ISBN:
1847699103
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184769909X
,
1847699081
,
1299140823
,
9781847699084
,
9781847699091
,
9781299140820
,
9781847699107
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 189 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
New Perspectives On Language And Education 29
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
428.0071055
Keywords:
English language Study and teaching
;
English language Spoken English
;
Language policy
;
English language
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; General
;
English language ; Foreign countries
;
English language ; Spoken English
;
English language ; Study and teaching
;
Language and languages ; Political aspects
;
Language policy
;
Engels
;
EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General
;
Iran
;
Iran Languages
;
Political aspects
;
Electronic book
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note:The Context --The Theoretical Debate --The Framework --The Purpose --The Design --The Organization --pt. 1Theoretical and Historical Perspectives --1.The Politics of Educational Transfers: Process, Causes and Agents --National Forces and Educational Transfers --Subnational Forces and Educational Transfers --Supranational Forces and Educational Transfers --Conclusion --2.The History of English in Iran (1836-1979) --English Under the Qajar Dynasty (1836-1925) --English Under the Pahlavis (1925-1979) --Conclusion --pt. 2English in Post-Revolutionary Iran (1979-Present) --3.The Revolutionary Period (1979-1988) --Introduction --Education and the Indigenization Movement --Resisting Linguistic Imperialism --Marginalization of Subnational Forces --The West, an Implicit Reference Society --Conclusion --4.The Period of Reconstruction and Privatization (1989-1997) --Introduction --The World Bank, a Reference Society --Implications of Policy Privatization Upon Education --English in the Period of Reconstruction and Privatization --Private English Language Institutes, Agents of Internationalization --Conclusion --5.The Period of Global Outlook (1997-2005) --Introduction --Partnership With Transnational Organizations --Transnational Education Model Production and the Expansion of English --The British Council, Another Reference Society --The Rise of Professional/Elite ELT Networks --The Expansion of Private Language Institutes --Conclusion --6.Returning to Revolutionary Roots (2005-Present) --Introduction --Education and the Re-indigenization Movement --Unfavorable Attitudes Towards the British Council --Unfavorable Attitudes Towards International Publishers --Private Language Institutes: Unfavorable Policies and Responses --Subtle Opposition at Universities --English Departments and ELT Materials --Low Research Output --State Ambivalence Towards English --Conclusion --7.Forces From Above, Forces From Below --Introduction --Forces From Above --Forces From Below.
Abstract:
Pt. 1Theoretical and historical perspectives --1. Thepolitics of educational transfers : process, causes and agents --2. Thehistory of English in Iran (1836-1979) --pt. 2English in post-revolutionary Iran (1979-Present) --3. Therevolutionary Period (1979-1988) --4. Theperiod of reconstruction and privatization (1989-1997) --5. Theperiod of global outlook (1997-2005) --6.Returning to revolutionary roots (2005-Present) --7.Forces from above, forces from below.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
