Teaching english as an international language rethinking goals and approaches oxford handbooks for language teachers series 1st edition by mckay sandra lee 2002 paperback books amazonca. Teaching english as an international language rethinking goals and approaches oxford handbooks for language teachers series by sandra lee mckay 2002 04 04 books amazonca. English is the major language of international communication and everyone wants to learn it but which english and how this book questions the cultural assumptions underlying much english teaching and suggests classroom aims and teaching methods based on the requirements of an international language source nielsen book data. Although teaching methods are discussed the book actually sets out to define english as an international language eil as opposed to a second or foreign language l2 and through this lens carefully reexamines every aspect of english teaching and learning