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| Power and Inequality in Language Education
Edited by James Tollefson |
(Cambridge)
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In this book, James W.
Tollefson assembles the work of twelve scholars
who explore the relationship between language policy,
wealth, and power. Their original research demonstrates
how language planning and education reflect existing
inequities in the distribution of economic, political,
and social power, and how language policy is used
to obtain and maintain power. Articles examine such
timely topics as the growth of official language
movements, the role of language teachers in reinforcing
social inequality, and misconceptions regarding
how first vs. second language competence is related
to financial success. Together the articles illustrate
the broad impact of sociopolitical forces upon language
education, and underscore the need for language
teachers and applied linguists to consider these
forces in their work.
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| Ideology, Politics and Language Policies
Edited by Thomas Ricento |
(John
Benjamins) |
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This book critically
examines the effects of the spread of English from
colonialism to the ‘New World Order’.
The research explores the complex and often contradictory
roles English has played in national development.
Historical analyses and case studies by leading
researchers in language policy studies reveal that
deterministic relationships between imperial languages,
such as English, and societal hierarchies are untenable,
and that support of vernacular languages in education
and public life can serve diverse ideologies and
political agendas. Areas and countries investigated
include Europe, North America, Australia, Hong Kong,
India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, and Sri
Lanka. The role of theory in language policy scholarship
and practice is critically evaluated. A variety
of research methodologies is used, ranging from
macro-sociopolitical and structural analyses to
postmodern approaches. The work collectively represents
a new direction in language policy studies. |
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Resisting Linguistic Imperialism by Suresh
Canagarajah
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(Oxford)
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This book critically
examines the effects of the spread of English from
colonialism to the ‘New World Order’.
The research explores the complex and often contradictory
roles English has played in national development.
Historical analyses and case studies by leading
researchers in language policy studies reveal that
deterministic relationships between imperial languages,
such as English, and societal hierarchies are untenable,
and that support of vernacular languages in education
and public life can serve diverse ideologies and
political agendas. Areas and countries investigated
include Europe, North America, Australia, Hong Kong,
India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, and Sri
Lanka. The role of theory in language policy scholarship
and practice is critically evaluated. A variety
of research methodologies is used, ranging from
macro-sociopolitical and structural analyses to
postmodern approaches. The work collectively represents
a new direction in language policy studies. |
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English and Discourses of Colonialism by
Alastair Pennycook
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(Routledge) |
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In this book, Alastair
Pennycook argues that the context of colonialism
produced particular cultural constructs - discourses
- that became linked to English. He questions the
extent to which English is, as commonly assumed,
an unencumbered medium of communication, and to
what extent it is, by contrast, a language that
comes laden with meanings. By examining colonial
language policies in India, Malaysia and Hong Kong,
this book shows how various policies emerged which
both reflected and produced colonial discourses.
Caught between Anglicism and Orientalism, colonial
language policy was a significant site of production
of images of English and images of the other. If
the language we use is loaded, what are the implications
for how we can construct a politics of opposition?
Resistance is not simply a matter of arguing back;
Pennycook ends by calling for joint strategies on
a number of fronts to combat such discursive constructions. |
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Critical Applied Linguistics: A Critical
Introduction
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(Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
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Critical applied linguistics
is an approach to critical questions in language
education, literacy, discourse analysis, language
in the workplace, translation and other language-related
domains. This text provides an overview, highlighting
problems, debates and competing views in different
domains. Although it partly reflects the author's
own particular views, it also aims to help readers
come to their own understanding of the central issues.
Covering both critical theory - from postcolonialism
to queer theory - and domains of practice, the book
is organized around the following themes: the politics
of knowledge; language; texts; pedagogy; and difference.
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War of Words: Language, Politics and 9/11
by Sandra Silberstein
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(Routledge) |
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Exploring the full impact
of 9/11 on America's psyche, this book takes a critical
look at the strategic use of language to create
a series of national transformations: a terrorist
attack became an "act of war", requiring
commensurate response. The President, until then
the butt of national jokes, ascended to Commander
in Chief, while unpopular mayor of New York leader
suddenly became "America's mayor". TV
ads for cars and clothing featured flags and firefighters,
transforming consumerism into patriotism. The book
seeks to unearth the dark side of this patriotic
rhetoric, including the attacks on those who question
US policy and the denunciation of liberal intellectuals
by the conservative American Council of Trustees
and Alumni. "War of Words" shows how the
stories that were told after the attacks fashioned
a post-9/11 American identity and reinscribed our
national beliefs.
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