31.2455, FYI: Call for Chapter Proposals for an Edited Volume

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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:57:22
From: Ali Jalalian Daghigh [jalalian at um.edu.my]
Subject: Call for Chapter Proposals for an Edited Volume

 
Dear Colleagues,

I am putting up a call for chapter proposals for an edited volume to be
published by Springer: Palgrave Macmillan

Neoliberalization of Language Teaching and Learning in the Global South

Editors: Ali Jalalian Daghigh (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-7048)

Jariah  Mohd Jan (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-782X)
University of Malaya, Malaysia 
Objective

Neoliberalism has become a powerful point of reference in the world today.
Originally a theory of economic practice in the West, which promotes
free-market values, through deregulation of economy, marketisation of society,
liberating of individuals, and entrepreneurial freedom has burst out of its
field and extended to others including education. In the broader field of
education, the shift from pedagogical to market values have been criticized
for they lead to abandonment of socio-cultural and ethical values in favour of
the individualist and competitive values of the market such as privatization
of education, setting the priority of educational services to be the provider
of human capital. The fast-paced changes of globalization have not only led
into adopting neoliberal values by the global south countries i.e. East Asia,
the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, it has also created an asymmetrical
interdependence of the global south on the global north (Western countries)
products to realign their economy. 

A major move by the global south has been to ensure that citizens are
competent global workforce through enhancing their English ability.  In recent
years, the link that researchers have made between neoliberalism and applied
linguistics have foregrounded the issue of neoliberalism in English language
teaching and learning (ELT). They argue that the world’s English language
needs and policies have created a neoliberal climate giving an excuse to
Anglo-American TESOL organizations to reinforce their curricula and teaching
materials, and increase their profit. Researchers have also argued against the
linguistic imperialism of the English language in many contexts where
individuals’ success is measured by their English language skills. More
recently, the criticisms involve ELT materials, particularly textbooks
produced in the West, that are claimed to be saturated with neoliberal values
that clash with the schema of learners in non-western contexts. A few
scholars, however, have investigated the intersection between Neoliberalism
and the ELT industry from the wider perspective.  Therefore, the projects aim
to bring together studies from the global south countries whose ELT industry’s
policies, teaching, learning and assessment programmes and materials are
influenced by the Neoliberalism ideology.

Recommended topics
 
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Neoliberalism and ELT policies
- Neoliberalism and Teacher Training Programmes 
- Neoliberalism and the CEFR
- Neoliberalism and Language assessment 
- Neoliberalism ideology as in ELT materials 
- Neoliberalism language policies and Linguistic  Imperialism  
- Individual success and Linguistic Imperialism  
- Native speakers in linguistics imperialism   

We invite both established and emerging scholars to write a theoretically
and/or empirically informed chapter that falls into the agenda of this
proposed volume dealing with a global south country.
 
Proposal:
please Submit an abstract of 300 words to jalalian at um.edu.my  with a CC to
jariah at um.edu.my

State your working title of the chapter, your affiliation, contact details,
and a short bio statement (100-150 words)

Tentative Timeline:

Abstract of proposed chapter (300 words): 30 August 2020
Abstract submitters will be notified of acceptance: 15 September 2020
Submission of the first draft of the chapters: 15 January 2021
Review and feedback sent to authors: 30 January 2021
Submission of the final draft of the chapters (7000 words): 30 March 2021
Submission of the book draft to the publisher: May 2021
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)





 



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