{"product_id":"the-future-conditional-building-an-english-speaking-society-in-northeast-china-paperback-softback-9781501755163","title":"The Future Conditional; Building an English-Speaking Society in Northeast China (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501755163","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Future Conditional\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBuilding an English-Speaking Society in Northeast China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEric S. Henry (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501755163\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 2 maps - 8 Halftones, black and white - 2 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA solid ethnography, useful to anyone teaching languages.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future Conditional\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Eric S. Henry brings twelve-years of expertise and research to offer a nuanced discussion of the globalization of the English language and the widespread effects it has had on Shenyang, the capital and largest city of China's northeast Liaoning Province.\u003c\/b\u003e Adopting an ethnographic and linguistic perspective, Henry considers the personal connotations that English, has for Chinese people, beyond its role in the education system. Through research on how English is spoken, taught, and studied in China, Henry considers what the language itself means to Chinese speakers. How and why, he asks, has English become so deeply fascinating in contemporary China, simultaneously existing as a source of desire and anxiety? The answer, he suggests, is that English-speaking Chinese consider themselves distinctly separate from those who do not speak the language, the result of a cultural assumption that speaking English makes a person modern. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing language as a study that goes beyond the classroom, \u003ci\u003eThe Future Conditional\u003c\/i\u003e assesses the emerging viewpoint that, for many citizens, speaking English in China has become a cultural need—and, more immediately, a realization of one's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The English Modern\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dirty Talk: Hybrid Registers of Chinese and English\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Moral Economy of Walls: Recursive Enclosure and Linguistic Space\u003cbr\u003e 3. Better to Die Abroad Than to Live in China: Narratives of Life and Learning\u003cbr\u003e 4. Commodifying Language: The Business of English in Shenyang\u003cbr\u003e 5. On \"Chinglish\": Stigmatization, Laughter, and Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e 6. Raciolinguistic Identities: The White Foreign Body of the Native English Speaker\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Reflections on a Global Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607804670232,"sku":"9781501755163","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-future-conditional-building-an-english-speaking-society-in-northeast-china-paperback-softback-9781501755163","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}