10. The Games People Play: A Critical Study of ‘Resource Leeching’ Among ‘Blended’ English for Academic Purpose Professionals in Neoliberal Universities

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Series Editors’ Preface xi
5. 1. Language, Education and Neoliberalism 1
6. 2. The Commodification of Language in Neoliberalizing China: The Cases of English and Mandarin 19
7. 3. ‘A Treasure’ and ‘A Legacy’: Individual and Communal (Re)valuing of Isthmus Zapotec in Multilingual Mexico 37
8. 4. From Language-as-Resource to Language-as-Struggle: Resisting the Coke-ification of Bilingual Education 62
9. 5. English as the Medium of Instruction in Korean Higher Education: Language and Subjectivity as Critical Perspective on Neoliberalism 82
10. 6. Internationalization and English Language Learning in Higher Education in Canada: A Case Study of Brazilian STEM Scholarship Students 101
11. 7. Neoliberalism in ELT Aid: Interrogating a USAID ELT Project in Southern Philippines 122
12. 8. Enterprising Migrants: Language and the Shifting Politics of Activation 140
13. 9. Assembling Language Policy: Challenging Standardization and Quantification in the Education of Refugee Students in a US School 163
14. 10. The Games People Play: A Critical Study of ‘Resource Leeching’ Among ‘Blended’ English for Academic Purpose Professionals in Neoliberal Universities 184
15. 11. Win-Win?! Language Regulation for Competitiveness in a University Context 204
16. 12. Neoliberal Reforms in Language Education: Major Trends, Uneven Outcomes, Open Questions 229
17. Index 242