The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching

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The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching

Edited by: Joan Kelly Hall and William Eggington

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2000

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Volume 21 | Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

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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Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Language Teaching and Learning

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

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eBook published on:

March 3, 2000

eBook ISBN:

9781800417984

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

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272

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800417984

eBook ISBN: 9781800417984

Keywords for this book

Sociolinguistics; Language teaching theory & methods

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College/higher education;

The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching

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