita
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