English : A Changing Medium for Education

Leung, Constant (EDT); Street, Brian V. (EDT); Beale, Denise (CON); Dewey, Martin (CON); Horner, Bruce (CON)

ISBN 10: 1847697704 / ISBN 13: 9781847697707

Edité par Multilingual Matters, 2012

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• Titre: English : A Changing Medium for Education
• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1847697704
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781847697707
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

In this volume a range of authors from different international contexts argue that the notion of communicative competence in English, hitherto largely referenced to metropolitan native-speaker norms, has to be expanded to take account of diverse contexts of use for a variety of purposes, and that the popular belief that language and literacy should simply be regarded as a technical 'skill' which confers universal benefits should be replaced with a social practice view that recognises situated variations and diversity. The volume, we believe, provides a reference point for extended research and practice in these areas that we believe will be of interest to a wide range of people engaged in language and literacy education.

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Constant Leung is Professor of Educational Linguistics in the Centre for Language Discourse and Communication, Department of Education and Professional Studies at King's College London. He also serves as Deputy Head of Department. His research interests include additional/second language curriculum, language assessment, language education in ethnically and linguistically diverse societies, language policy, and teacher professional development. He is Associate Editor for Language Assessment Quarterly and Editor of Research Issues for TESOL Quarterly. Brian Street is Emeritus Professor of Language in Education at King's College, London University and Visiting Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. He has a commitment to linking ethnographic-style research on the cultural dimension of language and literacy with contemporary practice in education and in development. Over the past 25 years he has undertaken anthropological field research and been consultant to projects in these fields in countries of both the North and South (e.g. Nepal, S. Africa, India, USA, UK). He has published 18 books and 120 scholarly papers.