LINGUIST List 25.216
Tue
Jan 14 2014
FYI: Call for Book
Chapters: English Education Policy in the Middle
East
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Jan-2014
From: Robert Kirkpatrick
<ltaeditor
gmail.com>
Subject: Call for Book
Chapters: English Education Policy in the
Middle East
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This new volume, due for publication in 2014 is
part of the Springer Language Policy series:
http://www.springer.com/series/6209
The volume includes comprehensive
state-of-the-art reviews of Middle Eastern
countries’ and north African English education
policies, giving clear assessments of the
current policies and likely future trends.
The book gives a general description of English
education policies in the respective countries,
and then delves into the 'nuts and bolts' of
the English education practice in the education
system as a whole, in the schools, in the
curriculum and in teaching. Essays cover issues
such as the balance between English learning
and the acquisition of the national language,
as well as political, cultural, economic and
technical aspects that strengthen or weaken the
learning of English.
The book will be a critical read for policy
makers, and will also help English educators
and administrators to better understand their
role in the implementation of the policies.
Information for Writers:
Each essay should explore one country in the
region and supply a focussed and critical study
that includes clear assessments of past,
present and future English education policies.
Problems, limitations, advantages and
disadvantages of each country's policy should
be elucidated and writers should supply
background information including political,
economic and cultural elements that relate to
the learning of English. It may be useful if
writers also compare, to some extent, the
policies and level of English with other
countries in the region.Controversial issues
should be addressed in a clearly defined
section.
An initial outline of the paper should be sent
as soon as possible, and the final draft ready
for review shortly thereafter.
We currently have submissions from 11 countries
but still urgently need chapters from
Palestine, Qatar, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain,
Yemen, Sudan, and Algeria.
For further information write to the editor of
this volume, DR. Robert Kirkpatrick, at
ltaeditor
gmail.com
Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition;
Sociolinguistics
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