The Struggle to Teach English as an

This book addresses the issue of how to teach English in diverse locations. Central to the discussion is the balance of power in classroom and curriculum settings, the relationship between language, culture, and discourse, and the change in the ownership of English.

List of illustrations

vii

Preface and methodology

ix

The struggle for new relationships

1

(16)

ESOL educators: the politics of labelling

1

(7)

English as an international language

8

(3)

Two positions

11

(5)

The sites of struggle

16

(1)

Culturist perceptions of `us' and `them'

17

(22)

The constituents of culturism

17

(6)

A non-essentialist view

23

(1)

Culturism in TESOL

24

(6)

Excavating the strata of culturism

30

(3)

Complex identities

33

(4)

Not a simple matter

37

(2)

The legacy of lockstep

39

(24)

A moving, adapting practice

39

(1)

Cultural icons

40

(5)

The residues of audiolingualism

45

(15)

Control and transportable professional confidence

60

(3)

`Learner-centredness' and `autonomy'

63

(22)

Learner-centredness

63

(5)

Bureaucratization and technicalization in practice

68

(10)

Autonomy, native-speakerism, and culturism

78

(6)

The need to see beyond the ideology

84

(1)

Social autonomy and authenticity

85

(26)

Classroom regime as inhibitor

89

(7)

Resistance

96

(8)

Social authenticity

104

(4)

An opening up, and an undoing of prejudice

108

(3)

`Stakeholder-centredness'

111

(26)

Projects and people

111

(4)

Writing the stakeholders in

115

(4)

Devaluing other realities

119

(9)

Bucking the imperialism thesis

128

(7)

Seeing individual richness

135

(2)

Critiquing appropriate methodology

137

(20)

Separating the positive from the negative

137

(4)

`Our' system or people

141

(14)

The puzzle of Position 2

155

(2)

The struggle for cultural continuity

157

(22)

Correction vs. understanding

157

(1)

Dealing with professional division

158

(4)

Addressing deeper political issues

162

(3)

Understanding other agendas

165

(4)

Working from the inside out

169

(5)

The interpersonal and the global

174

(2)

Loose ends and enriching encounters

176

(3)

Bibliography

179

(10)

Index of names

189

(2)

Index

191

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The Struggle to Teach English as an International Language

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