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Author:   Louisa Buckingham
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   166
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.529kg
ISBN:  

9781783096596

ISBN 10:   1783096594
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   29 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Louisa Buckingham: Introduction Section 1: Multilingualism in Private Spheres and Public Spaces 1. Gary T. O'Neill: Heritage, Heteroglossia and Home: Multilingualism in Emirati Families 2. Melanie Van Den Hoven and Kevin S. Carroll: Emirati Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives of Abu Dhabi's Rich Linguistic Context 3. Louisa Buckingham and Anwar Al-Athwary: Commercial Signs in Oman and Yemen: A Study of Street Advertising in English Section 2: The English Language and Gulf Arab Identity 4. Sarah Hopkyns: Emirati Cultural Identity in the Age of 'Englishization': Voices From an Abu Dhabi University 5. Amir Abour El Kheir: A Phenomenological Study of Identity Construction in the Education Sector of Qatar Section 3: Forging Societal Bilingualism through English Medium Instruction 6. Kay Gallagher: From 'Late-Late' To 'Early-Early' Immersion: Discontinuities and Dilemmas in Medium of Instruction Policies and Practices 7. Hilda Freimuth: Revisiting the Suitability of the IELTS Examination as a Gatekeeper for University Entrance in the UAE 8. Anthony Solloway: English In the United Arab Emirates: Innocuous Lingua Franca or Insidious Cultural Trojan Horse? Section 4: The Position of English in Teaching and Research Careers 9. Kyle Nuske: Saudi EFL Practitioners' Perceptions of the Applicability of Postmethod and Critical Pedagogical Approaches to Language Teaching 10. Louisa Buckingham and Kirankumar Ramachandran: Growing Local Research Capacity in Oman: The Corolian Institute Scientific Journal

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As the Arabian peninsula continues to globalise and invest in English-medium education, this volume is timely in bringing to light issues of language maintenance and loss, cultural identity, and education relying on sound theories and methodologies and addressing the complexities of the region's linguistic and cultural contexts. The findings can inform language planning and curriculum design in the area. Silvia Pessoa, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar Bilingualism and multilingualism are evolving linguistic, cultural and especially educational phenomena of the modern day Arabian Peninsula. As rightly put by the editor, this region represents complex and multi-layered societies. In this book the editor and the authors capture these linguistic complexities offering an in-depth analysis of the increasingly powerful position of English in society at large and at universities. The book is a timely work and is applauded for tackling the thorny issues of EMI, identity, language and educational policies. Salah Troudi, University of Exeter, UK Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula brings together a refreshing variety of methodologies to illuminate how different stakeholders perceive English, Arabic and other languages in relation to their own lives. The rich range of 'insider' data in the book and the focus on curricular and social context make a valuable contribution to the literature on this region, with implications for other parts of the world where English is similarly embraced and contested. David M. Palfreyman, Zayed University, UAE

Author Information

Louisa Buckingham lectures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, multilingualism and area studies.

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