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The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language book cover

1st Edition

The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language

By Alastair Pennycook Copyright 2017
390 Pages
by Routledge

390 Pages
by Routledge

390 Pages
by Routledge
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A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language explores the globalization of English by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. Nine chapters cover a wide... Read more

Preface to the 2017 edition

Acknowledgements

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

References

Index

Biography

Alastair Pennycook is Professor of Language in Education at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of many titles, including BAAL book prize winner 2008: Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows (Routledge, 2007), Language as a Local Practice (Routledge, 2010), and Metrolingualism: Language in the City (co-authored with Emi Otsuji, Routledge, 2015).

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