International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts

Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8058-6337-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. A basic assumption of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions cannot be made without giving special attention to the many varied contexts in which English is taught and learned. Its unique value is the combination of three strands – globalization, sociolinguistics, and English as an international language – in one focused volume specifically designed for language teachers, providing explicit links between sociolinguistic concepts and language pedagogy.

International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts:

- fully recognizes the relationship between social context and language teaching

- describes the social and sociolinguistic factors that affect the teaching and learning of English

- examines how the social context is influential in determining which languages are promoted in schools and society and how these languages are taught

- is unique in directly relating basic constructs in sociolinguistics to English language teaching

- features case studies that illustrate the diversity of English teaching contexts

Directed to a wide TESOL and applied linguistics professional readership, this text will be particularly useful and effective for pre-service and in-service professional development in TESOL for K-12 and higher education levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mckay, Sandra Lee

Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

@contents: Selected Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter One: English in an Era of Globalization

Chapter Two: Social Contexts for EIL Learning

Chapter Three: Multilingual Societies

Chapter Four: Language Planning and Policy

Chapter Five: Linguistic Variation and Standards

Chapter Six: Interactional Sociolinguistics

Chapter Seven: Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy

Über Autor(innen)

Sandra Lee McKay is Professor of English at San Francisco State University, United States.

Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Center for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, Singapore.