The Value of English in Global Mobility and Higher Education - Dr Manuela Vida-Mannl

The Value of English in Global Mobility and Higher Education

An Investigation of Higher Education in Cyprus
Buch | Softcover
248 Seiten
2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-23115-3 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
This book offers a unique insight into the dynamics of the English language in higher education in Cyprus through the lens of universities situated on both sides of its geopolitical division. It takes an original perspective on 'value' in the context of the sociolinguistics and political economy of English as a global language and as an apparent commodified entity. The problematic issues of value as they apply to language are dealt with from Marxist and Bourdieusean perspectives. The book also offers a helpful critique of the claims of alternative paradigms of English expansion, such as ELF, and their shortcomings in respect of the concept of value.

Manuela Vida-Mannl puts forth a critique of the marketization of English and the complicity of higher education in the reproduction of linguistic hierarchies and social inequalities in Cyprus and, by implication, more generally. She presents a conception of English as a marketable attribute that does not necessarily require competence, which points to the ongoing imbrication of English in the reproduction of global structural and social inequality, as it exposes the myth of class advancement through English.

Building on an extensive study (based on 205 questionnaires and 25 subsequent in-depth ethnographic interviews) and by focusing on the value of English within the unique context of divided Cyprus, this book uncovers an intriguing perspective on the neoliberal role and significance of the English language in our globalized world.

Manuela Vida-Mannl is Postdoctoral Researcher in English Linguistics at TU Dortmund University, Germany.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Value of English and Its Three Layers
2. Assessing the Value of Language
3. Cyprus: A Case Study
4. The Value of English in Cyprus Higher Education
5. English in a Globalized World
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Critical Perspectives on Language, Mobility and International Education
Zusatzinfo 3 bw illus
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Bildungstheorie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-350-23115-0 / 1350231150
ISBN-13 978-1-350-23115-3 / 9781350231153
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich