6. Proficiency in English as a Key to Development? Helping Teachers to Help Learners to Succeed

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Contributors xi
5. Series Editors’ Preface xvii
6. Introduction: English and Development 1
7. 1. English, Development and Education: Charting the Tensions 21
8. 2. The Political Economy of English Language and Development: English vs. National and Local Languages in Developing Countries 45
9. 3. Political Perspectives on Language Policies and Development in Africa 68
10. 4. Grassroots Attitudes to English as a Language for International Development in Bangladesh 88
11. 5. The Relationship between English-Medium Instruction and Examining and Social and Economic Development: A Sub-Saharan African Case Study 111
12. 6. Proficiency in English as a Key to Development? Helping Teachers to Help Learners to Succeed 141
13. 7. Constructing Local Voices through English as a Lingua Franca: A Study from Intercultural Development Discourse 163
14. 8. Digital Literacy, HIV/AIDS Information and English Language Learners in Uganda 182
15. 9. Language Policy in Singapore: Singlish, National Development and Globalization 204
16. 10. English, Scientific Publishing and Participation in the Global Knowledge Economy 220
17. 11. Language in Economic Development: Is English Special and is Linguistic Fragmentation Bad? 243
18. Index 267