Bringing English to Order
Published in September 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-1-85000-475-2 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this book is to explore the politics and associated history of English teaching in a number of countries. It is elucidated through historical and comparative studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-475-2 (9781850004752)
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Content
Into the sixties - English and English society at a time of change, Peter Medway; literacy, politics and the teaching of English, Stephen Ball, Alex Kenny and David Gardner; class, language and power in Franklin's "Idea of the English School" and other early texts of vernacular advocacy - a perspective on the social origins of English, Gerald Burns; a dividing practice - "literature", English teaching and cultural politics, Bill Green; the ideology and politics of English grammar - a 1984 Newfoundland example, Laurence Walker; foreign language teaching as an instrument of policy in the cultural and societal orientation of a nation - the case of English teaching in Norway, Bjorn Brandtzaeg Gundem; the Englishness of English teaching, Robert Morgan; contested terrain - English education in South Africa 1948-1987, Hilary Janks.