English as a Global Language in China

This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China's broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readers on the connections between language education and political ideologies in the context of globalizing China. The discussion of the implications concerning language education is of interest for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners.

Including both diachronic and synchronic accounts or China's language education policy, this volume highlights how China as a modern nation-state has been seeking a more central position globally, and the role that English education and the promotion of such education played in that effort in recent decades.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Language Education in China: the Cult of English.- Chapter 2: Globalization: an Economic and Cultural Perspective.- Chapter 3: Ideologies in English Language Education: A Synchronic and Diachronic Approach.- Chapter 4: State Ideologies of English Education in China: Revisiting the History.- Chapter 5: English Language Ideologies in Chinese Foreign Language Education Policies.- Chapter 6: English Language Ideologies Reflected in Teachers' and Students' Discourse.- Chapter 7: English Language Ideologies in Olympic Beijing.- Chapter 8: Ideologies in Language Education in China: Past, Present and the Future.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.