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Critical ELT Practices in Asia

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Editors:
  1. Kiwan Sung

    1. Kyung Hee University, Korea

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  2. Rod Pederson

    1. Woodsong University, Korea

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Part of the book series: Transgressions (TRANS, volume 82)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Representation, Globalization, and the Native Speaker

    • Rod Pederson
    Pages 1-22

  3. Critical Practices in Asia

    • Kiwan Sung
    Pages 23-54

  4. A Critical Analysis of English Language Teaching in Today's Market Economy in China

    • Yan Guo, Gulbahar Beckett
    Pages 55-70

  5. Critical Practice in English Language Education in Hong Kong

    • Angel M. Y. Lin
    Pages 71-83

  6. Changing Habits Through a Pedagogy of Engagement

    • Mark C. Love
    Pages 85-109

  7. English for Advocacy Purposes

    • Joseph Ernest Mambu
    Pages 111-136

  8. Critical Pedagogy in ESL/EFL Teaching in South Asia

    • Indika Liyanage
    Pages 137-151

  9. Critical Practices in ELT as a Project of Possibilities or a Banal Discourse

    • Kiwan Sung, Rod Pederson
    Pages 153-169

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 171-175
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About this book

This is the first, and long awaited work on critical approaches to teaching English for the purposes of democracy and social justice that challenges the current views of ELT, such as English being merely a tool for communication or the acquisition of basic skills or high test scores for advancement in education and the marketplace. - A timely work and a fresh look at critical approaches to ELT in Asia. - An invaluable work that simultaneously problematizes current ELT practices while introducing new possibilities for critical practices in localized contexts in Asia. - An important work that shines a light on how the forces of globalization not only dictate the spread of English as an international language, but how these forces also dictate what is taught and how. - An informative view on how ELT practices are being re-envisioned by critical educators in Asia. This groundbreaking volume, compiling critical perspectives of English language teaching in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, and Sri Lanka, confronts colonial legacies observed in educational practices and policies that perpetuate a divide between the privileged and the underprivileged. ?The critical reflections scrutinize the nature of English as a commodified gatekeeper and simultaneously provide alternative visions for language education. - Ryuko Kubota, Professor, The university of British Columbia.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kyung Hee University, Korea

    Kiwan Sung

  • Woodsong University, Korea

    Rod Pederson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Critical ELT Practices in Asia

  • Editors: Kiwan Sung, Rod Pederson

  • Series Title: Transgressions

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-797-4

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-797-4Published: 13 September 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2214-9732

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9740

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 177

  • Topics: Education, general

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