Thomas Clayton

 

 

Professor, English Department

 

 

1231 Patterson Office Tower

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY, 40506, USA

phone: (859) 257-1604

fax: (859) 323-1072

e-mail: Thomas.Clayton@uky.edu

 

 

Books

 

2006.   Language choice in a nation under transition: English language spread in Cambodia. New York: Springer (“Language Policy” series, No. 5).

 

2006.   Rethinking hegemony. Edited. Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers (“International Studies in Education and Social Change” series).

 

2000.   Education and the politics of language: Hegemony and pragmatism in Cambodia, 1979-1989. Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong, Comparative Education Research Centre (“Studies in Comparative Education” No. 8).

 

Reviewed in:

 

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Comparative Education

History of Education

Journal of Asian Studies

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Language Problems and Language Planning

 

2000.   “Rethinking hegemony.” Special journal issue, guest edited. Education and Society.

 

 

Selected Articles

·                     Introducing Giovanni Gentile, the “Philosopher of Fascism.” Forthcoming in Educational Philosophy and Theory.

2007.   Modern education Cambodia: The inclusion of girls and women. With Keng Sopheak. In Gerard A. Postiglione (Editor), Going to school in East Asia. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

2007.   Transition, culture, and language in Cambodia. In Amy B.M. Tsui & James Tollefson (Editors), Language policy, culture, and identity in Asian contexts (pp. 95–117). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

2006.   Language education policies in South East Asia. In Keith Brown (Editor), Encyclopedia of language and linguistics (2nd Edition) (Vol. 6, pp. 430–433). Oxford: Elsevier.

2006.   Rethinking hegemony: Historical and conceptual introduction. In Thomas Clayton (Editor), Rethinking hegemony (pp. 1–22). Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers.

2005.   On Globalization, hegemony, and resistance in Selma Sonntag’s The local politics of global English: Case studies in linguistic globalization (Essay review). Globalisation, Societies and Education, 3, 127–135.

2005.   Reorientations in moral education in Cambodia since 1975. Journal of Moral Education, 34, 505–517.

2004.   “Competing conceptions of globalization” revisited: Relocating the tension between world-systems analysis and globalization analysis. Comparative Education Review, 48, 274–294.

2002.   Explanations for the use of international languages in education in developing countries: Implications for Cambodian development. In Joseph Lo Bianco (Editor), Development and language: Global influences and local effects (pp. 87–101). Canberra: Language Australia.

2002.   Language choice in a nation under transition: The struggle between English and French in Cambodia. Language Policy, 1, 3–25.

2002.   The Prince’s paradox: Educational development and transition in Sihanouk’s Cambodia. Political Crossroads, 9, 5–21.

2000.   The shape of hegemony: Vietnam in Cambodia, 1979–1989. Education and Society, 18(2), 109–124.

1999.   Cambodians and the occupation: Responses to and perceptions of the Vietnamese occupation, 1979–1989. South East Asia Research, 7(3), 341–363.

1999.   Decentering language in world-system inquiry. Language Problems and Language Planning, 23(2), 133–156.

1999.   Education under occupation: Political violence, schooling, and response in Cambodia, 1979–1989. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2(1), 1–12.

1998.   Beyond mystification: Reconnecting world-system theory for comparative education. Comparative Education Review, 42(4), 479–496.

1998.   Building the new Cambodia: Educational destruction and construction under the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979. History of Education Quarterly, 38(1), 1–16.

1998.   Explanations for the use of languages of wider communication in education in developing countries. International Journal of Educational Development, 18(2), 145–157.

1998.   World or indigenous languages? Influences on language policies for publishing in Africa. In Philip Altbach and Damtew Teferra (Editors), Publishing in African languages: Problems and possibilities (pp. 145–163). Oxford: Bellagio Publishing Network.

1997.   Cambodia. With Yuok Ngoy. In Gerard A. Postiglione and Grace C.L. Mak (Editors), Asian higher education: An international handbook and reference guide (pp. 21–35). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

1995.   Restriction or resistance? Educational development in French colonial Cambodia. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 3(19), 1–12.

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D., Comparative and International Education, University of Pittsburgh, 1995

M.A.T., English Education, University of Iowa, 1987

B.A., English, University of Iowa, 1981

 

 

Commonly Taught Courses

 

Introduction to Linguistics

Research Methods for Studies in Language Acquisition, Teaching, and Pedagogy

Teaching English as a Second Language (ENG / EDC / LIN 513)

TESL Materials and Methods

 

 

Kufa University Project

First year exams

Second year exams

Third year exams

Fourth year exams

 

ESL and Linguistics Curriculum at Kufa University

 

Composition – Comprehension Year 1 Syllabus

Composition – Comprehension Year 2 Syllabus

Conversation Year 1 Syllabus

Conversation Year 2 Syllabus

Pronunciation Year 1 Syllabus

Phonology Year 2 Syllabus

Grammar Year 1 Syllabus

Grammar Year 2 Syllabus

Grammar Year 3 Syllabus

Grammar Year 3 Supplement

Grammar Year 4 Syllabus

Linguistics Year 3 Syllabus

Linguistics Year 4 Syllabus

 

 

Curricular Partners for 2011 Visit

 

Video of Center for English as a Second Language classes, Fall 2010

 

ESL Resource Material and Websites for Iraqi Delegations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

updated 1 October 2007