Teaching and assessing EIL in local contexts around the world

The book addresses currently contested issues in English Language Teaching (ELT), especially with regard to the need to revisit and contextualize the existing monolithic concepts of English and native speaker to a broader and more accommodative view of pluralistic concept of World Englishes. McKay and Brown advocate the recognition that ELT learners are equally legitimate users of Englishes, and argue for the contextual grounding of ELT teaching and learning based on students’ need. It is a particularly relevant book for teachers of English and students from outer and expanding circles to provide them with greater understanding of their learning goals and how to achieve them. Divided into seven chapters, the first three chapters deal with an overview of the social and educational context of English as an International Language (EIL) classrooms and then it moves on to the discussion of the stereotype of