The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching

Published by Multilingual Matters 2000

The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching

Edited by: Joan Kelly Hall and William Eggington

Volume 21 in the series Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800417984

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About this book

This book explores the issues of the sociopolitical dimensions of English language teaching and how they are central to the English language professional. It presents these issues to practicing and aspiring teachers in order to raise awareness of the sociopolitical nature of English language teaching.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Foreword Robert B. Kaplan Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section 1 : Language Politics, Language Practices, and English Teaching
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
1 Policy and Ideology in the Spread of English J. W. Tollefson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2 Linguistic Human Rights and Teachers of English T. Skutnabb-Kangas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3 Official English and Bilingual Education: The Controversy over Language Pluralism in U.S. Society S. J. Dicker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4 Non-Native Varieties and the Sociopolitics of English Proficiency Assessment Peter H. Lowenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Additional Questions and Activities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Additional Reading and Resources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Section 2: The Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Language Education
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5 The Social Politics and the Cultural Politics of Language Classrooms A. Pennycook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6 Educational Malpractice and the Miseducation of Language Minority Students J. Baugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
7 Transforming the Politics of Schooling in the U.S.: A Model for Successful Academic Achievement for Language Minority Students S. Wong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Additional Questions and Activities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Additional Reading and Resources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Section 3: Possibilities for Action
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
8 Creating Participatory Learning Communities: Paradoxes and Possibilities Elsa R. Auerbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
9 Exploring the Spiritual Moral Dimensions of Teachers' Classroom Language Policies Rantona M. Cutri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
10 Disciplinary Knowledge as a Foundation for Teacher Preparation William Grabe, Fredricka L. Stoller and Christine Tardy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
11 Becoming Sociopolitically Active L. E. Forhan and M. Scheraga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Additional Questions and Activities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Additional Reading and Resources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Epilogue L. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Author Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Sociolinguistics; Language teaching theory & methods

eBook

Published: March 3, 2000
ISBN: 9781800417984