ELT education, as a commodity, takes many forms in countries all over the world. This book questions how the benefits of international English language education projects are distributed. The critical issues of language rights and linguistic diversity are pivotal in the book’s examination of domination and subordination in international language education projects. The author’s description of the role and teaching of English is based on her experience of working in ELT aid and development and fee-based projects, and through it she unmasks the interests and intentions of aid and fee-based language education projects. The two case studies that form the basis of this book recount a version of ELT marketing and project implementation that will resonate with experiences of aid recipients and university-led private sector fee-payers in many different ELT contexts.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: The International Context of English Language Education
Chapter 2 Naming the Game: Positions and Interest in the IELEP Field
Chapter 3 Struggles in the Game of the IELEP
Chapter 4 Practices in the Project Field: ELT and Project Work
Chapter 5 Talk in the Field: The ‘English Only’ IELEP
Chapter 6 Cultural Practices: The Project Field
Chapter 7 The IELEP: An Illegitimate Field
About the author
Jacqueline Widin has extensive experience and expertise in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and in teaching and research of tertiary-led pre- and in-service teacher training programs in Australia and in countries outside of Australia. She has a particular interest in the relationship between language and human rights and the sociopolitical dynamics of the English language teaching field. She is currently a senior lecturer with the University of Technology Sydney and manages the TESOL and Linguistics Education programs.
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