Canagarajah – Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching

Canagarajah, Suresh. Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching. Oxford Applied Linguistics;. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print. This publication comes out of a series dedicated to language educators’ stories of their L2 literacy experiences. This work is an in-depth case study of the everyday language engagements both inside and outside the classroom of a community of Tamils living in a post-colonial context. On method: ... Read More

Sharifian (ed.) – English as an International Language: Perspectives and Pedagogical Issues (selections)

Sharifian, Farzad (ed.). English as an International Language Perspectives and Pedagogical Issues. New Perspectives on Language and Education; Variation: New Perspectives on Language and Education.: Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, 2009. Print. EIL might broadly be defined as a new way to facilitate communication across national and cultural borders through the medium of a common language.  EIL is often twinned with World English(es),... Read More

Holliday – The Struggle to Teach English as an International Language

Holliday, Adrian. The Struggle to Teach English as an International Language. Oxford Applied Linguistics;. Oxford: New York, 2005. Print. 1 H.’s work is centrally concerned with the “balance of power” in the TESOL/international English language classroom.  He often centers this discussion around a native-speakerist attitude that assumes particular power relations and constructs the student if often disempowering ways.  The “struggle”... Read More

Rickly – Messy Contexts: Research as Rhetorical Situation

Rickly, Rebecca.  “Messy Contexts: Research as a Rhetorical Situation.” Abstract: In this chapter. I argue that the required methods course for graduate students in composition and technical communication should be the location of learning not just about research methods, or how to critique them, but how to use and apply them rhetorically in increasingly complex and intricate situations, particularly in the newly  technologized sites... Read More

Smagorinsky – The Method Section as Conceptual Epicenter in Constructing Social Science Reports

Citation: Smagorinsky, Peter.  “The Method Section as Conceptual Epicenter in Constructing Social Science Reports.”  Written Communication 25.3 (2008): 389 – 411.  Print. Abstract: In this article, the author argues that Method sections in social science research reports, particularly those that employ qualitative methods, often lack sufficient detail to make any results that follow from the analytic method trustworthy. The author provides... Read More