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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>Two important scholars have published in the area of language ideology and
pedagogy: Alastair Pennycook (author of "The Cultural Politics of English
as an International Language," Longman, 1994); and Norman Fairclough
(author of the following books:<B>
<OL></B>
<LI>Language and Power (Language in Social Life Series)</LI><FONT face=Arial
size=1>
<P>Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0582009766 </P></FONT>
<LI>Discourse and Social Change </LI><FONT face=Arial size=1>
<P>Polity Pr; ISBN: 0745612180 </P></FONT>
<LI>Critical Discourse Analysis : The Critical Study of Language (Language
in Social Life Series) co-author Clive Holes</LI><FONT face=Arial size=1>
<P>Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0582219809 </P></FONT>
<LI>Media Discourse </LI><FONT face=Arial size=1>
<P>Edward Arnold; ISBN: 0340588896 </P></FONT>
<LI>Critical Language Awareness (Real Language Series) (Editor)<BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>ASIN: 0582064678 )</FONT></LI></OL></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope this proves useful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lutfi</FONT></DIV>
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<OL><FONT face=Arial size=2></OL></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Mark A Peterson <<A
href="mailto:peterson@AUCEGYPT.EDU">peterson@AUCEGYPT.EDU</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A
href="mailto:DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG">DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</A>
<<A
href="mailto:DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG">DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Sunday, March 26, 2000 1:17 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Language ideology and
pedagogy: Cry for help<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<P>Here is a query for all you teachers of foreign language:</P>
<P>My Arabic tutor is a graduate student in the American University in Cairo
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language program.</P>
<P>She wants to do her MA thesis on the relationship of language ideology to
pedagogical style. That is, she is assuming that people’s
understandings about Arabic affect (or at least may predict) the speed and
quality of their learning of Arabic.</P>
<P>Her thesis advisor is apparently not sure that this is a legitimate
project, nor that it will reveal anything worthwhile. Nonetheless, her own
experiences teaching Arabic to foreigners in England, the US and Egypt, and
to members of the Arab diaspora in England and the US for whom Arabic is a
second language, have convinced her that language ideology frames practices
of pedagogy.</P>
<P>I may end up as outside reader on her thesis committee, even though this
is a bit outside my expertise, if only to try to convince other members that
the concept is plausible. At any rate, I am looking for two things:</P>
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<LI>literature on this subject, that is, the relation of language
ideology to pedagogy; and
<LI>teachers of Arabic anywhere in the world who would be willing to
administer a short survey of attitudes to their students as part of such
a project.</LI></OL>
<P>Any suggestions or recommendations as to how to measure language ideology
in an appropriate way toward this end or other advice appreciated. My
expertise (such as it is) is in semiotics and the ethnography of
communication and although I’ve done a bit of work with language
ideology (in India) I’m feeling a bit out of my depth here.</P>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Mark Allen Peterson<BR>Asst. Professor of
Anthropology<BR>The American University in Cairo<BR>PO Box 2511, Cairo 11511
EGYPT<BR><A
href="mailto:peterson@aucegypt.edu">peterson@aucegypt.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>"Laughter overcomes fear, for it knows
no inhibitions, no limitations. Its idiom is never used by violence and
authority."<BR>
-- Mikhail Bakhtin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>