The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching

by Hall, Joan Kelly; Eggington, William G.

• ISBN13: 9781853594373
• ISBN10: 1853594377
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd

Author Biography

Joan Kelly Hall is Associate Professor of Language Education at the University of Georgia William G. Eggington is Professor of English Language and Linguistics and Associate Chair of the English Department at Brigham Young University, Utah

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Robert B. Kaplan
Introduction	1	(4)
Section 1: Language Politics, Language Practices, and English Teaching	5	(82)
Policy and Ideology in the Spread of English	7	(15)
James W. Tollefson
Linguistic Human Rights and Teachers of English	22	(23)
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Official English and Bilingual Education: The Controversy over Language Pluralism in U.S. Society	45	(22)
Susan J. Dicker
Non-Native Varieties and the Sociopolitics of English Proficiency Assessment	67	(20)
Peter H. Lowenberg
Additional Questions and Activities	83	(1)
Additional Reading and Resources	84	(3)
Section 2: The Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Language Education	87	(54)
The Social Politics and the Cultural Politics of Language Classrooms	89	(15)
Alastair Pennycook
Educational Malpractice and the Miseducation of Language Minority Students	104	(13)
John Baugh
Transforming the Politics of Schooling in the U.S.: A Model for Successful Academic Achievement for Language Minority Students	117	(24)
Shelley Wong
Additional Questions and Activities	137	(1)
Additional Reading and Resources	138	(3)
Section 3: Possibilities for Action	141	(81)
Creating Participatory Learning Communities: Paradoxes and Possibilities	143	(22)
Elsa R. Auerbach
Exploring the Spiritual Moral Dimensions of Teachers' Classroom Language Policies	165	(13)
Ramona M. Cutri
Disciplinary Knowledge as a Foundation for Teacher Preparation	178	(17)
William Grabe
Fredricka L. Stoller
Christine Tardy
Becoming Sociopolitically Active	195	(27)
Linn E. Forhan
Mona Scheraga
Additional Questions and Activities	219	(1)
Additional Reading and Resources	220	(2)
Epilogue	222	(4)
References	226	(14)
Author Biographies	240	(6)
Index	246