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The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
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The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
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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.
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Index
- Achebe C 259–261, 263–266, 291, 301
- African literature 259–261, 263–266, 268, 292, 301
- Negritude 268
- Agard J 316
- Alatas SH 83, 84, 90, 96, 183, 187, 193
- Aliran Monthly 220 (n3), 279
- Altbach P 21, 48
- Anglicism (Orientalism ) 73–76, 78, 82, 84, 86, 146, 179
- and English studies 96–102
- Anwar Ibrahim 202, 217
- applied linguistics 6, 13
- and the British Council 149–152
- Center for 149
- and critical pedagogy 299, 303
- as discipline 126–141
- and ELT 157, 165–176
- monolingualism 135–137
- phonocentrism 135–137
- positivism 137–141
- and Pygmalion 127–128
- simplified Englishes 129–133
- standardization 128, 129, 132, 133, 135, 137, 141, 175
- and US foreign policy 133–135
- appropriating English 69–70, 179, 259–260, 267–270, 292, 296, 316
- abrogation 267, 292
- diremption/redemption 267, 269, 270, 292
- Amove R 134, 153–154
- Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin 1...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Table Of Contents
- The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
- Author's acknowledgements
- Publisher's acknowledgements
- One The world in English
- Two Discourse and dependency in a shifting world
- Three English and colonialism: origins of a discourse
- Four Spreading the word/disciplining the language
- Five ELT from development aid to global commodity
- Six The Worldliness of English in Malaysia
- Seven The Worldliness of English in Singapore
- Eight Writing back: the appropriation of English
- Nine Towards a critical pedagogy for teaching English as a worldly language
- References
- Index