Now in its second edition, this accessible guide and introduction to critical applied linguistics provides a clear overview of the problems, debates, and competing views in language education, literacy, discourse analysis, language in the workplace, translation and other language-related domains.

Alastair Pennycook is Professor Emeritus of Language, Society and Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Foreword: Decolonizing Critical Applied Linguistics by Sinfree Makoni

Preface

Introduction

1 Introducing Critical Applied Linguistics

2 The Politics of Knowledge

3 The Politics of Language

4 The Politics of Difference

5 The Politics of Text

6 The Politics of Language Pedagogy

7 Doing Critical Applied Linguistics

References

Index