English in Post-Revolutionary Iran From Indigenization to Internationalization

by Borjian, Maryam

• ISBN13: 9781847699091
• ISBN10: 184769909X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-20
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This book unravels the story of English, the language of "the enemies", in post-revolutionary Iran. Situating English within the nation's broader social, political, economic and historical contexts, the book explores the politics, causes, and agents of the two diverging trends of indigenization/localization and internationalization/Anglo-Americanization in English education in Iran over the past three decades.

Author Biography

Maryam Borjian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures, and the Coordinator of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Language Programs at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her major research interest lies in the politics, economics and sociology of language in society and education in the contexts of colonialization, modernization, and globalization.

Table of Contents

Foreword (by Ofelia Garcia)

Preface

Introduction

PART 1: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

1. The Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending

2. History of English in Iran (1836-1979) PART 2: ENGLISH IN POST REVOLUTIONARY IRAN (1979-PRESENT)

3. The Revolutionary Period (1979-1988)

4. The Period of Reconstruction and Privatization (1989-1997)

5. The Period of Global Outlook (1997-2005)

6. Returning to the Revolutionary Roots (2005-present)

7. Reflections: Forces From above, Forces From Below