Engaging with work in English studies : an issue-based approach / / Alastair Henry, Ake Persson, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Disciplina: 420
• Soggetto topico: English language
• Persona (resp. second.): HenryAlastair; PerssonÅke
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword: English Studies @ Work -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: Engaging with Work in Worlds of Change -- English, Globalization, and Agendas of Redefinition -- Work Practices in Changing Times -- Work Without Boundaries: Flexibility, Individuality, and Insecurity -- Work Values -- Structure and Content -- Identities -- Oppositions and Transformations -- References -- Part I: Identities -- 2: 'Imagine being so suddenly useless': Unemployment, Vulnerability and the Irish Financial Crash in Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart -- Introduction -- The Celtic Tiger: Making It All Possible -- Entrepreneurship, Construction and Greed -- Impacts: Unemployment and Vulnerability in Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Authenticity at Work: English Teachers' Experiences of Authentic and Inauthentic Acting -- Introduction -- Self-Knowledge and Authenticity -- The Workplace -- Teaching English and Self-Authenticating Experiences -- Study and Purpose -- Method -- Results and Discussion -- Authenticity in Relationships: Expressing Feelings -- Authenticity in Creating Meaningful Learning Opportunities: Doing Things for Real -- Frustrated Authenticity When Managing Challenging Situations: Working Under Constraints -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: 'We do no harm, we say what we want, and we get paid for it': Academic Work and Dignity in Stoner by John Williams -- Introduction -- A Work Life -- Academic Work -- Coming Home to Work -- Loving to Work -- Gender Trouble at Work -- Working Resolutions -- Undignified Endings -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Working with Identity Work: Supporting Professional Identity Development in Teacher Education -- Introduction -- Narrative, Imagination, and the Self -- Possible Selves. ; The Life Story Model of Identity: Future Selves as Imagoes -- The Dialogical Self -- Conceptual Tools for Working with Identity Work -- Identity Work in the Early Stages of Education: Imagoes in Stories of Learning and Teaching -- Identity Work During School Placements: Learning to Teach as a Drama of Selves -- Identity Work in the Transition into Early-Career Teaching: Possible Selves and Teacher Conceptual Change -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Oppositions and Transformations -- 6: The Superhero and the Tiger Mom: Examining the Relation Between Parental Expectations and Career Choices in Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew's The Shadow Hero -- Introduction -- Collectivism, Confucianism, and the Chinese Diaspora -- From Green Turtle to Jade Tortoise: The Creation of an Asian-American Superhero -- A 'New Resolution' -- References -- 7: Changing English, Changing Challenges: The Work of Teaching English in a Context of Diverse Experiences -- Introduction -- New Challenges for Teachers: Implications for the Work of Teaching English -- Teacher Language Awareness and Engagement with Language: Key Components in the Work of Contemporary English Teaching -- Teacher Language Awareness in Practice -- Moving Towards a Language Awareness Approach in the Work of Teaching English -- Learning the Work of Teaching English: Developing Preservice Teachers' Language Awareness -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 8: Interpreting the Lives of Working Children in James Joyce's Ulysses -- Introduction -- Childhood in Ulysses -- Children's Working Activities in Ulysses -- Vulnerability -- Alliances and Self-Investment -- Encouragement -- The Child Working to Sustain Life -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: Global English in the Workplace: Introducing the Concepts of 'Workplace English as a Lingua Franca' (WELF), and 'Successful WELF Users' -- Introduction. ; Who Are Successful Users of English in International Contexts? -- Successful WELF Users -- Having Both Speaker and Listener Intelligibility in Pronunciation -- Deploying Grammar for Clarity and Accuracy in Content -- Having Mastery of Work-Specific Vocabulary -- Deploying Pragmatic Strategies for Creating Rapport and Achieving Clarity in Communication -- Utilizing Multilingual Resources for Work Efficiency -- WELF Competence as an Alternative to Native Speaker Competence -- References -- 10: From 'Mayday' to #MeToo: Sexual Harassment in Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Workplaces in The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments and The Heart Goes Last -- Introduction -- Sexual Harassment: Failure of Equal Justice -- The Scope of Sexual Harassment -- Sexual Harassment in U.S. and EU Law -- The Silencing of Sexual Harassment -- Margaret Atwood's Nightmarish Workplaces: Sexual Harassment and Violation in The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments and The Heart Goes Last -- Conclusion -- References -- Afterword: Working to Take English Studies into the World -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Engaging with work in English studies
• ISBN: 3-030-69720-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488725803321
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