Language Teaching in Nativist Times: A Need for Sociopolitical Awareness.

McKay, Sandra Lee; Wong, Sau-Ling Cynthia

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Publication Date: 1988

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Language Teaching in Nativist Times: A Need for Sociopolitical Awareness.

McKay, Sandra Lee; Wong, Sau-Ling Cynthia

Modern Language Journal, v72 n4 p379-88 Win 1988

Outlines a historical context for the nativist ideology of the English-only movement in the United States, and the movement's effect on language teaching. A survey of journal contents of TESOL Quarterly, Modern Language Journal, and Foreign Language Annals from 1974-1987 identifying eight categories of articles checked particularly for sociopolitical awareness. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Official Languages, Political Attitudes, Scholarly Journals, Second Language Instruction, Social Attitudes, Statistical Surveys

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Language: English

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