The Discourse of Commercialization. A Multi-Perspectived Analysis.

Crichton, J.

ISBN 10: 1349367761 / ISBN 13: 9781349367764

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Beschreibung

An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. . . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781349367764

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Discourse of Commercialization. A Multi-Perspectived Analysis.
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1349367761
• ISBN-13: 9781349367764
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a ’discourse of commercialization’ through which market priorities become normative in teachers’ professional lives.  

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jonathan Crichton is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of South Australia, and Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry, Adelaide School of Medicine, University of Adelaide. His research focuses on professional and organisational communication, particularly in health settings. He is series editor of three Palgrave research series: Communicating in Professions and Organisations; Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics; and Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics.