Overview
This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks. Moving beyond the usual focus on English, Pau Bori explores the impact of neoliberal ideology on Catalan textbooks. By comparing Catalan textbooks to English textbooks, this book interrogates the similarities and differences between a minor and a global language in the age of neoliberalism. Drawing on insights from critical theory and critical pedagogy, this study provides a fresh perspective on foreign language textbooks and second language education more broadly. Language Textbooks in the Era of Neoliberalism paves the way for new critical perspectives in language education that will challenge the current hegemony of neoliberalism.
Full Product Details
Author: Pau Bori ,
David Block (ICREA & Universitat Pompeu i Fabra)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.430kg
ISBN: 9781138223196
ISBN 10: 1138223190
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 20 February 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is a sobering book to read. One of Bori's aims is 'to awaken awareness among the educational and academic communities about the necessity to look critically at textbooks from a political and economic perspective' (p. 162). The book has a lot to say to materials developers, to make us question what we are portraying and the possible consequences. - Kathleen Graves, ELT Journal (Volume 73/3 July 2019)
This is a sobering book to read. One of Bori's aims is 'to awaken awareness among the educational and academic communities about the necessity to look critically at textbooks from a political and economic perspective' (p. 162). The book has a lot to say to materials developers, to make us question what we are portraying and the possible consequences. - Kathleen Graves, ELT Journal (Volume 73/3 July 2019)
This is a sobering book to read. One of Bori’s aims is ‘to awaken awareness among the educational and academic communities about the necessity to look critically at textbooks from a political and economic perspective’ (p. 162). The book has a lot to say to materials developers, to make us question what we are portraying and the possible consequences. - Kathleen Graves, ELT Journal (Volume 73/3 July 2019)
Author Information
Pau Bori is Lecturer in Catalan Studies at the University of Belgrade. He is interested in language education and language teaching materials, examining both from a political economy perspective. He has published papers in various journals and contributed chapters to books of collected articles.
