Antisocial Language Teaching - English and the Pervasive Pathology of Whiteness

This book examines major issues with the ideologies and institutions behind the discipline of ELT and diagnoses the industry as in dire need of treatment, with the solution being a full decentering of whiteness. A vision for a more just version of ELT is offered as an alternative to the harm caused by its present-day incarnation.

About the author

JPB Gerald is an adult educator and theorist, and a 2022 graduate of the EdD program in Instructional Leadership from CUNY - Hunter College, USA. Through his writing, teaching, podcast and his public scholarship overall, he seeks justice for the racially, linguistically and neurologically minoritized.

Summary

This book examines major issues with the ideologies and institutions behind the discipline of ELT and diagnoses the industry as in dire need of treatment, with the solution being a full decentering of whiteness. A vision for a more just version of ELT is offered as an alternative to the harm caused by its present-day incarnation.

Product details

• Authors: JPB Gerald
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781800413276
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-327-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures