Ontologies of English

In Applied Linguistics Being Explicit About Ontologies Of English And How They Underpin Educational Ideologies And Professional Practices Is Essential. For The First Time This Volume Presents A Critical Examination Of The Ways In Which English Is Conceptualised For Learning Teaching And Assessment From Both Social And Cognitive Perspectives. Written By A Team Of Leading Scholars It Considers The Language In A Range Of Contexts And Domains Including: Models And Targets For Efl Esl And Eal Teaching And Testing And The Contested Dominance Of Native-Speaker ''Standard'' Varieties; English As A School Subject Using England''S Educational System As An Example; English As A Lingua Franca Where Typically Several Languages And Cultures Are In Contact; And English As Broader Social Practice In A World Characterised By Unprecedented Mobility And Destabilisation. Readers Are Provided With A Balanced Set Of Perspectives On Ontologies Of English And A Valuable Resource For Educational Research And Practice.