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Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language / Richard S. Pinner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Second Language AcquisitionPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781783095674
  • 9781783095681
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.0071 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1073 .P566 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to the Book -- 2. Existential, Philosophical and Theoretical Underpinnings -- 3. English as a Global Language -- 4. Authenticity in Language Teaching -- 5. The Authenticity Continuum -- 6. Authenticity in Bilingual Educational Contexts -- 7. New Media as a Catalyst for Authenticity -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index
Summary: This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum. This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to the Book -- 2. Existential, Philosophical and Theoretical Underpinnings -- 3. English as a Global Language -- 4. Authenticity in Language Teaching -- 5. The Authenticity Continuum -- 6. Authenticity in Bilingual Educational Contexts -- 7. New Media as a Catalyst for Authenticity -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

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This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum. This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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