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Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism Pau Bori (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism By Pau Bori (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism by Pau Bori (University of Belgrade, Serbia)


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This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks. Moving beyond the usual focus on English, Pau Bori explores the impact of neoliberal ideology on Catalan textbooks. By comparing Catalan textbooks to English textbooks, this book interrogates the similarities and differences between a minor and a global language

Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism Summary

Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism by Pau Bori (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks. Moving beyond the usual focus on English, Pau Bori explores the impact of neoliberal ideology on Catalan textbooks. By comparing Catalan textbooks to English textbooks, this book interrogates the similarities and differences between a minor and a global language in the age of neoliberalism. Drawing on insights from critical theory and critical pedagogy, this study provides a fresh perspective on foreign language textbooks and second language education more broadly. Language Textbooks in the Era of Neoliberalism paves the way for new critical perspectives in language education that will challenge the current hegemony of neoliberalism.

Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism Reviews

This is a sobering book to read. One of Bori's aims is 'to awaken

awareness among the educational and academic communities about the

necessity to look critically at textbooks from a political and economic

perspective' (p. 162). The book has a lot to say to materials developers, to

make us question what we are portraying and the possible consequences.

- Kathleen Graves, ELT Journal (Volume 73/3 July 2019)

About Pau Bori (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Pau Bori is Lecturer in Catalan Studies at the University of Belgrade. He is interested in language education and language teaching materials, examining both from a political economy perspective. He has published papers in various journals and contributed chapters to books of collected articles.

Table of Contents

Contents

Chapter 1, Introduction

Chapter 2, A Short History of Foreign Language Education in Europe

Chapter 3, Critical Research on Language Textbooks

Chapter 4, Analyzing Textbooks from a Political Economy Perspective

Chapter 5, The Catalan Context

Chapter 6, Social Class in Textbooks

Chapter 7, The World of Work: Constructing an Entrepreneurial Identity

Chapter 8, The World of Housing: Creating a Neoliberal Fairytale

Chapter 9, Conclusions

References

Index

Additional information

NLS9780367735203
9780367735203
0367735202
Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism by Pau Bori (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2020-12-18
204
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