English and Development ─ Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization

Contributors from linguistics and education and from economics and development examine the nature and implications of the relationship between English and development. They appraise the language's role in the socio-economic development of various countries around the world, and the degree to which promoting the English language fits within the wider agenda of development. The topics include English versus national and local languages in developing countries, grassroots attitudes to English as a language for international development in Bangladesh, a sub-Sahara African case study showing how English-medium instruction and examining are related to social and economic development, constructing local voices through English as a lingua franca, and language policy in Singapore. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Elizabeth J. Erling is Lecturer of International Teacher Education at the Open University and her research explores topics in world Englishes, language policy, teacher professional development and English for academic purposes. She has published papers in journals such as World Englishes, English Today, Language Policy and Innovations in Language Learning and Teaching.

Philip Seargeant is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the Centre for Language and Communication, The Open University. He is author of The Idea of English in Japan (Multilingual Matters, 2009) and Exploring World Englishes (Routledge), and editor of English in Japan in the Era of Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and English in the World: History, Diversity, Change (Routledge, 2012, with Joan Swann).