Effecting Change in English Language Teaching: Exposing Collaborators and Culprits in Japan

Toh, Glenn

This book is about the challenges that come with initiatives to develop a more humanized, intersectional and negotiable landscape for English Language Teaching (ELT). It sets out to problematize ingrown and ingrained practices in English teaching, weaving together obscured practices, undisclosed agendas and ideologically motivated (inter)actions to expose the unspoken agendas at work. Drawing on his own experience of being part of an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) programme at an urban Japanese university, the author presents a case for rethinking language education in Japan. This book will be of interest to applied linguists, language teachers and teacher trainers, cultural anthropologists, and anyone interested in the cultural politics of education, especially language education.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-05-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030152604

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15261-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 236