The Role of Soros-Funded English Language Programs in Hungary and Romania: Participants' Views

By:
Ms Amy Minett
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In his 1992 work Linguistic Imperialism, Robert Phillipson asks: "How can we, in a theoretically informed way, relate the global role of English, and the way in which language pedagogy supports the spread and promotion of the language, to the political, economic, military, and cultural pressures that propel it forward?" (p. 2). This paper begins to answer this question by exploring how expatriate and national participants in Soros-funded English language programs talk about the relationship between ELT and the building of open societies in Hungary and Romania. The paper will use both qualitative content and critical discourse analysis.


Keywords: English Language Teaching, English as a Global Language, Critical Discourse Analysis
Stream: Community, Culture, Globalisation
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
Paper: Role of Soros-Funded English Language Programs in Hungary and Romania, The

Ms Amy Minett

Ph.D. Candidate, Composition and TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
USA

Amy Minett is a Ph.D. Candidate in Composition and TESOl at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation research explores the role of Soros-funded English language programs in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. More specifically, the research looks at how English language program documents and English language program participants discursively construct and conceptualize English, English Language Teaching, the actors involved in these programs, and the role of ELT in the building of open societies in three transition countries. Ms. Minett taught English and Academic Writing in Hungary for nine years; she further participated in outreach teaching projects in Romania and Serbia. She currently teaches English at Madison Area Technical College.

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