English as an International Language Education: Critical Intercultural Literacy Perspectives
About this ebook
Divided into five sections, this collection critically examines English Language Teaching textbooks’ integration of intercultural dimensions, the promotion of intercultural literacy in teacher education programs, the management of cultural diversity in multicultural professional/business and educational situations, and the ‘decolonisation’ of the curriculum in various global educational and professional situations. The book presents a range of linguistic approaches as a means of examining the nature of intercultural communication pertaining in EIL varied international contexts. The chapters also reflect a wide diversity of perspectives from local contexts with global relevance and applicability.
This book is an indispensable reference for business leaders, international relations stakeholders, education and linguistics students, educationists, textbook designers, teacher trainers and researchers of language and culture, critical pedagogy, multiculturalism studies, TESOL and English as a lingua franca (ELF).
About the author
Ahmed Sahlane is a senior university lecturer in English, with extensive international teaching experience. He has published several articles and book chapters in mediated political argumentation, critical linguistics, the pragmatics and aesthetics of argumentation and rhetoric in mediated political discourse, with particular reference to the 2003 Iraq War. His research also includes critical pedagogy, intercultural literacy, multicultural education, and social justice. He is the receiver of Top Gun scholarship for Master teachers, CDIS, Burnaby, Canada (2001).
Rosalind Pritchard is Emeritus Professor of Education and Senior Distinguished Research Fellow at Ulster University where she established a TESOL Master’s degree combining theory with an international teaching practice. She pursues research in higher education and TESOL (especially cross-cultural adaptation and pedagogic strategies). She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and theUK Academy of Social Sciences. She is an Honorary Fellow of the British Association for International and Comparative Education and Secretary of the European Association for Institutional Research.
