The Routledge Companion to English Studies
Táto e‑kniha
The Routledge Companion to English Studies:
- provides a set of broad perspectives on English as a subject of study and research
- highlights the importance of the link between English and other languages within the concepts of multilingualism and polylingualism
- investigates the use of language in communication through the medium of digital technology covering key issues such as Digital Literacies, Multimodal Literacies and Games and Broadcast Language
- explores the role of English in education taking account of social, ethnographic and global perspectives on pedagogical issues.
This collection of thirty-four newly commissioned articles provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the dynamic and diverse field of English Studies and will be an invaluable text for advanced students and researchers in this area.
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O autorovi
Brian Street is Professor Emeritus at King’s College London, University of London and Visiting Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. He recently co-edited (with Judy Kalman) Literacy and numeracy in Latin America: Local perspectives and beyond (2012, Routledge).
Constant Leung is Professor of Educational Linguistics at King’s College London, University of London. He was the founding chair of the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum and his recent publications include English: A changing medium for education (2012) with Brian Street.
