Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

Resumen:

This article illustrates how neoliberalism has penetrated language teaching (materials) in a very profound manner. In addition, it issues something of a call to language teachers and students to become aware of the ideological nature of the materials that mediate their activity. The article contributes to a growing field of research on the links between the content and activities of language teaching materials and the economic, political, social, cultural and historical context from which they arise. It begins with a discussion of the current dominant form of global capitalism, neoliberalism, and what it entails in terms of policies, practices and ways of being in the world. It then moves to a review of previous publications on how neoliberalism has a direct impact on the content and activities contained in commercial language...

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