Race and Ethnicity in English Language Teaching: Korea in Focus

This book examines racism and racialized discourses in the ELT profession in South Korea. The book is informed by a number of different critical approaches to race and discourse, and the discussions contained in the chapters offer one way of exploring how the ELT profession can be understood from such perspectives. Observations made are based on the understanding that racism should not be viewed as individual acts of discrimination, but rather as a system of social structures. While the book is principally concerned with language teaching and learning in South Korea, the findings are situated in a wider discussion of race and ethnicity in the global ELT profession. The book makes the following argument: White normativity is an ideological commitment and a form of racialized discourse that comes from the social actions of those involved in the ELT profession; this normative model or ideal standard constructs a system of racial discrimination that is founded on White privilege, saviorism and neoliberalism. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in critically examining ELT.Additional ISBNs1783098414, 1783098430, 9781783098415, 9781783098439Race and Ethnicity in English Language Teaching: Korea in Focus 1st Edition is written by Christopher Joseph Jenks and published by Multilingual Matters (NBN). ISBNs for Race and Ethnicity in English Language Teaching are 9781783098446, 1783098449 and the print ISBNs are 9781783098415, 1783098414. Additional ISBNs include 1783098414, 1783098430, 9781783098415, 9781783098439.