William Simpson is a Junior Associate Professor of the Liberal Arts Department of Tokyo University of Science, Japan. He has published work on language education, ideology, and political economy in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, as well as in special issues of Language Sciences, and Language and Intercultural Communication.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Working in Commercial ELTChapter 2. Commodity and CapitalChapter 3. A Dialectical Approach to Contradiction in Language WorkChapter 4. Dialectically Defining EikaiwaChapter 5. Work in Commercial EikaiwaChapter 6. Asking Questions of ValueChapter 7. The Production of the Eikaiwa LessonChapter 8. The Distribution of Value within EikaiwaChapter 9. ‘Good Money for Someone, Not Teachers’: Class and the Fetishisation of CapitalChapter 10. Towards a Political Economy of ELT Globally, and through the Covid 19 PandemicAppendixAppendix I Transcription ConventionsIndex

"Teaching eikaiwa (English conversation) in Japan constitutes a large commercial industry that pursues capitalist profitmaking. Focusing on this marketplace, Simpson’s work uniquely illuminates teachers as precarious labourers being expected to produce Taylorised lessons and meet students’ satisfaction. The book provides an original perspective on the alienation of English teachers."Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada

William Simpson is a Junior Associate Professor of the Liberal Arts Department of Tokyo University of Science, Japan. He has published work on language education, ideology, and political economy in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, as well as in special issues of Language Sciences, and Language and Intercultural Communication.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Working in Commercial ELTChapter 2. Commodity and CapitalChapter 3. A Dialectical Approach to Contradiction in Language WorkChapter 4. Dialectically Defining EikaiwaChapter 5. Work in Commercial EikaiwaChapter 6. Asking Questions of ValueChapter 7. The Production of the Eikaiwa LessonChapter 8. The Distribution of Value within EikaiwaChapter 9. ‘Good Money for Someone, Not Teachers’: Class and the Fetishisation of CapitalChapter 10. Towards a Political Economy of ELT Globally, and through the Covid 19 PandemicAppendixAppendix I Transcription ConventionsIndex

"Teaching eikaiwa (English conversation) in Japan constitutes a large commercial industry that pursues capitalist profitmaking. Focusing on this marketplace, Simpson’s work uniquely illuminates teachers as precarious labourers being expected to produce Taylorised lessons and meet students’ satisfaction. The book provides an original perspective on the alienation of English teachers."Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada

William Simpson is a Junior Associate Professor of the Liberal Arts Department of Tokyo University of Science, Japan. He has published work on language education, ideology, and political economy in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, as well as in special issues of Language Sciences, and Language and Intercultural Communication.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Working in Commercial ELTChapter 2. Commodity and CapitalChapter 3. A Dialectical Approach to Contradiction in Language WorkChapter 4. Dialectically Defining EikaiwaChapter 5. Work in Commercial EikaiwaChapter 6. Asking Questions of ValueChapter 7. The Production of the Eikaiwa LessonChapter 8. The Distribution of Value within EikaiwaChapter 9. ‘Good Money for Someone, Not Teachers’: Class and the Fetishisation of CapitalChapter 10. Towards a Political Economy of ELT Globally, and through the Covid 19 PandemicAppendixAppendix I Transcription ConventionsIndex

"Teaching eikaiwa (English conversation) in Japan constitutes a large commercial industry that pursues capitalist profitmaking. Focusing on this marketplace, Simpson’s work uniquely illuminates teachers as precarious labourers being expected to produce Taylorised lessons and meet students’ satisfaction. The book provides an original perspective on the alienation of English teachers."Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada