The Sociopolitics of English Language TeachingJoan Kelly Hall, William Eggington The sociopolitical dimensions of English language teaching are central to the English language professional. These dimensions include language policies, cultural expectations, and the societal roles of languages. This book aims to present these issues to practicing and aspiring teachers in order to raise awareness of the sociopolitical nature of English language teaching. |
Contents
Introduction 1 | 3 |
Policy and Ideology in the Spread of English | 9 |
Linguistic Human Rights and Teachers of English | 22 |
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academic activities advocacy African-American Applied Linguistics assessment beliefs bilingual education chapter classroom language policies Colin Baker context countries critical critical pedagogy curriculum decisions dents disciplinary knowledge discourse discussion economic educational malpractice Educational Testing Service English language teaching English proficiency ESL teachers ESOL professionals ESOL students ESOL/BE ethnic example foreign language groups guage Hispanics ideologies immigrants important individual inequality instruction involved issues Kachru language education language learning language minority students learners learning English linguistic human rights literacy Malaysia minority language monolingual Monterey Park moral dimensions multilingual native speakers native-language instruction non-native varieties norms official English official English movement participate participatory learning communities perspective politics of schooling practices professional organization programs questions reflect relations role second language skills Skutnabb-Kangas Sociolinguistics spiritual morality spread of English Standard English TESOL tests tion TOEIC U.S. English understanding varieties of English