(Re-)Locating TESOL in an Age of Empire (Language and Globalization)

Language and Globalization

by Julian Edge

Notes on the Contributors Background and Overview; J.Edge Dangerous 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 Teaching Resistance to Interpellation; S.Benesch The (Re-)Framing Process as a Collaborative Locus for Change; B.F.Fabrício & D.Santos Ideology and Interconnections between Neo-liberalism and English; M.Holborow Non-judgmental Role and Relevance; J.Edge Teaching Second Languages for National Security A Case of Post 9/11 USA; R.Kubota Equity and English in South African Higher Ambiguity and Colonial Language Legacy; J.Katunich Negotiating ELT Assumptions in EIL Classrooms; A.Matsuda Slaves of Sex, Money and (Re-)Locating the Target Culture of TESOL; A.L.Sellami Neo-imperialism, Evangelism, and 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

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First published September 4, 2006

About the author

I have been involved in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) since 1969, with an increasing engagement in teacher education in that field. I am fascinated by the interaction between personal development and professional development, and by how individual development is best achieved in social interaction. That is very much the focus of my 2002 book, Continuing Cooperative Development. Mind you, I also love a good story, and I find that my writing has moved more and more away from academic prose towards the sharing of experience and the shared attempt to make sense of it. In my 2011 book, The Reflexive Teacher Educator, I use re-interpretations of the myths of Icarus and Narcissus, as well as snippets from my own mental cowboy movie, to sketch a picture of TESOL teacher education as I have shaped my version of it, and it has shaped my working life. If you find that any of this resonates with you, you can contact me at julian.edge@manchester.ac.uk