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Bloomsbury World Englishes offers a comprehensive and rigorous
description of the facts, implications and contentious issues
regarding the forms and functions of English in the world.
International experts cover a diverse range of varieties and
topics, offering a more accurate understanding of English across
the globe and the various social contexts in which it plays a
significant role. With volumes dedicated to research paradigms,
language ideologies and pedagogies, the collection pushes the
boundaries of the field to go beyond traditional descriptive
paradigms and contribute to moving research agendas forward. Volume
2: Ideologies explores the politics and economics of English, and
the impact of language on local societies and cultures. In doing
so, chapters discuss how English is often entangled in societal
issues, such as inequality, (de-)colonization, racism, oppression
and liberation.
This book explores the dynamics of the linguistic landscape as a
site of conflict, exclusion, and dissent. It focuses on
socio-historical, economic, political and ideological issues, such
as reflected in mass protest demonstrations, to forge links between
landscape, identity, social justice and power.
This is a comprehensive volume which engages with language policies
and positions to highlight the issues surrounding language
commodification and globalization. Throughout human history,
languages have been in competition with each other. As the world
becomes more globalized, this trend increases. It affects the
decision-making of those in positions of power and determines macro
language policies and planning. Often decisions about language (or
dialects or language variety) are related to usefulness - defined
in terms of their pragmatic and commercial currency or their value
as symbols of socio-cultural identity. Languages can be modes of
entry into coveted social hierarchies or strongholds of religious,
historical, technological and political power bases. Languages are
seen now as commodities that carry different values in an era of
globalization.This volume engages with language policies and
positions in relation to the roles and functions these languages
adopt. It examines the 'value' of languages, defined in terms of
the power they have in the global marketplace as much as within the
complex matrices of the local socio-politics. These valuations
strongly underpin the various motivations that influence
policy-making decisions, and in turn, these motivations create the
tensions that characterize many language-related issues; tensions
that arise when languages become commodified.
This is a comprehensive volume which engages with language policies
and positions to highlight the issues surrounding language
commodification and globalization.Throughout human history,
languages have been in competition with each other. As the world
becomes more globalized, this trend increases. It affects the
decision-making of those in positions of power and determines macro
language policies and planning. Often decisions about language (or
dialects or language variety) are related to usefulness - defined
in terms of their pragmatic and commercial currency or their value
as symbols of socio-cultural identity. Languages can be modes of
entry into coveted social hierarchies or strongholds of religious,
historical, technological and political power bases. Languages are
seen now as commodities that carry different values in an era of
globalization.This volume engages with language policies and
positions in relation to the roles and functions these languages
adopt. It examines the 'value' of languages, defined in terms of
the power they have in the global marketplace as much as within the
complex matrices of the local socio-politics. These valuations
strongly underpin the various motivations that influence
policy-making decisions, and in turn, these motivations create the
tensions that characterize many language-related issues; tensions
that arise when languages become commodified.
English today, is a truly global language, which plays an important
role in international communication, trade, diplomacy, sport,
science, technology and culture. One of the consequences of the
global predominance of English is that non-native speakers of
English now outnumber native speakers. Unlike many international
languages, English has no official body prescribing its norms and
this has led to a complicated picture of English diversity. This
collection of essays by internationally renowned academics brings
together different theoretical perspectives that reflect this
debate on norms. The first section examines different conceptions
of English as an international language, looking at world
Englishes, native-speakers and 'standard' English. The second
section looks at the pedagogical implications of English as an
international language, and addresses such questions as how can we
design a curriculum for teaching English, what methods are most
effective for teaching English, and what are the key considerations
in the ESL classroom? "English in the World" will be of interest to
students and researchers of world Englishes, applied linguistics
and English as a second language.
Bloomsbury World Englishes offers a comprehensive and rigorous
description of the facts, implications and contentious issues
regarding the forms and functions of English in the world.
International experts cover a diverse range of varieties and
topics, offering a more accurate understanding of English across
the globe and the various social contexts in which it plays a
significant role. With volumes dedicated to research paradigms,
language ideologies and pedagogies, the collection pushes the
boundaries of the field to go beyond traditional descriptive
paradigms and contribute to moving research agendas forward. Volume
2: Ideologies explores the politics and economics of English, and
the impact of language on local societies and cultures. In doing
so, chapters discuss how English is often entangled in societal
issues, such as inequality, (de-)colonization, racism, oppression
and liberation.
The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices
to the center of discussions about English as a global language.
They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are
involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety of
cross-cultural and geographical contexts, and illustrate hybridity
as an enactment of resistance and creativity. Drawing on a variety
of disciplines and ideological perspectives, the authors use
contexts as diverse as social media, Bollywood films, workplaces
and kindergartens to explore the ways in which English has become a
part of localities and social relations in ways that are of
significant sociolinguistic interest in understanding the dynamics
of mobile cultures and transcultural flows.
Examines different conceptions of English as an international
language, looking at world Englishes, native-speakers and
'standard' English. This book also covers the pedagogical
implications of English as an international language; and addresses
key questions with regard to the teaching of English.
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