The Politics of Language Education - Individuals and Institutions

This book highlights the importance of micropolitics in shaping language education policy, development and projects. It discusses background theory to understanding micropolitics, issues surrounding the research and publication of political behaviour by individuals and institutions, and presents case studies from a range of different contexts.

About the author

Charles Alderson is Professor of Linguistics and English Language Education at Lancaster University, UK. He was Director of the Revision Project that produced the IELTS test; Scientific Coordinator of DIALANG (www.dialang.org); Academic Adviser to the British Councilâ€(TM)s Hungarian English Examination Reform Project; and is former co-editor of the international journal Language Testing and the Cambridge Language Assessment Series (Cambridge University Press). He has taught and lectured in over 50 countries world-wide, been consultant to numerous language education projects, and is internationally well-known for his teaching, research and publications in language testing and assessment, programme and course evaluation, reading in a foreign language and teacher training.

Summary

This book highlights the importance of micropolitics in shaping language education policy, development and projects. It discusses background theory to understanding micropolitics, issues surrounding the research and publication of political behaviour by individuals and institutions, and presents case studies from a range of different contexts.

Product details

• Assisted by: Charles Alderson (Editor), Charles (Lancaster University) Alderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2009
• EAN: 9781847691422
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-142-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 329 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a; New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system