Paul McPherron Libri

Focusing on the evolution of English Language Teaching (ELT) policies in Chinese higher education, this book draws on a decade of ethnographic and policy research. It explores the innovative adaptations of teaching methods and materials by both local and foreign educators, alongside students' experiences. By highlighting local practices and the interplay of social and political dynamics, the author argues for greater involvement of diverse stakeholders in shaping ELT policy and curriculum globally, emphasizing the need for context-sensitive approaches.

This edited book addresses ways in which "bodies" conceived broadly get languaged, and ways in which ideas of "normalcy" and "normal" bodies are held in place and reproduced. The articles show how it is through this medium that people with ailments or "unusual" bodies get positioned and slotted in certain ways. Calling attention to a host of discourses biomedical, societal, poststructuralist the chapters pierce the general veil of silence that we have collectively drawn regarding how some of our most intimate body (dis)functions impact our everyday living and sense of "normalcy.""