The ‘Neoliberal Citizen’: Resemiotising Globalised Identities in EAP Materials

Neoliberalisation is a globalising political project that has imposed painful economic measures on millions of people in numerous countries. Vital social care budgets have been eliminated and, particularly in North America, services such as public education are targeted for defunding and privatisation as part of neoliberal restructuring policies at local levels. The consequences include students suffering from larger class sizes and fewer teachers due to school programmes being closed and staff lay-offs, all of which result in far less attention to individual learners at risk, particularly English language learners.