Critical Applied Linguistics: A Critical Introduction
by Alastair Pennycook
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"Now in its second edition, this accessible guide and introduction to critical applied linguistics provides a clear overview of the problems, debates, and competing views in language education, literacy, discourse analysis, language in the workplace, translation and other language-related domains. Covering both critical theory and domains of practice, the book is organized around five themes: the politics of knowledge, the politics of language, the politics of texts, the politics of show more pedagogy, and the politics of difference. Recognizing that a changing world requires new ways of thinking, and that many approaches have watered down over time, the new edition applies a sharp, fresh look at established and new intellectual frameworks. The second edition is comprehensively updated with fresh research throughout and features new discussions of colonialism, queer theory, race and gender, translanguaging, and posthumanism. With a critical focus on the role of applied linguists, Pennycook emphasizes the importance of a situated, collaborative perspective that takes the discussion away from questions of implementation, and insists instead that critical applied linguistics has to be an emergent program from the contexts in which it works. This landmark text is essential reading for students and researchers of applied linguistics, multilingualism, language and education, TESOL, and language and identity"-- show lessTags
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Alastair Pennycook is Distinguished Professor of Language, Society and Education at the University of Technology Sydney and a member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is the author of numerous award-winning books, including Metrolingualism: Language in the City (with Emi Otsuji), Language as a Local Practice, Global Englishes and show more Transcultural Flows, Critical Applied Linguistics; A Critical Introduction, and The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language (all Routledge). show less
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