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The Construction of English

Culture, Consumerism and Promotion in the ELT Global Coursebook
By:J. Gray
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230222588
eText ISBN:9780230283084
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book takes the view that ELT global coursebooks, in addition to being curriculum artefacts, are also highly wrought cultural artefacts which seek to make English mean in highly selective ways and it argues that the textual construction (and imaging) of English parallels the processes of commodity promotion more generally.