Overview
- Offers insights on China’s English language education policies
- A critical perspective of ELT in China
- An economic and cultural perspective on globalization and the global spread of English
Part of the book series: English Language Education (ELED, volume 2)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Chinese foreign language education policies
- English as a Global language
- English language ideology
- Globalisation and English Language Teaching
- Globalization and English as a Foreign Language EFL
- Language education in China
- The influence of of English on Chinese people
- World linguistic systems
- cultural aspects of globalization
- language policy and education policy in China
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Reviews
This is a thought provoking and engaging investigation of English language education in China. It links English language education to important contemporary issues such as globalisation and draws on an impressive array of sources. Jeffrey Gil, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
In China over the past several decades, the English language has moved from being considered ‘barbarian’, a source of ‘spiritual pollution’ and ‘the language of the enemy’, to its current state as valued linguistic capital and the focus of a national project whereby over 400 million school-age children and adolescents study it. In this book, Lin Pan provides us with a great deal of insight into why matters have evolved in this way. Drawing on multiple data bases (documents, group discussions, interviews and questionnaires), she is able to examine, both synchronically and diachronically, the evolution of English language ideologies and the kinds of actions taken by individuals and collectives based on them. All of this against the backdrop of an increasingly globalized China, understood through the prism of Wallerstein’s World-systems Theory. English as a Global Language in China is a must read for anyone interested in the policy and practice of English language education in contemporary China. David Block, Universitat de Lleida, Spain
In this richly documented and theoretically astute study, Pan manifests herself as a member of a new generation of Chinese sociolinguists and applied linguists capable of tackling the complex sociolinguistics of China with an unprecedented level of accuracy and depth of insight. This is a blessing for scholarship worldwide. Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
A fascinating and insightful look at the role of English in modern-day Chinese society, and of the dynamic relationship between globalisation and the politics of language teaching. Philip Seargeant, the Open University, UK
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English as a Global Language in China
Book Subtitle: Deconstructing the Ideological Discourses of English in Language Education
Authors: Lin Pan
Series Title: English Language Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10392-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10391-4Published: 10 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35001-1Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10392-1Published: 28 October 2014
Series ISSN: 2213-6967
Series E-ISSN: 2213-6975
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 189
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Teaching and Teacher Education