"...this book provides a valuable resource on the current sociolinguistic contexts in which English is learned as an international language...This text is particularly useful and effective for pre-service and in-service professional development in the TESOL field."--Education Review
"Although this book is directed to "teachers of English whose students will be using English for international purposes" (p. xi), it may appeal to a much wider audience. In addition to TESOL professionals, sociolinguists and applied linguists may find many of the issues raised in this book pertinent...this book can be used in professional development as a valuable resource on EIL for pre-service and in-service teachers of English worldwide."--TESL-EJ
"This book meticulously tackles many complex issues in the influence of social context on English learning and use. Particularly, the work provides a rich portrait of English language teaching and use in different contexts...The work is highly recommended for language policy makers, language researchers and language educators because it facilitates how we consider a better policy, research design, and teaching methodology."--Education Review
"The book is a welcome addition for the applied linguistics community as well as for the comparative education community, not only because of its readability but also because of its relevance to current trends in language-in-education policy and planning in an age of globalization."--Comparative Education Review
"addresses a timely and attention-getting topic with expertise and perspective. There is both engagement with theoretical issues and an exploration of specific cases from all continents of the globe.. This book is a clear choice for courses in the TESOL masters program at my institution, which prepares both U.S. and international TESOL teachers. A particular virtue is the clarity of the writing style for non-native English speaking readers."--Nancy Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania
"a substantive, well-organized, and authoritative volume. Its appearance is timely indeed, as researchers, employers, school boards and ministries of education around the world are grappling with the implications of English as a global language."--David Nunan, University of Hong Kong
"The links to language planning, policy, and pedagogy make this a very valuable book that will be of great interest to many people involved in ELT around the world."--Christina Higgins, University of Hawaii at Manoa
