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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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Implementing educational language policy in Arizona
This book brings together scholars, researchers and educators to present a critical examination of Arizona's restrictive language policies as they influence teacher preparation and practice. The Structured English Immersion model prescribes the total segregation of English learners from English speakers and academic content for at least one year.
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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 for academic purposes (EAP) in Asia : negotiating appropriate practices in a global context
The adoption of English as the language of study and scholarship is becoming increasingly common among universities across Asia. But does this adoption of the English language not also mean the adoption of Western approaches to scholarship and knowledge? This most timely and important book critically examines how EAP practitioners can negotiate between Western and Asian academic practices and approaches to knowledge and scholarship and is essential reading for anyone involved in international education. [Andy Kirkpatrick, Professor in Linguistics, Griffith University] -- Provided by publisher.
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Exploring Japanese University English teachers' professional identity
This book examines the professional identities of Japanese university English teachers. It focuses on how relatively new teachers develop their professional identities, how gender impacts the professional identities of female professors, and how teaching practices and beliefs reflect personal and professional identity.
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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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