عنوان

Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue

Country Code

IR

Number

996064

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Country of publication

IR

Title Proper

Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

:Pedagogical and Ethical Dilemmas

First Statement of Responsibility

/ Edited by Mary Shepard Wong and Suresh Canagarajah

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Routledge

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 302 p.

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Print

Text of Note

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Index

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Part 1. Setting the tone : dialogue and discourse. Non-judgmental steps on a road to understanding - Is dialogue possible? challenges to evangelicals and non-evangelicals in English language teaching - First, the log in our own eye : missionaries and their critics - A preliminary survey of Christian English language teachers in countries that restrict missionary activity - Is dialogue possible? Anti-intellectualism, relativism, politics, and linguistic ideologies - Dialogue and discourse - Questioning religious "ideals" and intentionalities : staving off religious arrogance and bigotry in ELT - Can we talk? Finding a platform for dialogue among values-based professionals in Post-positivist education. Part 2. Ideological and political dilemmas. Deconstructing/reconstructing the missionary English teacher identity - English and education in anglophone Africa : historical and current realities - Confronting the Empire : language teachers as charitable guests - Christian English teachers' presence : reflecting Constantine or Christ? - A former "missionary kid" responds - Caught between poststructuralist relativism and materialism or liberal and critical multiculturalism? - The English language and the Word of God. Part 3. Pedagogical and professional dilemmas. The courage to teach as a nonnative English teacher : The confession of a Christian teacher - English teachers, language learning, and the issue of power - Classroom guidelines for teachers with convictions - The pedagogical dilemmas of faith in ELT : A dialogic response - Power and change in ELT : thoughts from a fellow traveler - Reconsidering roadside assistance : The problem with Christian approaches to teaching the English language. Part 4. Spiritual and ethical dilemmas. Spiritual dimensions in language teaching : A personal reflection - Spiritual lessons learned from a language teacher - The spiritual ecology of second language pedagogy - Truth in teaching English - Imperatives, dilemmas, and conundrums in spiritual dimensions of ELT -- Additive perspective on religion or growing hearts with wisdom -- A question of priorities -- Conclusion : Christian and critical language educators in dialogue : Imagining possibilities. Afterword : The dilemma.

English language, Study and teaching, Foreign speakers

English language, Religious aspects

Language in missionary work

English teachers, Religious life

زبان انگلیسی -- راهنمای آموزشی -- خارجیان

زبان انگلیسی -- جنبه‌های مذهبی

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Book number

Wong, Mary Shepard

Canagarajah, A. Suresh

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ایران

Agency

Library of Foreign Languages and Islamic resource

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