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Principles and practices of teaching English as an international language
This book critically examines current ELT practices visàvis the use of English as an international lingua franca. It bridges the gap between theoretical discussion and the practical concerns of teaching English as an international language, and presents diverse approaches for preparing competent users of English in international contexts.
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English Linguistic Imperialism from Below
Imperialism may be over, but the political, economic and
cultural subjugation of social life through English has only
intensified. This book demonstrates how English has been newly
constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India
through the fervent aspirations of non-elites and the zealous
reforms of English Language Teaching experts. The most recent
spread of English in India has been through low-fee private
schools, which are perceived as dubious yet efficient. The book is
an ethnography of mothering at one such low-fee private school and
its neighboring state-funded school. It demonstrates that political
economic transitions, experienced as radical social mobility,
fuelled intense desire for English schooling. Rather than English
schooling leading to social mobility, new experiences of mobility
necessitated English schooling. At the same time, experts have
responded to the unanticipated spread of English by transforming it
from a second language to a first language, and earlier hierarchies
have been produced anew as access to English democratized.
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Teaching English to young learners
Aimed at student teachers, educators and practitioners, Teaching English Language to Young Learners outlines and explains the crucial issues, themes and scenarios relating to this area of teaching. Each chapter by a leading international scholar offers a thorough introduction to a central theme of English as a foreign language (EFL) with preteens, with clear presentation of the theoretical background and detailed references for further reading, providing access to the most recent scholarship. Exploring the essential issues critically and in-depth, including the disadvantages as well as advantages of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) with young learners, topics include: - task-based learning in the primary school; - storytelling; - drama; - technology; - vocabulary development; - intercultural understanding; - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) scenarios; - assessment. Innovative and rapidly emerging topics are covered, such as immersion teaching, picturebooks in the EFL classroom and English with pre-primary children.
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Tasks, Pragmatics and Multilingualism in the Classroom
This book reports on a longitudinal study of the acquisition of pragmatic markers in written discourse in a third language (English) by secondary students living in the bilingual (Spanish and Catalan) Valencian Community in Spain. It examines pragmatic transfer, specifically positive transfer, in multilingual students from a holistic perspective, taking into account their linguistic repertoire and using ecologically valid classroom writing tasks in a longitudinal study. It tackles the issue of task-based language teaching from a multilingual perspective by presenting a study which takes place in natural classroom contexts where real classroom tasks are used to explore the interaction between languages in multilinguals. The book combines a focus on multilingual language development and pragmatics and discusses the resources multilingual learners take to the classroom.
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Reconceptualizing English for International Business Contexts
This book presents a critique of current English as a Business
Lingua Franca (BELF) practices using research conducted in Bosnia
and Herzegovina. The authors identify English communication
behaviors that hinder or promote success in the workplace, and
trace these back to curricula and teaching practices. The authors
suggest which skills employers need and expect from employees, and
question whether English courses concerned with general academic
English skills and business vocabulary are sufficient training for
linguistically-complex workplaces. The book also examines whether
the focus on achieving native-like proficiency with high
grammatical standards and a strong emphasis on form are adequately
preparing students who aspire to use English in professional
contexts as a means to 'get their job done'.
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