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Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching illustrates how
the drive for profit in commercial ELT affects the manner in which
language is taught. The book looks at education as a form of
production, and asks how lessons are produced, and how the
production of profit in addition to the production of the lesson
affects the operation of educational institutions and their
stakeholders. Simpson delivers a theoretically rigorous conception
of capital and builds from this an investigation into how the
circulation of capital for profit interrelates with the teaching of
language. Simpson discusses ELT at both a global level, in
discussion of the ELT industry in the UK, the US, Ireland, Canada,
Japan, Spain, and transnationally online, as well as at a more
local level, where finer detailed descriptions of the work-lives of
those within the Japanese eikaiwa ELT industry are given. Drawing
on a synthesis of Marxist and Bourdieusian theory, the book
outlines a dialectical approach to understanding capital, and to
understanding how the drive for profit and language education
interrelate with one another. Simpson concludes by showing how such
an approach might open up areas for further research in a number of
contexts across the globe, as well as in light of the Covid-19
pandemic. Providing a model for addressing global issues of ELT,
this book is of interest to advanced students, scholars and
professionals within applied linguistics, TESOL, sociolinguistics,
and linguistic anthropology, language economics and related areas.
Capital, Commodity, and English Language Teaching illustrates how
the drive for profit in commercial ELT affects the manner in which
language is taught. The book looks at education as a form of
production, and asks how lessons are produced, and how the
production of profit in addition to the production of the lesson
affects the operation of educational institutions and their
stakeholders. Simpson delivers a theoretically rigorous conception
of capital and builds from this an investigation into how the
circulation of capital for profit interrelates with the teaching of
language. Simpson discusses ELT at both a global level, in
discussion of the ELT industry in the UK, the US, Ireland, Canada,
Japan, Spain, and transnationally online, as well as at a more
local level, where finer detailed descriptions of the work-lives of
those within the Japanese eikaiwa ELT industry are given. Drawing
on a synthesis of Marxist and Bourdieusian theory, the book
outlines a dialectical approach to understanding capital, and to
understanding how the drive for profit and language education
interrelate with one another. Simpson concludes by showing how such
an approach might open up areas for further research in a number of
contexts across the globe, as well as in light of the Covid-19
pandemic. Providing a model for addressing global issues of ELT,
this book is of interest to advanced students, scholars and
professionals within applied linguistics, TESOL, sociolinguistics,
and linguistic anthropology, language economics and related areas.
The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive
overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to
the origins of the First World War. William Simpson and Martin
Jones combine accounts of the most important countries, notably
France, Germany and Russia, with the wider political, economic,
social and cultural developments affecting Europe as a whole. These
include: A survey of Europe c.1780: the social and economic
background, forms of government, and the Enlightenment The impact
of the French Revolution and Napoleon on Europe The spread of
nationalism: the 1848 Revolutions and the unification of Italy and
Germany Changes in the world of ideas: religious belief,
romanticism, and cultural achievements in art, literature and music
The age of imperialism: the expansion of Europe, Marxism and
left-wing movements, international relations, 1870-1914 The
reciprocal relationship between Europe and the United States Europe
in 1914: shifts in the intellectual climate through the works of
Darwin and Freud, scientific discoveries and the impact of new
technologies, and changes in society and the position of women.
Each chapter features a list of key dates, concise background
information and suggestions for further reading, as well as a
concluding 'Topics for Debate' section which contains relevant
contemporary sources and outlines the contrasting views of recent
historians on the key issues. The suggestions for further reading
have been updated in every chapter by the addition of relevant and
significant new books, published up to and including 2014.
Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, contemporary cartoons
and portraits, Europe 1783-1914 is a clear, detailed and highly
accessible analysis of this turbulent and formative period of
European history.
The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive
overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to
the origins of the First World War. William Simpson and Martin
Jones combine accounts of the most important countries, notably
France, Germany and Russia, with the wider political, economic,
social and cultural developments affecting Europe as a whole. These
include: A survey of Europe c.1780: the social and economic
background, forms of government, and the Enlightenment The impact
of the French Revolution and Napoleon on Europe The spread of
nationalism: the 1848 Revolutions and the unification of Italy and
Germany Changes in the world of ideas: religious belief,
romanticism, and cultural achievements in art, literature and music
The age of imperialism: the expansion of Europe, Marxism and
left-wing movements, international relations, 1870-1914 The
reciprocal relationship between Europe and the United States Europe
in 1914: shifts in the intellectual climate through the works of
Darwin and Freud, scientific discoveries and the impact of new
technologies, and changes in society and the position of women.
Each chapter features a list of key dates, concise background
information and suggestions for further reading, as well as a
concluding 'Topics for Debate' section which contains relevant
contemporary sources and outlines the contrasting views of recent
historians on the key issues. The suggestions for further reading
have been updated in every chapter by the addition of relevant and
significant new books, published up to and including 2014.
Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, contemporary cartoons
and portraits, Europe 1783-1914 is a clear, detailed and highly
accessible analysis of this turbulent and formative period of
European history.
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