Critical Practices in ELT as a Project of Possibilities or a Banal Discourse

Abstract

In all the chapters in this book, there are a few overarching and profound commonalities in ELT practices in the countries such as China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, and Sri Lanka. First, the depoliticization of English and English teaching in the pretext of securing national economic development and also for personal success is deeply entrenched in every corner of these countries. Amid dominant discourses which link ELT to globalization for the last two decades, English is no longer a school subject but has become a hard currency, which mobilizes peoples’ desire and national interests in particular, but surprisingly similar ways in these countries. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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