Overview

Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? An international group of authors put forward their differing proposals for the development of TESOL.

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Author:   J. Edge
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9781403985309

ISBN 10:   1403985308
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   19 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Background and Overview; J.Edge Dangerous Liaison: Globalization, Empire and TESOL; B.Kumaravadivelu What, Then, Must We Do? Or Who Gets Hurt When We Speak, Write and Teach?; C.Brumfit Critical Media Awareness: Teaching Resistance to Interpellation; S.Benesch The (Re-)Framing Process as a Collaborative Locus for Change; B.F.Fabrício & D.Santos Ideology and Language: Interconnections between Neo-liberalism and English; M.Holborow Non-judgmental Discourse: Role and Relevance; J.Edge Teaching Second Languages for National Security Purposes: A Case of Post 9/11 USA; R.Kubota Equity and English in South African Higher Education: Ambiguity and Colonial Language Legacy; J.Katunich Negotiating ELT Assumptions in EIL Classrooms; A.Matsuda Slaves of Sex, Money and Alcohol: (Re-)Locating the Target Culture of TESOL; A.L.Sellami Neo-imperialism, Evangelism, and ELT: Modernist Missions and a Post-modern Profession; B.Johnston & M.M.Varghese 'The Hedgehog and the Fox': Two Approaches to English for the Military; P.Woods Index

Reviews

'The outcomes of some TESOL activities are unpredictable, the ramifications going well beyond the classroom, ideally impelled by a wish to contribute to a more just world. Edge's book provides a stimulating set of ways of addressing the existential TESOL problem of whether the promotion of English abroad is merely part of the 'age of empire', however pedagogically inspired the classroom activities may be. It does not provide easy answers, but it outlines many useful pointers and strategies, and is excellent in presenting why these difficult professional concerns urgently need to be made central to TESOL's 'mission - Robert Phillipson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

'The outcomes of some TESOL activities are unpredictable, the ramifications going well beyond the classroom, ideally impelled by a wish to contribute to a more just world. Edge's book provides a stimulating set of ways of addressing the existential TESOL problem of whether the promotion of English abroad is merely part of the 'age of empire', however pedagogically inspired the classroom activities may be. It does not provide easy answers, but it outlines many useful pointers and strategies, and is excellent in presenting why these difficult professional concerns urgently need to be made central to TESOL's 'mission'' - Robert Phillipson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Author Information

JULIAN EDGE is a Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK, and has worked as an ESOL teacher, teacher educator, researcher and research director in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and Australia. His main interest is in teacher development, personal and professional. Among his key publications is Continuing Cooperative Development (2002).

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