Chapter 4. The Myth of English as an International Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Contributors vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Chapter 1. Disinventing and Reconstituting Languages 1
6. Chapter 2. Then There were Languages: Bahasa Indonesia was One Among Many 42
7. Chapter 3. Critical Historiography: Does Language Planning in Africa Need a Construct of Language as Part of its Theoretical Apparatus? 62
8. Chapter 4. The Myth of English as an International Language 90
9. Chapter 5. Beyond ‘Language’: Linguistic Imperialism, Sign Languages and Linguistic Anthropology 116
10. Chapter 6. Entering a Culture Quietly: Writing and Cultural Survival in Indigenous Education in Brazil 135
11. Chapter 7. A Linguistics of Communicative Activity 170
12. Chapter 8. (Dis)inventing Discourse: Examples from Black Culture and Hiphop Rap/ Discourse 196
13. Chapter 9 .Educational Materials Reflecting Heteroglossia: Disinventing Ethnolinguistic Differences in Bosnia- Herzegovina 216
14. Chapter 10. After Disinvention: Possibilities for Communication, Community and Competence 233
15. Index 240