Conference: Decolonizing English language education (ELE): Theory, praxis and implications
Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
This presentation focuses on what, how and why, or possibly who, aspects of decolonizing English language education (ELE). I begin with the notion of ‘the decolonial turn’ (Maldonado-Torres, 2016, also Mignolo, & Walsh, 2018; Quijano, 2007) and discuss what it means in English language education. The second part of the presentation focuses on the praxis of decolonizing ELE by elucidating the preliminary findings from a participatory action research (PAR) project with in-service teachers in Nepal. I also discuss how the engagement in decolonizing projects offers alternative epistemologies and ways of knowing and being to English language teachers and students. I conclude my talk by highlighting the implications of ‘the decolonial option’ (Kumaravadivelu, 2014) in English language teacher education.
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B.Ed., M.Ed. (Tribhuvan University); MA TESOL (University College London IOE), Ph.D. (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Director of MA in English (Applied English Linguistics); College Coordinator (United College)
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