Why English? : : Confronting the Hydra /

Why English? : : Confronting the Hydra / / ed. by Pauline Bunce, Robert Phillipson, Vaughan Rapatahana, Ruanni Tupas.

This book explores the ways and means by which English threatens the vitality and diversity of other languages and cultures in the modern world. Using the metaphor of the Hydra monster from ancient Greek mythology, it explores the use and misuse of English in a wide range of contexts, revealing how...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Boussebaa, Mehdi,
Bunce, Pauline,
Chiatoh, Blasius Agha-ah,
Coleman, Hywel,
Collen, Lindsey,
Demont-Heinrich, Christof,
Edge, Julian,
Gao, Mobo,
Heugh, Kathleen,
Jordão, Clarissa Menezes,
Kabel, Ahmed,
Kontra, Miklós,
Kristinsson, Ari Páll,
Kubota, Ryuko,
Lai-Ming, Tammy Ho,
Martinez, Aja Y.,
Mazrui, Alamin,
Mustafa, Zubeida,
Okuda, Tomoyo,
Phillipson, Robert,
Rao, A. Giridhar,
Rapatahana, Vaughan,
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove,
Smith, Hilary,
Stanley, Phiona,
Templer, Bill,
Tupas, Ruanni,
HerausgeberIn:
Bunce, Pauline,
Phillipson, Robert,
Rapatahana, Vaughan,
Tupas, Ruanni,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Series Editor's Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Hydra at Large
  • 1. The English Language in a Global Context: Between Expansion and Resistance
  • 2. Promoting English: Hydras Old and New
  • 3. English, Neocolonialism and Forgetting
  • 4. The English Language as Naga in Indonesia
  • 5. Offshore Call Centre Work is Breeding a New Colonialism
  • Part 2: Hydra Mythology
  • 6. Confronting Language Myths, Linguicism and Racism in English Language Teaching in Japan
  • 7. Mr Jones: Mi Laik Askim Yu Samting
  • 8. Must the (Western) Hydra Be Blond(e)? Performing Cultural 'Authenticity' in Intercultural Education
  • 9. Voluntary Overseas English Language Teaching: A Myopic, Altruistic Hydra
  • 10. English Language as 'Fatal Gadget' in Iceland
  • 11. The English Hydra as Invader on the Post-Communist 'New Periphery' in Bulgaria
  • 12. The English Alphabet: Alpha-Best or Alpha-Beast?
  • 13. 'Languages'
  • Part 3: Confronting the Hydra
  • 14. Mauritian Kreol Confronts English and French Hydras
  • 15. 'Hydra Languages' and Exclusion versus Local Languages and Community Participation in three African Countries
  • 16. The Destruction of Nadia's Dream: The English Language Tyrant in Pakistan's Education System
  • 17. The (Illusory) Promise of English in India
  • Part 4: Resistance and Cohabitation with the Hydra
  • 18. A Personal Reflection on Chican@ Language and Identity in the US-Mexico Borderlands: The English-Language Hydra as Past and Present Imperialism
  • 19. The Struggle to Raise Bilingual Children in the Belly of the English Hydra Beast: The United States of America
  • 20. TEFL and International Politics: A Personal Narrative
  • 21. Hungary: A Sham Fightback Against the Domination of English
  • 22. The English Language as a Trojan Horse within the People's Republic of China
  • 23. TEFL as Hydra: Rescuing Brazilian Teacher Educators from 'Privilege'
  • 24. 'Writing back (to the centre)'
  • Afterword: Decentring the Hydra: Towards a more Equitable Linguistic Order

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