The cultural politics of English as an international language

Pennycook, A

The cultural politics of English as an international language

Pennycook, A

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Citation:: 2017, pp. 1 - 365
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pennycook, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-6187	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2017, pp. 1 - 365	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780415788120	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7788
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Alastair Pennycook. A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language explores the globalization of English by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. Nine chapters cover a wide range of key topics including: international politics colonial history critical pedagogy postcolonial literature. The book provides a critical understanding of the concept of the ‘worldliness of English’, or the idea that English can never be removed from the social, cultural, economic or political contexts in which it is used. Reissued with a substantial preface, this Routledge Linguistics Classic remains a landmark text, which led a much-needed critical and ideologically-informed investigation into the burgeoning topic of World Englishes. Key reading for all those working in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and World Englishes.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781315225593	en_US
dc.title	The cultural politics of English as an international language	en_US
dc.type	Book
utslib.for	200211 Postcolonial Studies	en_US
utslib.for	200524 Comparative Literature Studies	en_US
utslib.for	160502 Arts and Cultural Policy	en_US
dc.location.activity	Cambridge, UK
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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© 2017 Alastair Pennycook. A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language explores the globalization of English by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. Nine chapters cover a wide range of key topics including: international politics colonial history critical pedagogy postcolonial literature. The book provides a critical understanding of the concept of the ‘worldliness of English’, or the idea that English can never be removed from the social, cultural, economic or political contexts in which it is used. Reissued with a substantial preface, this Routledge Linguistics Classic remains a landmark text, which led a much-needed critical and ideologically-informed investigation into the burgeoning topic of World Englishes. Key reading for all those working in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and World Englishes.

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