International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts : Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy

ISBN-13: 9780805863383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 210 str.

Sandra Lee McKay; Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng

Opis

Globalization, migration and the spread of English have resulted in a diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. The premiss of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions cannot be made without taking this into account.

O autorze

Sandra Lee McKay is Professor of English at San Francisco State University, United States.

Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Center for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, Singapore.