Alastair Pennycook interviewed by Peter Parkhill in the Australian TESOL industry oral history project 2005- [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3800454
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies, written permission is required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 4 sound files (ca. 246 min.)
- Series:
- Australian TESOL industry oral history project 2005-
- Summary:
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Alastair Pennycook discusses his training in TESOL; teaching and studying in Germany (1980s); finishing the Royal Society of the Arts/Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (RSA) course; moving to Japan to work for an English language school; doing postgraduate study at McGill University, Montreal, Canada; structure of degree in applied linguistics; studying neurolinguistics; TESOL Quarterly; his interest in academic writing; an offer of a job in China; description of school in Hunan province, Shantan University; English for specific courses; his personal contribution to language courses; Chinese vs. Western learning methods; academic paper: TESOL and Christianity; his scholarship to University of Montreal: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education for PhD; applying for a position in Hong Kong at the English language centre attached to the university in Hong Kong; Hong Kong English/academic English; English medium schools (teaching materials in English); social standing of English in Hong Kong; English and the ownership of language; plagiarism policies at university; English for citizenship tests.
Pennycook talks about models for second language learning; bilingual students; his Melbourne University position, Department of Applied Linguistics; critical applied linguistics in language classroom; language standards of EAP/University entrance students; the promises made by language colleges; ESL students and identity; Scientism in applied linguistics; importance of science in linguistics; educational research; quantitative studies; Linguistics Department at Melbourne University; Mike Long; Noam Chomsky; TESOL industry in Australia; reliance on international clientele; culture and education as important issues in ESL classroom; Henry Widdowson; Louis Kelly; the future of the industry; future of world languages; the role of technology; Hip hop in Australia; Tony Mitchell at UTS; a seminar on hip hop; global spread of hip hop including the 'Wire' Indigenous group; Rap in Australia; a Tanzanian rapper in Sydney; Lebanese and Palestinian rappers; how rapping encourages young people to use first language; a workshop for rappers in Redfern; breakdancing; graffiti.
- Biography/History:
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Alastair Pennycook is Professor of Language in Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology, Sydney.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Nov. 8, 17,and Dec. 1, 2006 at UTS, Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Parkhill, Peter, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian TESOL industry oral history project.
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