The politics of language education
Subtitle: individuals and institutions
By: edited by J. Charles Alderson.
Contributors: Alderson, J. Charles.
Series: New perspectives on language and education
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bristol; Buffalo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847691439; 9781847691422; 9781847691446
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Language policy; Language and languages -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An overview / the editor; title: Setting the scene / J. Charles alderson; title: Professional advice vs political imperatives / Alan Davies; title: Micropolitical issues in ELT project implementation / Tom Hunter; title: The politics of ELT projects in China / Ron Kerr; title: Teaching immigrants the language of the host community: two object lessons in the need for continuous policy development / David Little and Barbara Lazenby Simpson; title: The commercialization of language provision at university / Glenn Fulcher; title: Micropolitics in multinational language assessment systems / Mark Crossey; title: Challenges and constraints in language test development / Gary Buck; title: The politics of examination reform in Central Europe; title: Karmen Piorn and Edit Nagy; title: Language educational policies within a European framework / Neus Figueras; title: The micropolitics of research and publication / J. Charles Alderson.