In this book, John O'Regan examines the role of political economy in the worldwide spread
of English and traces the origins and development of the dominance of English to the …

This third edition of Teaching and Researching Writing continues to build upon the previous
editions' work of providing educators and practitioners in applied linguistics with a clearly …

The model of English that should be used in classrooms has long been a subject of debate.
World Englishes, Implications for International Communication and English Language …

This series is based on the idea that there is a need for studies that break barriers. It is
dedicated to innovative studies of language use and language learning in educational …

In 1981 I began a one-year RSA (Royal Society of Arts) diploma course in teaching English
as a foreign language at the British Council Institute in Barcelona. Having spent some two …

This book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in
Japan, and considers how the resultant language ideologies–drawn in part from universal …

The relatively limited consideration of ideology in mainstream theory and research of
English language teaching (ELT) has arguably prevented the problematization of many …

In this book, Phan Le-Ha identifies and discusses four growing self-sustained/sustaining
fundamental phenomena in transnational education (TNE), namely (1) the planned, evolving …

This paper examines the ideologies of language which underpin mainstream applied
linguistic research and educational policy generation for English language teaching in …

The ease of access to foreign speakers and cultures provided by internet communication
tools has been hailed as potentially transforming the learning of foreign languages from a …