Decolonizing English Language Teaching Practices and Policies: Plurilingual Praxeologies from the Global South (Decolonial Entanglements)

This book brings together teachers and scholars from the Global South to showcase original frameworks and perspectives on decolonizing English language teaching. The contributors introduce local praxiologies, understood as the knowledges that emerge through critical reflection from teachers' everyday practices.In this sense, praxiologies can also be taken as informed teaching actions, conceived within decolonial frameworks and embedded in practice.The book addresses issues related to the multiple epistemological stances teachers use to open space within formal educational settings to practice global Englishes, contesting traditional standardized instruction.The first three sections are organized by educational level (primary/basic, secondary, and higher education), with each chapter providing examples of pedagogical practices or methodologies, epistemological frameworks, or diverse approaches to policies regarding English language teaching.The final section interrogates the foundationa