This book is about the challenges that come with initiatives to develop
a more humanized, intersectional and negotiable landscape for English
Language Teaching (ELT). It sets out to problematize ingrown and
ingrained practices in English teaching, weaving together obscured
practices, undisclosed agendas and ideologically motivated
(inter)actions to expose the unspoken agendas at work. Drawing on his
own experience of being part of an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
programme at an urban Japanese university, the author presents a case
for rethinking language education in Japan. This book will be of
interest to applied linguists, language teachers and teacher trainers,
cultural anthropologists, and anyone interested in the cultural politics
of education, especially language education.