ELT, gender and international development : myths of progress in a neocolonial world /

For believers in the power of English, language as aid can deliver the promise of a brighter future; but in a neocolonial world of international development, a gulf exists between belief and reality. Rich with echoes of an earlier colonial era, this book draws on the candid narratives of white women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Appleby, Roslyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2010.
Colección:Critical language and literacy studies.
Temas:
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign countries.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.
Women teachers.
Faculty
Anglais (Langue) > Étude et enseignement > Pays étrangers.
Anglais (Langue) > Étude et enseignement > Allophones.
Enseignantes.
teachers.
Gender studies, gender groups.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers
Women teachers
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:For believers in the power of English, language as aid can deliver the promise of a brighter future; but in a neocolonial world of international development, a gulf exists between belief and reality. Rich with echoes of an earlier colonial era, this book draws on the candid narratives of white women teachers, and situates classroom practices within a broad reading of the West and the Rest. What happens when white Western men and women come in to rebuild former colonies in Asia? How do English language lessons translate, or disintegrate, in a radically different world? How is English teaching l.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 243 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index.
ISBN:9781847693051
1847693059
1283147572
9781283147576
1847694829
9781847694829

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