Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language

Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language - Second Language Acquisition

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum. This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society.

Book information

ISBN: 9781783095667
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Imprint: Multilingual Matters
Pub date:
DEWEY: 428.0071
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: viii, 199
Weight: 323g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 11mm