Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language / / Richard S. Pinner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Pinner, Richard S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum. This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to the Book -- 2. Existential, Philosophical and Theoretical Underpinnings -- 3. English as a Global Language -- 4. Authenticity in Language Teaching -- 5. The Authenticity Continuum -- 6. Authenticity in Bilingual Educational Contexts -- 7. New Media as a Catalyst for Authenticity -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index