The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language

Alastair Pennycook (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

458 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-14248-0 (ISBN)

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Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguitics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English.

Firstly, it explores how a particular view of English as an international language has come into being by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. It then offers an alternative, critical understanding through the concept of the 'worldliness' of English. This concept suggests that English can never be removed from the social, cultural, economic or political contexts in which it is used.

Alastair Pennycook

Acknowledgments Author’s Acknowledgements Acknowledgments Publisher’s Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The world in English; Chapter 2 Discourse and dependency in a shifting world; Chapter 3 English and colonialism; Chapter 4 Spreading the word/disciplining the language; Chapter 5 ELT from development aid to global commodity; Chapter 6 The worldliness of English in Malaysia; Chapter 7 The worldliness of English in Singapore; Chapter 8 Writing back; Chapter 9 Towards a critical pedagogy for teaching English as a worldly language;

Erscheinungsdatum	02.04.2016
Reihe/Serie	Language In Social Life
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-14248-4 / 1138142484
ISBN-13	978-1-138-14248-0 / 9781138142480
Zustand	Neuware