| Description |
xv, 287 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
New perspectives on language and education |
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New perspectives on language and education.
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| Contents |
English as an international language : an overview / Farzad Sharifian -- Part 1 Native/non-native divide : politics, policies and practices -- English as a lingua franca 'non-native speakers' and cosmopolitan realities / Adrian Holliday -- Teaching English as an international language (EIL) in the gulf corporation council (GCC) countries : the brown man's burden / Sadia Ali -- EIL, native-speakerism and the failure of European ELT / Marko Modiano -- Part 2 EIL, attitudes and identity(ies) -- Researching non-native speakers' views toward intelligibility and identity : bridging the gap between moral high grounds and down-to-earth concerns / David C.S Li -- Attitudes towards English as an international language : the pervasiveness of native models among L2 users and teachers / Enric Llurda -- I thought I was an Easterner; it turns out I am a Westerner!' : EIL migrant teacher identities / Bojana Petrić -- Part 3 EIL, teacher education and language testing : gaps and challenges -- Global warning? West-based TESOL, class-blindness and the challenge for critical pedagogies / Vaidehi Ramanathan and Brian Morgan -- Desirable but not necessary? The place of world Englishes and English as an international language in English teacher preparation programs in Japan / Aya Matsuda -- Imperialism of international tests : an EIL perspective / Sarah Zafar Khan -- Part 4 The scope of EIL : widening, tightening and emerging themes -- Broadening the ELF paradigm : spoken English in an international encounter / Paul Roberts and Suresh Canagarajah -- Pragmatics and EIL pedagogy / Sandra Lee McKay -- Cultural conceptualizations in English as an international language / Farzad Sharifian -- English as the international language of scholarship : implications for the dissemination of 'local' knowledge / Andy Kirkpatrick -- Local or international standards : indigenized varieties of English at the crossroads / Eric A. Anchimbe |
| Summary |
"The chapters in this volume revisit, challenge and expand upon established arguements and positions regarding the politics, policies, pedagogies and practices of English as an International Language, as well as its sociolinguistic and socio-psychological complexities."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Gliobalization
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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English language -- Globalization.
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| Author |
Sharifian, Farzad.
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| LC no. |
2008035195 |
| ISBN |
9781847691217 hardback alkaline paper |
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1847691218 hardback alkaline paper |
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9781847691224 paperback alkaline paper |
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1847691226 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781847691231 ebook |
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1847691234 ebook |
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