The cultural politics of English as an international language / by Alastair Pennycook.
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TextSeries: Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2017]Description: ix, 365 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9780415788137 (pbk.)
- PE 2751 .P385 2017
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DLSU-D GRADUATE STUDIES Graduate Studies | PE 2761 .P385 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3CIR201766077 |
"This edition reissued in Routledge Translation Classics series 2017."
Previously published as part of the Language in Social Life series, edited by Professor Christopher N. Candlin.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The world in English -- 2. Discourse and dependency in a shifting world -- 3. English and colonialism: origins of a discourse -- 4. Spreading the word/disciplining the language -- 5. ELT from development aid to global commodity -- 6. The Worldliness of English in Malaysia -- 7. The Worldliness of English in Singapore -- 8. Writing back: the appropriation of English -- 9. Towards a critical pedagogy for teaching English as a worldly language.
Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguistics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English. Including a useful mixture of theory, research and practice, this will be of use to advanced students of education, English and applied linguistics, for courses on teaching second languages, critical pedagogy, comparative education and world Englishes. It will also be of interest to students of postcolonial literature and international relations
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