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Rezension: The Politics of Language Education. Individuals and Institutions.

Zotzmann, Karin (2023)
Rezension: The Politics of Language Education. Individuals and Institutions.
In: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht : ZIF, 2010, 15 (2)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00012321
Artikel, Zweitveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Charles Alderson is a renowned international expert on language testing and language policy. His most recent edited collection, however, focuses on the micropolitics of language education, and thus comes as a surprise. The author explains his interest in this topic in convincing terms: While macropolitics and education policies determine which languages are to be taught and how they are to be assessed, the actual reality of language education, of curricular change and innovation looks much more complex and is far more than a simple realization of educational objectives and standards developed on paper. Language policies, projects and programmes are, the author argues, filtered through the agendas of institutions and individuals and thus become enmeshed with micropolitics, i.e., conflicting or vested interests, power relations, needs and ambitions. These processes become even more complex in international cooperative ventures where neither side is fully conscious of the socio-cultural and political background and hence the agenda of the other.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2023
Autor(en): Zotzmann, Karin
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Rezension: The Politics of Language Education. Individuals and Institutions.
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2023
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2010
Verlag: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht : ZIF
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 15
(Heft-)Nummer: 2
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00012321
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/12321
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Charles Alderson is a renowned international expert on language testing and language policy. His most recent edited collection, however, focuses on the micropolitics of language education, and thus comes as a surprise. The author explains his interest in this topic in convincing terms: While macropolitics and education policies determine which languages are to be taught and how they are to be assessed, the actual reality of language education, of curricular change and innovation looks much more complex and is far more than a simple realization of educational objectives and standards developed on paper. Language policies, projects and programmes are, the author argues, filtered through the agendas of institutions and individuals and thus become enmeshed with micropolitics, i.e., conflicting or vested interests, power relations, needs and ambitions. These processes become even more complex in international cooperative ventures where neither side is fully conscious of the socio-cultural and political background and hence the agenda of the other.

Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-123215
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 400 Sprache > 400 Sprache, Linguistik
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sprachwissenschaft - Mehrsprachigkeit
Hinterlegungsdatum: 28 Sep 2023 11:08
Letzte Änderung: 28 Sep 2023 11:08
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