Race and Ethnicity in English Language Teaching

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Christopher Jenks perceptively draws from his personal experience as a biracial professional in diverse communities in the East and West to "color" the field of English language teaching, in order to expose invisible and unspoken racial inequalities and unleash the creative potential of diversity in language learning and communication. * Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, USA * This refreshing critique of racialized discourses in the English language teaching profession in South Korea takes the debates about White normativity and privilege and neoliberialism to a new level. It is empirically rich and theoretically sharp. It is a key reference in the growing body of critical literature on race, ethnicity and equity in education and society. * Li Wei, UCL Institute of Education, UK * Using South Korea as a case study, this book explores key questions about race and hegemonic discourses in ELT that impact teachers, teacher educators, researchers, material developers, administrators, students, and policy makers around the world. This book forces us to unearth and question the axioms that our field is built on and, by doing so, create the possibility of making our profession more equitable and free of discrimination. * Ahmar Mahboob, The University of Sydney, Australia *