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Social Theory for English for Academic Purposes - Foundations and Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Social Theory for English for Academic Purposes - Foundations and Perspectives (Hardcover)
Series: New Perspectives for English for Academic Purposes
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This book, written by pioneering architects of original social
theory in educational/linguistic fields as well as expert
practitioners, systematically exposes the sociological commitments
of mainstream ideas and theories in English for Academic Purposes
(EAP), commitments which are very often not fully examined by the
discipline, but nonetheless shape practitioners’ ideas and their
praxis. The initial chapters outline what social theory is; the
normative, critical, descriptive, social and generative purposes it
serves; the scope and limits of social theory, and tracing the
major historical traditions and recent currents. This mapping of
social theory is followed by a detailed argument that makes the
case for the centrality of social theory for EAP practitioners and
praxis and the need to develop a sociological imagination to
enhance knowledge and agency of practitioners. The contributions
reveal the sociological foundations and commitments that underpin
established theories in EAP, such as genre theories, systemic
functional linguistics, and academic literacies. Each of these
three major research streams in EAP is subject to critical
analysis, linking each of these streams to the sociological
commitments that underpin them. Finally, the book explores the
social theories and approaches that have yet to make a full or
significant impact on EAP research and practice, but would enable
practitioners and researchers to understand educational contexts,
texts, structures, culture(s), knowledge production and producers,
and social agents with greater sociological clarity and
sophistication. Topics covered include: social realism,
legitimation code theory, critical realism, ethnography, feminism
and Bourdieusian concepts for EAP. The overarching aim of this
volume is to position social theory much more centrally to
frameworks and conceptions of the (unstable and contested)
knowledge-base for EAP practitioners and to promote a
‘sociological imagination’ among and for EAP practitioners.
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