Pennycook Alastair. English and the Discourses of Colonialism

London: Routledge, 1998. — 252 p.List of figures
Acknowledgements
English and the cultural constructs of colonialism
Why English?
Why colonialism?
English language teaching and colonialism
Personal histories, colonialism and English
Discourse, history and the present
Outline
The cultural constructs of colonialism
Colonialism, imperialism and culture
Colonial dichotomiesAnglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy
Anglicism and Orientalism
Towards a policy of pragmatic vernacularismHong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese
Playing safe: language policy in Malaya
Hong Kong: opium, riots and myths
Discourses of Hong Kong education
Conclusions: language policies and colonial legacies
Images of the Self: our marvellous tongue
Our marvellous tongue
Teaching our marvellous tongue to speakers of other languages
Images of the Other: China and cultural fixity
Orientalist discourses
Conclusion: ELT and cultural fixity
English, continuity and counterdiscourse
Colonial continuities
Available discourses and counterdiscourses
Remaking English in Australia
Notes