English As an International Language - Perspectives and Pedagogical Issues

Informationen zum Autor Farzad Sharifian is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Language and Society Centre within the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Australia. He is also the Convenor of the academic program of English as an International Language at Monash University. He has a wide range of research interests including cultural linguistics, pragmatics, English as an International Language, World Englishes, language and politics, and intercultural communication. He is the editor (with Gary B. Palmer) of Applied Cultural Linguistics (2007, John Benjamins) and the editor (with René Dirven, Ning Yu and Susanne Niemeier) of Culture, Body and Language (2008, Mouton de Gruyter). He has published numerous articles in many international journals. Klappentext This volume makes a significant contribution to the emerging paradigm of English as an International Language (EIL) by exploring various aspects of the English language and its pedagogy in the context of the globalization of this language. The books aims to expand the paradigm and also establish new grounds for thinking, research and practice.

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• Authors: Farzad Sharifian
• Assisted by: Sharifian (Editor), Dr Farzad Sharifian (Editor), Farzad Sharifian (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9781847691217
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-121-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: New Perspectives on Language a; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries