Bibliograph

Desiring TESOL and international education, market abuse and exploitation, Raqib Chowdhury and Phan Le Ha

Type

Label

Desiring TESOL and international education, market abuse and exploitation, Raqib Chowdhury and Phan Le Ha

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Desiring TESOL and international education

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Raqib Chowdhury and Phan Le Ha

Series statement

New perspectives on language and education, 37

Sub title

market abuse and exploitation

Summary

This book addresses how Western universities have constructed themselves as global providers of education, and are driven to be globally competitive. It examines how the term 'international' has been exploited by the market in the form of government educational policies and agencies, host institutions, academia and the mass media. The book explores matters relating to the role of the English language in international education in general and the field of TESOL in particular. It demonstrates how English and TESOL have exercised their symbolic power, coupled with the desire for international education, to create convenient identities for international TESOL students. It also discusses the complexity surrounding and informing these students' painful yet sophisticated appropriation of and resistance to the convenient labels they are subjected to

Target audience

adult

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