The Politics of TESOL Education

Located between critical applied linguistics and the study of education, this volume emphasizes the importance of alerting potential (Level 1 and Level 2) teachers to the politics of their professional worlds. Vai Ramanathan argues that teachers-in-training can become more reflective and critical if alerted to the political implications of their programs, curricular materials, and methods.

ISBN 0415933536   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780415933537 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 331 Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group   Published in New York Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 31 Oct 2002   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2002017898   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 428.24071   Academic level Undergraduate DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgments
		Introduction: Politicizing MA-TESOL and L2 Teacher Education		1
Ch. 1		The Politics of (TESOL) Thought Collectives		17
Ch. 2		The Politics of Local MA-TESOL Programs and Implications for the Larger TC		35
Ch. 3		The Politics of Genres and Text Types		67
Ch. 4		The Politics of Written Knowledge		87
Ch. 5		Politics, Again: Some Practical Ways to Build Meta-Awareness into (L1 and) L2 Teacher Education		129
		Conclusion		145
App. A		Kinds of Data Collected from the Two Programs		149
App. B		Selected Topics from Current L1 Freshman Composition Textbooks		153
		Notes		155
		References		161
		Index		179

"For me, the most helpful sections of "The Politics of TESOL are the third and X chapter, both of which integrate the concepts of critical pedagogies, contrastive rhetoric, genre analysis, and ESL teacher preparation in ways that are innovative and transparent..."The "Politics of TESOL will help teachers-in-preparation work toward the meta-awareness of what it means to be a professional, the "critical edge" now lacking in the ESL field, that is Ramanathan's objective.."-Joy M. Reid, author of "Understanding Learning Styles in the Second Language Classroom "In this wonderfully written book, Vai Ramanathan deftly melds together a number of currently crucial areas in language and literacy studies and applies them insightfully to TESOL. The Politics of TESOL Education is a highly innovative and deeply significant contribution to the field.."-James Paul Gee, author of "An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method "Professor Ramanathan's approach and audience focus in this volume have been neglected in TESOL teacher education programs, which have come somewhat late to an ideological view of their practices. Consequently, teacher education programs may be failing to ask future teachers to confront with any depth ideological questions inherent in teaching English.."-Ilona Leki, Co-editor of the Journal of Second Language Writing and/or Director of ESL at the University of Tennessee (Quote continued below) "Ramanathan's thoughtful reflections and scholarly depth of understandings provide both a questioning of disciplinary assumptions and a theoretically grounded yet practical way forward to effecting change where possible and necessary. Using the notion ofThinking Communities, Ramanathan's discussion points the way toward moving disciplinary newcomers, i.e., teacher trainees, in the direction of critically analyzing the discipline itself and some of its assumptions. By tackling head on such disputes as those revolving around genre and cultural essentializing, Ramanathan helps teacher educators see how to include this vital aspect of English teaching in their courses and curriculums.."-Ilona Leki, Co-editor of the Journal of Second Language Writing and/or Director of ESL at the University of Tennessee

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