An introduction to applied linguistics edinburgh university. A muchcited and highly influential text by alastair pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, the cultural politics of english as an international language explores the globalization of english by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices. Critical applied linguistics calx is an emergent approach to language use and education that seeks to connect the local conditions of language to broader social formations, drawing connections between classrooms, conversations, textbooks, tests, or translations and issues of gender, class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, culture, identity, politics, ideology or discourse. The second section of the chapter offers guidelines for critical praxis. Alastair pennycook is professor of language in education at the university of technology, sydney. Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguistics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of english. Pennycook, alastair, 1957covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguitics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of english. Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguitics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of english. The language teaching view of applied linguistics parallels tesol or tefl, by looking at ways of improving language teaching, backed by a more rigorous study of language. Alastair pennycook at university of technology sydney.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Critical applied linguistics the handbook of applied linguistics. This second edition of the foundational textbook an introduction to applied linguistics provides a stateoftheart account of contemporary applied linguistics. Alastair henry, university west, sweden, the department of social and behavioural studies education and language, faculty member. Having said this, many readers, whether familiar with pennycook s work or not, may be left wanting more. Professor alastair pennycook language, education and. Critical applied linguistics and education springerlink. Pdf critical applied linguistics download ebook for free. Applied linguistics cook 2003 is organized as others in the series, being divided into four parts. Continuity and change in views of society in applied linguistics 28 4 alison sealey and bob carter making connections. Javier munozbasols, elisa gironzetti, and manel lacorte, eds. By this, the notions of critical applied linguistics are mainly influenced. Mar 29, 2014 pennycook, 2010 a central element of critical applied linguistics, therefore, is a way of exploring language in social contexts that goes beyond mere correlations between language and society, and instead raises more critical questions to do with access, power, disparity, desire, difference, and resistance.
The survey is the largest section of the text 81 pages, and provides a simple, yet not simplistic viii, overview of the majors areas of work and research in applied linguistics. Studies psychology, cultural studies, and topics related to applied linguistics and communication. Applied linguistics also needs to address the fundamental limitations of asocial, ahistorical and apolitical. Alastair pennycook s book is a very clear work that provides a chronological and evaluative perspective of the theories and social practices that have shaped applied linguistics in the domains of sociolinguistics. Critical applied linguistics calx is not, as yet, a term that is widely used. One of the central concerns in this approach is exposing the political dimensions and power relations involved in mainstream applied linguistics, in areas like language teaching, language policy and planning, language testing, language rights, and so on. He was coeditor of the journal applied linguistics 20042009. Alastair pennycook is distinguished professor of language, society and education at university of technology sydney. He is also an adjunct professor at the centre for multilingualism in society across the lifespan at the university of oslo, and a fellow of the australian academy of the humanities. Alastair pennycook, university of technology sydney. Since attempts to use more inclusive and desirable terms have been unsuccessful, young 2005. Critical applied linguistics calx is an approach to language use and education that connects the local conditions of language to. Language reuse among chinese apprentice scientists writing. Oxford textbooks in linguistics is a new series of course textbooks for second and thirdyear undergraduate, and postgraduate university students.
Posthumanist applied linguistics 1st edition alastair. Alastair pennycook is professor of language in education at the university of technology sydney. References, a selection of annotated references glossary, explanations of terms, cross referenced to the survey this structure is designed to allow different groups of. He is the author of many titles, including baal book prize winner 2008. He formerly taught critical applied linguistics at the university of melbourne.
Lecturer in applied linguistics, aston university monika bednarek associate professor, university of sydney paul baker professor of linguistics and english language, lancaster university. It is assumed that the student will have completed a firstyear introductory course in general linguistics. Apr 19, 2001 in chapter 7, applied linguistics with an attitude, pennycook recapitulates the critical themes dealt with throughout the book. Alastair pennycook university of technology sydney. Alastair pennycook author of critical applied linguistics. During the i international congress of critical applied linguistics iccal held in brasiliadfbrazil from 19 to 21 october, 2015 alastair pennycook university of technology, sidney gave the events opening lecture entitled critical applied. A scientific paper authored by a group of researchers at peking university pan et al. He has worked in language education in many parts of the world and is best known for his work on the global spread of english, critical applied linguistics and urban multilingualism. He was formerly professor of applied linguistics at the university of reading 19982004 and head of tesol at the london university institute of education 19911998. Applied linguistics addresses the most pressing and controversial areas of contemporary language use, including intercultural communication, political and commercial persuasion, the impact of new technologies, the growth of english, language in education, and. The cultural politics of english as an international language. The books will be suitable for students specializing in linguistics, or taking linguistics options as part of a languages, humanities, or.
Critical directions in applied linguistics can be understood in various ways. A critical introduction 1 by alastair pennycook isbn. There is also an important strand of socio and applied linguistic research, associated particularly with the murdoch chair of language and communication deborah cameron which was established in the 1990s to support work in these areas. Request pdf on jan 1, 2001, alastair pennycook and others published critical applied linguistics. Article pdf available november 2016 with 311 reads. Critical applied linguistics calx is an interdisciplinary critical approach to english applied linguistics. Nadia economou, institute for language and speech processing. Oxford textbooks in linguistics oxford university press. Language reuse among chinese apprentice scientists. Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics an introduction to applied linguistics s e r i e s e d i t o r s. Alastair pennycook is professor of language in education at the university of technology, sydney, australia. One anthropologist found 1,072 similar words for mom and dad in the worlds languages. Longman group limited this book is about the cultural and political implications of the spread of english across the globe over the last four centuries. Pdf towards a critical applied linguistics for the 1990s.
