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ELT, Gender and International Development : Myths of Progress in a Neocolonial World

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 1847693040
ISBN-13 9781847693044
Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint Multilingual Matters
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Aug 3rd, 2010
Print length 264 Pages
Weight 456 grams
Dimensions 21.00 x 14.80 x 2.00 cms
Ksh 16,200.00
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This book draws on the narratives of white women as English language teachers in the neocolonial world of international development. It explores the paradoxes of language as aid, and questions the mythical power of English to deliver on the promises of a brighter future for the developing world.

For believers in the power of English, language as aid can deliver the promise of a brighter future; but in a neocolonial world of international development, a gulf exists between belief and reality. Rich with echoes of an earlier colonial era, this book draws on the candid narratives of white women teachers, and situates classroom practices within a broad reading of the West and the Rest. What happens when white Western men and women come in to rebuild former colonies in Asia? How do English language lessons translate, or disintegrate, in a radically different world? How is English teaching linked to ideas of progress? This book presents the paradoxes of language aid in the twenty-first century in a way that will challenge your views of English and its power to improve the lives of people in the developing world.


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