Binding: Paperback
Description: A much - cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language explores the globalization of English by examining its colonial origins its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. Nine chapters cover a wide range of key topics including: international politics colonial history critical pedagogy postcolonial literature. The book provides a critical understanding of the concept of the worldliness of English or the idea that English can never be removed from the social cultural economic or political contexts in which it is used. Reissued with a substantial preface this Routledge Linguistics Classic remains a landmark text which led a much - needed critical and ideologically - informed investigation into the burgeoning topic of World Englishes. Key reading for all those working in the areas of Applied Linguistics Sociolinguistics and World Englishes.
Title: The Cultural Politics Of English As An International Language
Author(s): Pennycook Alastair
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415788137
Pages: 366 Pages
Publication Date: 3/13/2017
Series: Routledge Linguistics Classics
Category: Applied Linguistics For Elt