(Re-)locating TESOL in an Age of Empire

Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? An international group of authors put forward their differing proposals for the development of TESOL.

Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? Are English speakers set to become the only educated monolinguals in the world and, if so, should we see this as a sign of their affluence or their impoverishment? How many learners of English perceive the major informing culture of the language to be predominantly one of individual depravity and social disintegration? For those who do, how should teachers respond? An international group of authors put forward their differing analyses of the contexts with which they are most familiar, along with proposals for the development of TESOL in a world where military invasion and occupation have been added to the previous mix of globalized economic hegemony and cultural influence exercised by the USA and its allies.

Notes on the Contributors Background and Overview
J.Edge Dangerous Liaison: Globalization, Empire and TESOL
B.Kumaravadivelu What, Then, Must We Do? Or Who Gets Hurt When We Speak, Write and Teach?
C.Brumfit Critical Media Awareness: Teaching Resistance to Interpellation
S.Benesch The (Re-)Framing Process as a Collaborative Locus for Change
B.F.Fabricio&
D.Santos
Ideology and Language: Interconnections between Neo-liberalism and English
M.Holborow Non-judgmental Discourse: Role and Relevance
J.Edge Teaching Second Languages for National Security Purposes: A Case of Post 9/11 USA
R.Kubota Equity and English in South African Higher Education: Ambiguity and Colonial Language Legacy
J.Katunich Negotiating ELT Assumptions in EIL Classrooms
A.Matsuda Slaves of Sex, Money and Alcohol: (Re-)Locating the Target Culture of TESOL
A.L.Sellami Neo-imperialism, Evangelism, and ELT: Modernist Missions and a Post-modern Profession
B.Johnston&
M.M.Varghese 'The Hedgehog and the Fox': Two Approaches to English for the Military
P.Woods Index