Social Reproduction as Language Policy: The Neoliberal Co-Option of English in Global Japan

Autor/in	Smith, Michael D.
Titel	Social Reproduction as Language Policy: The Neoliberal Co-Option of English in Global Japan
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 36 (2022) 7, S.1652-1678 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Smith, Michael D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904821999840
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Global Approach; Marketing; International Education; Language Proficiency; Knowledge Economy; Ideology; Language Role; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Credentials; Personal Autonomy; Moral Values; Language Attitudes; Language Planning; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Selective Admission; Commercialization; Elementary Secondary Education; High Stakes Tests; Advantaged; College Admission; Language Tests; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Globales Denken; Internationale Erziehung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Ideologie; Sozialkapital; Studienbuch; Individuelle Autonomie; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Sprachverhalten; Sprachwechsel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsselektion; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	In Japan, neoliberal discourses rationalize English language proficiency as a pathway to meritocratic reward and success in the global knowledge economy. With this ideology in mind, this review engages the market orientation of English domestically and the causative implications of class-distinguished capital. Specifically, Bourdieu's theory of social reproduction is employed to foster comprehension of Japanese foreign language policies in which English substantiates itself as a valuable source of cultural investment. Notwithstanding the supposedly meritocratic intention of the Japanese state, this study concludes that credentialism, hierarchization, and marketization function in concert with a "survival of the fittest" corollary that, per globalized ideological-discursive assumptions, constrains agency through the justification of ELL as a vocational and civic moral worth. This conflation of internationalization and Englishization is better understood as an instrument of dominance, with the agency to participate in ELL interlocking with an incontrovertible doxa that rationalizes the economic, social, and political hierarchy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01