English in Post-Revolutionary Iran

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    • Borjian, Maryam
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English in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Maryam Borjian

(New perspectives on language and education, 29)

Multilingual Matters, c2013

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781847699084

Description

This book unravels the story of English, the language of 'the enemies', in post-revolutionary Iran. Drawing on diverse qualitative and quantitative fieldwork data, it examines the nation's English at the two levels of policy and practice to determine the politics, causes, and agents of the two diverging trends of indigenization/localization and internationalization/Anglo-Americanization within Iran's English education. Situating English in the nation's broader social, political, economic, and historical contexts, the volume explores the intersection of the nation's English education with variables such as power, economy, policy, ideology, and information technology over the past three decades. The multidisciplinary insights of the book will be of value to scholars of global English, education policies and reforms and language policy as well as those who are specifically concerned with education in Iran.

Table of Contents

Foreword (by Ofelia Garcia) Preface Introduction PART 1: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. The Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending 2. History of English in Iran (1836-1979) PART 2: ENGLISH IN POST REVOLUTIONARY IRAN (1979-PRESENT) 3. The Revolutionary Period (1979-1988) 4. The Period of Reconstruction and Privatization (1989-1997) 5. The Period of Global Outlook (1997-2005) 6. Returning to the Revolutionary Roots (2005-present) 7. Reflections: Forces From above, Forces From Below
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781847699091

Description

This book unravels the story of English, the language of 'the enemies', in post-revolutionary Iran. Drawing on diverse qualitative and quantitative fieldwork data, it examines the nation's English at the two levels of policy and practice to determine the politics, causes, and agents of the two diverging trends of indigenization/localization and internationalization/Anglo-Americanization within Iran's English education. Situating English in the nation's broader social, political, economic, and historical contexts, the volume explores the intersection of the nation's English education with variables such as power, economy, policy, ideology, and information technology over the past three decades. The multidisciplinary insights of the book will be of value to scholars of global English, education policies and reforms and language policy as well as those who are specifically concerned with education in Iran.

Table of Contents

Foreword (by Ofelia Garcia) Preface Introduction PART 1: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. The Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending 2. History of English in Iran (1836-1979) PART 2: ENGLISH IN POST REVOLUTIONARY IRAN (1979-PRESENT) 3. The Revolutionary Period (1979-1988) 4. The Period of Reconstruction and Privatization (1989-1997) 5. The Period of Global Outlook (1997-2005) 6. Returning to the Revolutionary Roots (2005-present) 7. Reflections: Forces From Above, Forces From Below

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