The sociopolitics of English language teaching / edited by Joan Kelly Hall and William G. Eggington. - xiv, 251 p. : ill. - Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 21 . - Bilingual education and bilingualism 21. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Robert B. Kaplan -- Sect. 1. Language Politics, Language Practices, and English Teaching. 1. Policy and Ideology in the Spread of English / James W. Tollefson. 2. Linguistic Human Rights and Teachers of English / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. 3. Official English and Bilingual Education: The Controversy over Language Pluralism in U.S. Society / Susan J. Dicker. 4. Non-Native Varieties and the Sociopolitics of English Proficiency Assessment / Peter H. Lowenberg -- Sect. 2. The Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Language Education. 5. The Social Politics and the Cultural Politics of Language Classrooms / Alastair Pennycook. 6. Educational Malpractice and the Miseducation of Language Minority Students / John Baugh. 7. Transforming the Politics of Schooling in the U.S.: A Model for Successful Academic Achievement for Language Minority Students / Shelley Wong -- Sect. 3. Possibilities for Action. 8. Creating Participatory Learning Communities: Paradoxes and Possibilities / Elsa R. Auerbach. 9. Exploring the Spiritual Moral Dimensions of Teachers' Classroom Language Policies / Ramona M. Cutri. 10. Disciplinary Knowledge as a Foundation for Teacher Preparation / William Grabe, Fredricka L. Stoller and Christine Tardy. 11. Becoming Sociopologically Active / Linn E. Forhan and Mona Scheraga.

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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
English language--Study and teaching--Social aspects--United States
English language--Study and teaching--Political aspects--United States.
Education, Bilingual--United States

PE1128.A2. / S5994 2000

428.0071