摘要：In Sandra Lee McKay's (2002) practical book, Teaching English as an International Language:
Rethinking Goals and Approaches, she outlines standards for teaching English as an
International Language (EIL), discusses culture in teaching EIL, and suggests methods for
teaching EIL, based on the requirements of an international language. In this book, McKay and
Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng go a step further by arguing that in teaching English world-wide, the
particular social, political, and educational context in which English learning is taking place
should be taken into account. In addition to examining the sociolinguistic contexts of present-
day English use and learning, this timely book aims at exploring "how the teaching and
learning of English can be undertaken in such a way as to maintain linguistic diversity while
providing equal access to the acquisition of English" (p. 21). The book discusses several
theoretical issues related to EIL teaching and learning and provides specific case studies from
various English teaching and learning contexts.
