English a Changing Medium for Education

• Author(s): Constant Leung, Brian V. Street,
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Pages: 154
• ISBN_10: 1847697712
  ISBN_13: 9781847697714
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching , Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy , Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language ,

Description:... The widespread use of English as an International Language (EIL) in different parts of the world for administrative, business, educational and social purposes has given rise to questions such as what counts as ?Standard English? and ?literacy?. This edited volume is designed to provide a scholarly and research-based discussion on how English in education can be (re)conceptualized and understood in light of the dynamic and changing nature of English.