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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337720103321

Autore

Toh Glenn

Titolo

Effecting Change in English Language Teaching [[electronic resource] ] : Exposing Collaborators and Culprits in Japan / / by Glenn Toh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-15261-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 pages)

Disciplina

428.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages—Study and teaching

Multilingualism

English language

Language Education

Language Teaching

English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Institutional Structures and Practices -- Chapter 3: Power Asymmetries, Oppressions, Fragmentations, Hegemonies and Imprisoning Discourses -- Chapter 4: The Place of ELT in Japanese Culture -- Chapter 5: English-speaking Western TESOL as a Trope -- Chapter 6: Transcending and Overcoming Boundaries -- Chapter 7: An English as a Lingua Franca Program -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Glenn Toh is Senior Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published widely in the areas of language, ideology, power and language education and maintains a keen interest in developments in the area.