· 2014
The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
- 2,037citations
- 2014year
Short summary
This book examines the cultural and political implications of English's global spread, arguing that English is inseparable from the social, cultural, economic, and political contexts in which it is used.
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Key points
- Examines English as an international language through lenses of politics, history, pedagogy, literature, and linguistics.
- Investigates the historical roots and linguistic theories contributing to English's global status.
- Introduces the concept of 'worldliness' to understand English's embeddedness in various contexts.
- Offers a critical perspective on the cultural and political dimensions of English's global reach.
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Abstract
Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguitics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English.Firstly, it explores how a particular view of English as an international language has come into being by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. It then offers an alternative, critical understanding through the concept of the 'worldliness' of English. This concept suggests that English can never be removed from the social, cultural, economic or political contexts in which it is used.
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