Language in the Academy : : Cultural Reflexivity and Intercultural Dynamics / / Joan Turner.

This book takes a critical look at why issues of language in higher education are routinely marginalised, despite the growing internationalisation of universities. Through analyses of a variety of intercultural encounters, the book highlights the range of interpretative possibilities available for u...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. General Overview
  • Chapter 2. Language, Language Pedagogies and Intercultural Communication in Contemporary Higher Education
  • Chapter 3. Language in the Academy: The Discourse of Remediation
  • Chapter 4. Languaging in the Academy: Language as Dynamic Practice
  • Chapter 5. Occidentalist Inscription: The Historical Construction of Contemporary Representations of Language in the Academy
  • Chapter 6. Disciplining Language: Rhetorical Values and the Regulation of Academic Writing
  • Chapter 7. Power/Knowledge and the Construction of Rhetorical Subjects
  • Chapter 8. Subject to Confucian Rhetorical Culture
  • Chapter 9. The Power/Knowledge Effects of the Socratic Dialogue
  • Chapter 10. Socratic Subjects: The Western Tutor as Midwife
  • Chapter 11. Resisting the Tao of Talk: Verbalisation in Intercultural Context
  • Chapter 12. The Way of Learning: The Spatial Relations of Learning and Teaching in the Confucian/Taoist Tradition
  • Chapter 13. The Discursive Dance of the Intercultural
  • Chapter 14. The Critical Rhetoric of Being Critical
  • References