English - A Changing Medium for Education

Name: English - A Changing Medium for Education
Brand: Channel View Publications Ltd
SKU: 9781847697714
Price: 97.84 EUR
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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. It also discusses the popular belief that language and literacy should simply be regarded as a technical 'skill' which confers universal benefits and that it should be replaced with a social practice view that recognises situated variations and diversity. This volume, we believe, provides a reference point for extended research and practice in these areas that will be of interest to wide range of people engaged in language and literacy education.

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Weight: 349g
Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
Publication Date: 25 Jul 2012
Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781847697714

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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 V 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.