THE STRUGGLE TO TEACH ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE.Adrian Holliday. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. ix +
193. $25.95 paper.
Curriculum settings, the relationship among language, culture, and
discourse, and the change in the ownership of English are the main topics
addressed in this volume. Holliday discusses social and political issues
in English language education in diverse international locations. He
focuses on the injustices created by the desire to change the cultures of
nonnative-speaker students and teachers and proposes suggestions on how to
overcome this situation. Working with English as an international language
brings up some conflicts among TESOL educators and researchers, who face
cultural and political interfaces created by the native-speakerist
attitude. The balance of power in the classroom is central to
Holliday's proposal of cultural continuity and enriching
encounters.