English as a Global Language and Education for Cosmopolitan Citizenship

Autor/in	Guilherme, Manuela
Titel	English as a Global Language and Education for Cosmopolitan Citizenship
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 7 (2007) 1, S.72-90 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Critical Theory; Citizenship; Global Approach; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Developing Nations; Teaching Methods; Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Kritische Theorie; Staatsbürgerschaft; Globales Denken; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Due to the overriding power of World English in the global economy, media, academy, entertainment, etc., EFL education has become a crucial curricular element in the educational systems of developing societies. English language learning has therefore been portrayed either as a fundamental tool that unquestionably brings professional success or one that oppresses us under capitalism, neoliberalism and the global market. Without questioning the veracity of both descriptions, indeed precisely for this reason, this paper argues for a critical pedagogy of English as a Global Language. The use of English as a common language, but not as a lingua franca, can provide us with opportunities for acting as responsible cosmopolitan citizens, without implying the loss of our cultural and ideological roots or the transformation of the English language into a neutral, disengaged or unaffiliated medium. This paper attempts to theorise this hypothesis based upon the ideas of authors such as Santos on globalisation and the World Social Forum, as well as the statements of EFL teachers on curriculum development. (Contains 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10