Critical views on teaching and learning English around the globe : qualitative research approaches / edited by José Aldemar Álvarez V. (Universidad del Valle, Colombia) ; Cathy Amanti (Georgia State University) ; Shireen Keyl (Utah State University) ; Erin Mackinney (Roosevelt University).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alvarez V., Jose Aldemar, editor.

Armanti, Cathy, editor.

Keyl, Shireen, editor.

Mackinney, Erin, editor.

Series:

Research in second language learning.

Research in second language learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign countries.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume takes a critical look at teaching and learning English across the globe. Its aim is to fill a gap in the literature created by the omission of the voices of those engaged in the everyday practice of teaching and learning English; those of students, teachers, and specialists. Three unique characteristics give this book broad appeal. They include - its inclusion of the perspectives and experiences of students and educators involved in the everyday practice of English language teaching and learning - its inclusion of the experiences of students and educators in both core and non-core English-speaking countries - its basis on original, qualitative studies conducted by scholars in different parts of the world including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas Of particular interest to applied linguists, scholars from diverse fields such as English as a Foreign/Second Language, English as an International Language, anthropology and education, English education, sociolinguistics, and bilingual education will also find value in this book. Written in accessible language, it can be used in such courses as Applied Linguistics, Second Language Classroom Contexts, Bilingualism and Multilingualism, English Around the World, Research Methodologies in Second Language Acquisition, and Research in Second Language Pedagogical Contexts. In addition, by focusing on presenting research experiences that adopt several epistemological and theoretical approaches, the book provides teachers of research with a great tool to examine varied applications of qualitative methods, data collection, and analytic techniques. Thus it could also be used for courses in Field Research and Qualitative Methods.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1. English around the globe and translocal flows / José Aldemar Álvarez V

Part I. English language users and identity positionings

Chapter 2. Framing learners' identity through semiotic designs on social networking sites for language learning / José Aldemar Álvarez V

Chapter 3. "i translate everything in my head": Maintaining bilingualism in a u.s. Middle school / Erin Mackinney

Chapter 4. The role of the efl classroom in maintaining multilingual identities: Issues and considerations in sør-trøndelag public schools / Anna Krulatz and Eivind Nessa Torgersen

Chapter 5. Language learning perspectives and experiences of black English speaking stakeholders in the community of flowers bay, roatan, honduras / Carla McNelly

Part II. Language ideologies, hierarchies, and social practice

Chapter 6. "what! You don't know English?": Producing, reproducing, and resisting dominant English ideologies in a Mexican high school / Cathy Amanti

Chapter 7. "they just have the 'foreigner face'": Ideologies of ethnicity, nationality, native-speakerism, and English in taiwan / Charles Brown

Chapter 8. Legacies of language ideology in alaska / Jennifer Stone

Chapter 9. English, arabic, and "good teaching": How language ideologies shape l2 teachers' discourses about teaching and learning / Thomas Deus

Part III. English, NGOs, and development

Chapter 10. Learning English in the margins: Migrant worker knowledge production in beirut's ngo spaces / Shireen Keyl

Chapter 11. "i cannot stay idle in this community": Translocal investments in elt for refugee resettlement / Katherine Silvester

Chapter 12. A pedagogy of enthusiasm: A critical view of English-language voluntourism / Cora Jakubiak

Chapter 13. Concluding commentary / Cathy Amanti

About the editors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-68123-344-4

OCLC:

945610617