Decolonizing Business English: Exploring Classroom Ideologies

Autor/in	Banister, Chris
Titel	Decolonizing Business English: Exploring Classroom Ideologies
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 77 (2023) 2, S.166-175 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Banister, Chris)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccac043
Schlagwörter	Business English; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Variation; Instructional Materials; Colonialism; Educational Change; Power Structure; Language Teachers; Undergraduate Students; College Faculty; News Reporting; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Language Attitudes; Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Business; English; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; English as second language; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachenvielfalt; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Kolonialismus; Bildungsreform; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fakultät; News report; Reportage; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachverhalten; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	The inherent coloniality of ELT, as both driver and product of Anglophone political power, poses particular challenges for ELT teachers and learners looking to engage with decolonizing agendas. With only scant evidence of these agendas translating into ELT practice, I explored decolonial options, counter-hegemonic actions, with my undergraduate business English learners, adopting a form of practitioner research known as exploratory practice, and centring enquiry on our use of business news articles for a key course component. My learners revealed the potential of decolonial options, and the reflective, exploratory process exposed our language ideologies, with a vocal minority of students resisting any end to the established English-only policy. Suggestions are offered for fellow ELT teachers working in similar settings and who are interested in exploring their own use of authentic materials through a decolonizing lens. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01