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Direct linkOtsuji, Emi; Pennycook, Alastair – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
In this paper, we explore the implications of metrolingual language practices for how we understand social inclusion. A vision of social inclusion that includes bi- and multilingual capacities may comprise an appreciation of a diversity of languages other than English, and the skills and capabilities of multilingual language users, yet it is all…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Multilingualism, Language Role, Ideology
Pennycook, Alastair – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2007
This article addresses the relationship between the call for authenticity, its relocalization in other contexts, and the use of English. Hip-hop forces us to confront some of the conflictual discourses of authenticity and locality, from those that insist that African American hip-hop is the only real variety and that all other forms are…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Social Environment, Cultural Context, Social Attitudes
Makoni, Sinfree; Pennycook, Alastair – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2005
In this paper we argue that although the problematic nature of language construction has been acknowledged by a number of skeptical authors, including the recent claim in this journal (Reagan, 2004) that there is no such thing as English or any other language, this critical approach to language still needs to develop a broader understanding of the…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Social Environment, Language Role, Sociolinguistics
Peer reviewedPennycook, Alastair – ELT Journal, 1994
In reacting against prescriptivism of language purists, applied linguistics has often advocated a descriptivism that assumes the existence of an unproblematic world that is neatly referenced by words in a language. It is argued that pronouns such as "we,""you," and "they" are in fact very complex and political words,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diagnostic Teaching, Language Attitudes
Pennycook, Alastair – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2004
Drawing analogies with the crisis in understandings of culture that led to the development of cultural studies, I suggest in this article that a similar crisis in the understanding of language may give an important impetus to the development of language studies. Arguing for the need to rethink the notion of language as commonly formulated in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Role, Linguistic Performance, Language Usage
Download full textPennycook, Alastair – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1994
A discussion of the teaching of English for academic purposes (EAP) focuses on criticism that the content of such courses is thin and that they are offered as a service to other disciplines. It is proposed that the emphasis of EAP instruction be shifted to the role English plays as a medium for conveying meaning to the ways in which English is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives, English for Academic Purposes
