Category Books

The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching »

Authors: Joan Kelly Hall (Editor), William G. Eggington (Editor), William Eggington
ISBN-13: 9781853594373, ISBN-10: 1853594377
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Date Published: March 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Foreword
	Introduction	1
Sect. 1	Language Politics, Language Practices, and English Teaching	5
1	Policy and Ideology in the Spread of English	7
2	Linguistic Human Rights and Teachers of English	22
3	Official English and Bilingual Education: The Controversy over Language Pluralism in U.S. Society	45
4	Non-Native Varieties and the Sociopolitics of English Proficiency Assessment	67
Sect. 2	The Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Language Education	87
5	The Social Politics and the Cultural Politics of Language Classrooms	89
6	Educational Malpractice and the Miseducation of Language Minority Students	104
7	Transforming the Politics of Schooling in the U.S.: A Model for Successful Academic Achievement for Language Minority Students	117
Sect. 3	Possibilities for Action	141
8	Creating Participatory Learning Communities: Paradoxes and Possibilities	143
9	Exploring the Spiritual Moral Dimensions of Teachers' Classroom Language Policies	165
10	Disciplinary Knowledge as a Foundation for Teacher Preparation	178
11	Becoming Sociopologically Active	195
	Epilogue	222
	References	226
	Author Biographies	240
	Index	246