Discourse of Commercialization - A Multi-Perspectived Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Crichton is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of South Australia, and Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry, Adelaide School of Medicine, University of Adelaide. His research focuses on professional and organisational communication, particularly in health settings. He is series editor of three Palgrave research series: Communicating in Professions and Organisations; Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics; and Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Klappentext An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives. Zusammenfassung An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Why A Multi-Perspectived Approach to Discourse? Framing the Discourse of Commercialization Professional Practice as a Site of Struggle Constructing Communities of Consumption The Role of Macro Actors in Professional Practice Understanding Practice and Informing Change Appendix 1: Diary Coding System Appendix 2: Brochure Coding System References Index

Product details

• Authors: J Crichton, J. Crichton, Jonathan Crichton
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9781349367764
• ISBN: 978-1-349-36776-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations; Palgrave Studies in Profession; Palgrave Studies in Profession; Communicating in Professions a; Communicating in Professions and Organizations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Discourse Analysis, Organization, Research Methods in Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Understanding