To the limits of the political in foreign language teaching

A rejoinder to ‘Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice’

Authors

  • David Block ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21087

Keywords:

commentary

Author Biography

  • David Block, ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    David Block (PhD, Lancaster University) is ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He has published books, articles and chapters on a variety of topics, adopting in recent years a Marxist perspective in his analysis of contemporary social phenomena. His recent books include Political Economy and Sociolinguistics: Neoliberalism, Inequality and Social Class (Bloomsbury, 2018), Post-Truth and Political Discourse (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and Innovations and Challenges in Identity Research (Routledge, 2022).

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Published

2022-08-19

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Forum Discussion

License

Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Block, D. (2022). To the limits of the political in foreign language teaching: A rejoinder to ‘Between professionalism and political engagement in foreign language teaching practice’. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16(3), 384-393. https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21087