Sociolinguistics of Language Education in International Contexts

Edith Esch is Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education of the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.Martin Solly is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Florence.

• Contents: Edith Esch/Martin Solly: Introduction – Michael Evans: The Sociolinguistics of Schooling: The Relevance of Derrida’s Monolingualism of the Other or The Prosthesis of Origin – Jin He: The Myths of English Proficiency: The Socially Constructed Ideas about English in China – Anne Ife: Achieving Successful Lingua Franca Interaction in a Context of Linguistic Disparity – Kizitus Mpoche: The Sociolinguistics of Language Education: Contextualising Language Policy and Language Education in Cameroon – Rebecca A. Mitchell: Language, Education and Identity in Gabon – Esterino Adami: English Language Education in India Today – Androula Yiakoumetti: Bidialectism and Aboriginal Language Education: Sociolinguistic Considerations Pertinent to Australia’s Aboriginal Communities – Roxana Herescu: An Investigation into the Views and Practices of Teachers of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Romania – Steve Buckledee: Are Cambridge ESOL Examinations Appropriate for Users of English as a Lingua Franca? – Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez: The Implications of Language Choice in Education.