Investigating Unequal Englishes: Understanding, Researching and Analysing Inequalities of the Englishes...

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Ruanni Tupas (University College London, UK)

Investigating Unequal Englishes

Understanding, Researching and Analysing Inequalities of the Englishes of the World

Ruanni Tupas (University College London, UK)

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Routledge
22 May 2024

Language: history & general works; Sociolinguistics; Literature: history & criticism; ELT: teaching theory & methods; Teaching of a specific subject

Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes

Ruanni Tupas presents rich insights into the inequalities of Englishes and the ways in which these inequalities shape and impact English and multilingual speakers from around the world.

This edited volume gives a critical take on world Englishes, while showcasing for readers the various inequalities in treatment towards the people who speak English differently, as well as the injustice in that treatment. Research methodologies are explored, providing a glimpse into how data are collected and lending a more thorough look into each study and its conclusions. Chapters address the geopolitics of knowledge production in the teaching, learning and use of English, with strong representations from the peripheries of sociolinguistic studies of English. English is constructed as a language which enables socioeconomic mobility which is one factor that increases the importance of research into this issue, and this book enables researchers to widen their methods of research and apply them to their area of study.

A valuable text for academic researchers, as well as postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students, to better understand the linguistic, sociopolitical and epistemic inequality in English communication. It also provides readers with alternative perspectives on lingua-cultural pluralism to unpack social inequalities and hierarchies that exist today.

Edited by: Ruanni Tupas (University College London UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781032410234
ISBN 10: 103241023X
Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 22 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruanni Tupas is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics in Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. He has published extensively on TESOL, bi/multilingual education and World Englishes.

Reviews for Investigating Unequal Englishes: Understanding, Researching and Analysing Inequalities of the Englishes of the World

Investigating Unequal Englishes sheds light on the dominance of Anglocentrism and monolingual biases and ideologies, and hegemonic language policies and practices favouring the English language across the world. It highlights the questionable and hierarchical status, role, function, and use of Standard English and the perpetual linguistic inequalities and injustices faced by speakers of different varieties of Englishes. The edited volume rightly argues that only the critical and metalinguistic awareness of policy-makers, ELT administrators, teachers, students, and community members can make them sensitive to individual and collective marginalisation and disempowerment based on languages. Hence, the volume is a must-read for academics, researchers, and language practitioners, intending to initiate the process of decolonisation at grassroots levels, work for the de-eliticisation of English, and promote and nurture linguistic and epistemic equity in the world. Shaila Sultana, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh