Language, Education and Neoliberalism

Mi-Cha Flubacher works in the Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include language and work, and language and migration/integration.Alfonso Del Percio works in the UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. His research interests include language and work, and language and political economy.

• 1. Alfonso Del Percio and Mi-Cha Flubacher: Language, Education and Neoliberalism2. Shuang Gao: The Commodification of Language in Neoliberalizing China: The Cases of English and Mandarin3. Haley De Korne: “A Treasure” And “A Legacy”: Individual And Communal (Re)Valuing Of Isthmus Zapotec in Multilingual Mexico4. Nelson Flores: From Language-As-Resource to Language-As-Struggle: Resisting the Coke-Ification of Bilingual Education5. Joseph S.Y. Park: English As Medium of Instruction in Korean Higher Education: Language and Subjectivity as Critical Perspective on Neoliberalism6. Jonathan Luke: Internationalization and English Language Learning In Higher Education in Canada: A Case Study Of Brazilian STEM Scholarship Students7. Honey Tabiola and Beatriz Lorente: Neoliberalism In ELT Aid: Interrogating a USAID ELT Project in Southern Philippines8. Alfonso Del Percio and Sarah Van Hoof: Enterprising Migrants: Language and the Shifting Politics of Activation9. Jill Koyama: Assembling Language Policy: Challenging Standardization and Quantification in the Education of Refugee Students in A US School10. Gregory Hadley: The Games People Play: A Critical Study of “Resource Leeching” Among “Blended” English for Academic Purpose Professionals in Neoliberal Universities11. Martina Zimmermann and Mi-Cha Flubacher: Win-Win?! Language Regulation for Competitiveness in a University Context12. Mary McGroarty: Neoliberal Reforms in Language Education: Major Trends, Uneven Outcomes, Open QuestionsBiographical Information

This volume presents extensive research on the relationship between neoliberal ideology, language and education. One of the many strengths of this volume is in how a variety of methods and analytical approaches are deployed to address neoliberalism.