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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814360603321

Titolo

Contextualizing the pedagogy of English as an international language : issues and tensions / / edited by Nugrahenny T. Zacharias and Christine Manara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5257-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZachariasNugrahenny T

ManaraChristine

Disciplina

202

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Theoretical underpinnings of EIL pedagogy -- part 2. Contextualizing EIL pedagogy -- part 3. Reflections on the practice of EIL pedagogy.

Sommario/riassunto

Among the growing number of publications on promoting English as an International Language (EIL), little has been written on the complexities that the EIL paradigm has brought to the teaching and learning of English in the classroom. This edited book seeks to address this deficit in the literature by bringing together narratives of the realities that EIL practitioners encountered in their diverse teaching contexts, including Indonesia, the Pacific islands, USA, and Australia; the struggles, tensions, dilemmas, and quests of living as EIL practitioners in specific teaching contexts and wider En