William O Beeman
Language and the Politics of Emotion. Catherine A. Lutz and Lila Abu‐Lughod. eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 217 pp. $44.50 (cloth)
Robert Phillipson
This volume brings together key writings since the 1992 publication of Linguistic Imperialism – Robert Phillipson’s controversial benchmark volume, which triggered a major re-thinking of the English teaching profession by connecting the field to wider political and economic forces. Analyzing how the...
Alastair Pennycook
This paper asks what translanguaging could start to look like if it incorporated an expanded version of language and questioned not only to the borders between languages but also the borders between semiotic modes. Developing the idea of spatial repertoires and assemblages, and looking at data from ...
Gill Crozier, Jane Davies
In the authors' research with Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage parents, some teachers, head teachers and other educational professionals referred to the South Asian parents as ‘hard to reach’. Whilst it was clear from the parents that they were not very, and in some cases not at all, involved in t...
Eve Gregory
Over the past three decades numerous studies from the English-speaking world have pointed to the advantages for young children of family involvement in their literacy development. However, their emphasis has always been firmly and almost exclusively upon parentsworking with children in specific ways...
Amy Β. M. Tsui, James W. Tollefson, Sylvia Celedón‐Pattichis, Jonathan Brinkerhoff
Contents: Preface. A.B.M. Tsui, J.W. Tollefson, Language Policy and the Construction of National Cultural Identity. Part I: Globalization and Its Impact on Language Policy, Culture, and Identity. K. Hashimoto, Japan's Language Policy and the Lost Decade. Y. Sungwon, Globalization and Language Policy...
M. Obaidul Hamid, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Richard B. Baldauf
One major impact of globalisation on education is denoted by the growing trend to use English, the global language, as a medium of instruction (MOI) in emerging polities that are trying to enhance their English-speaking capacities. This article emphasises developing an understanding of MOI from a la...
Sebastian Hoffmann, Marianne Hundt, Joybrato Mukherjee
In research into New Englishes, it has been suggested that English has turned into a genuinely pluricentric language in the late 20th century and that various regionally relevant norm-developing centres have emerged that exert an influence on the formation and development of the English language in ...
M. Obaidul Hamid
The effects of globalisation and the global spread of English have created a phenomenal demand for English all over the world. The demand is illustrated by the introduction of ‘English for Everyone’ and early English instruction in many developing countries. These policy initiatives and their implem...
Syeda Rumnaz Imam
The national language Bangla (Bengali), which is spoken by 98% of the people, is foundational to the nation of Bangladesh as a nation. Language played a crucial role in the struggle for independence from Pakistan which was finally successful in 1971. The medium of instruction in state‐provided basic...
M. Obaidul Hamid, Richard B. Baldauf
ABSTRACT Rural failure in English learning and the socioeconomics of ELT. Over 24 million children learn English as a second/foreign language in primary and secondary schools in Bangladesh. These children start learning the language as a required subject in Grade 1 and continue learning it (if they ...
Raqib Chowdhury, Ariful Haq Kabir
Since its relatively recent independence in 1971, a total of seven national Education Commissions were formed, all of which placed various degrees of emphasis on the planning, pedagogy and learning of English in Bangladesh. Although the first Education Commission in 1974 aimed to 'decolonise' the ed...
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Md Shaiful Islam, Abdul Karim, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury et al.
Given the significance of English in the global world, English language teaching in Bangladesh has become subject to a supreme concern in maintaining economic growth and developing a skilled workforce. In this article, several barriers have been discussed based on a critical analysis of published ma...
Shaila Sultana, Sender Dovchin, Alastair Pennycook
The paper explores the use of varied semiotic resources in the linguistic, social and cultural practices of young adults in the context of Bangladesh and Mongolia. Based on a translinguistic analysis (including pre-textual history, contextual relations, sub-textual meaning, intertextual echoes and p...
M. Obaidul Hamid, Iffat Jahan, Monjurul Islam
The use of English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in polities across the world has drawn attention of language policy and planning scholars and researchers. Increasingly, research on MOI policy and practice focuses on how macro-level policies are translated into action by ‘actors’ including teache...