Pennycook, alastair critical inquiry in language studies, v1 n1 p119 2004 drawing analogies with the crisis in understandings of culture that led to the development of cultural studies, i suggest in this article that a similar crisis in the understanding of language may give an important impetus to the development of language studies. What is critical applied linguistics calx chover no. Cal is seen as a separate area of study, deriving from applied linguistics and borrowing from critical pedagogy and critical discourse analysis. Critical and alternative directions in applied linguistics. The routledge handbook of spanish language teaching. In other words, i took for granted that, pace alastair pennycook 2004, serious applied linguistics is always critical, and therefore whether the area under discussion is literature, materials, politics, language planning etc. He has also taught in hong kong, canada, china, japan, and germany. Some key issues in applied linguistics 36 part two english in the world 49 5 david crystal why a global language. Pennycook, 2010 a central element of critical applied linguistics, therefore, is a way of exploring language in social contexts that goes beyond mere correlations between language and society, and instead raises more critical questions to do with access, power, disparity, desire, difference, and. Discovering what a book or a course in applied linguistics is about involves reading the small print to discover its orientation. The nine student participants in the interviews were an opportunistic sample miles and huberman 1994 in that eight of them had been in the chinese authors english class previously and that they were the students who quickly responded to her email requesting interview participation, while s8 was an acquaintance of the chinese author the interviewer. Pdf critical applied linguistics and education researchgate. Critical applied linguistics taiwan journal of tesol.
Major figures in this field, such as auerbach 1991. Global englishes and transcultural flows routledge, 2007, language as a local practice routledge, 2010, and metrolingualism. To illustrate the dynamic relationship between practice, locality and language pennycook. Volume 11 issue 2 applied linguistics oxford academic. It turns out a mix of biology, culture and encouragement from parents explains this phenomenon. He coordinates and teaches the subject global englishes 095, which looks at the implications of the global spread of english, reasons why english has spread so widely, issues around linguistic imperialism, language rights, linguistic genocide, and the maintenance of global inequality, the. Pdf critical applied linguistics calx is not, as yet, a term that is widely used. Alastair pennycook is no stranger to agenda setting in applied linguistics, consistently taking a critical perspective, and highlighting the political dimensions of the discipline in an extensive range of publications pennycook 1989, 1999, 2001. He was coeditor of the journal applied linguistics. In his latest book, he takes on the ambitious project of persuading applied linguists to respond to one of the newer isms currently.
Some key issues in applied linguistics 36 part two english in the world 49. Drawing analogies with the crisis in understandings of culture that led to the development of cultural studies, i suggest in this article that a similar crisis in the understanding of language may give an important impetus to the development of language studies. A muchcited and highly influential text by alastair pennycook, one of the. Alastair teaches mainly in the postgraduate courses in the area of tesol and applied linguistics. All of these views exist among applied linguists and are reflected in the ma courses available at british universities under the label of applied linguistics. Mar 20, 2003 this is a series of brief surveys intended for readers new to the format study of language. Such an argument has significant implications for applied linguistics because it brings into question the idea that at the heart of communication lies a stable, rulegoverned language which is practiced normatively by a community. Critical applied linguistics calx is an emergent approach to language use and education that seeks to connect the local conditions of language to broader social formations, drawing connections. Those with an interest in linguistic theory are going to feel frustrated when bombarded with classroom teaching techniques. Firstly, it explores how a particular view of english as an.
Guy cook is professor of language and education at the open university, uk. Critical applied linguistics is a timely addition to a body of critical work in fields such as discourse analysis, ethnography. Critical applied linguistics and language education. The kinds of language problems of interest to applied linguists are discussed and a distinctio. He coordinates and teaches the subject global englishes 095, which looks at the implications of the global spread of english, reasons why english has spread so widely, issues around linguistic imperialism, language rights, linguistic genocide. The cultural politics of english as an international. Including a useful mixture of theory, research and practice, this will be of use to advanced students of education, english and. Applied linguistics then means many things to many people. Nevertheless, it appears to be a useful umbrella under which a number of emerging critical approaches to language and education can be described. Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in australia 20082014. Mar 16, 2017 a muchcited and highly influential text by alastair pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, the cultural politics of english as an international language explores the globalization of english by examining its colonial origins, its connections to linguistics and applied linguistics, and its relationships to the global spread of teaching practices.
In particular, there is a tension between pennycook s sustained critique that. The term critical as it has been used in critical applied linguistics, critical discourse analysis, critical literacy and so forth, is now embedded as part of applied linguistic work, adding an overt focus on questions of power and inequality to discourse analysis, literacy or applied linguistics more generally. Her primary research interests are second language acquisition and sociolinguistics. A graduate student myself at that time, i was on the one hand trying to express my own deep dissatisfactions with what i. A critical introduction find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Applied linguistics in theory 5 1 henry widdowson the theory of practice 8 2 christopher brumfit language, linguistics, and education 19 3 ben rampton continuity and change in views of society in applied linguistics 28 4 alison sealey and bob carter making connections. Alastair pennycook s book is a very clear work that provides a chronological and evaluative perspective of the theories and social practices that have shaped applied linguistics in the domains of sociolinguistics, tesol, second language education, literacy, discourse analysis, language in the workplace, and translationthis book is very. Drawing on a range of contexts and data sources, from urban multilingualism to studies of animal communication, posthumanist applied linguistics offers us alternative ways of thinking about the human predicament, with major implications for research, education and politics. Exploring the advent of the anthropocene, new forms of materialism, distributed language, assemblages. A muchcited and highly influential text by alastair pennycook, one of the world authorities in. It raises fundamental questions about the nature of education, language, and culture. Alastair pennycook, university of technology, sydney, lawrence erlbaum associates, inc.