English Teaching and Evangelical Mission

The Case of Lighthouse School

AvBill Johnston

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Del 21 i serien Critical Language and Literacy Studies

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Debates about the place of mission work in English Language Teaching continue to rage, and yet full-length studies of what really happens at the intersection of ELT and evangelical Christianity are rare. In this book, Johnston conducts a detailed ethnography of an evangelical language school in Poland, looking at its Bible-based curriculum, and analyzing interaction in classes for adults. He also explores the idea of ‘relationship’ in the context of the school and its mission activity, and more broadly the cultural encounter between North American evangelicalism and Polish Catholicism. The book comprises an in-depth examination of a key issue facing TEFL in the 21st century, and will be of interest to all practitioners and scholars in the field, whatever their position on this topic.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-01-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:405 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Antal sidor:174
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781783097074

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Bill Johnston is Henry Remak Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, USA. He is the author of Values in English Language Teaching (2003, Lawrence Erlbaum).

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Johnston's work is a carefully crafted ethnography of contact that examines the presuppositions and methodology of foreign English teachers at an evangelical school in Poland. However, it is much more! The author raises fair-minded questions about the role of religion in education and, like Stevick, grapples with "what goes on inside and between people" when teachers and students meet.

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AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: A Nation of Many Faiths?: Religion in Poland in the 21st CenturyChapter 3: The Road to Lighthouse SchoolChapter 4: The School with a SoulChapter 5: Curriculum and MaterialsChapter 6: In the ClassroomChapter 7: False-Bottomed Friendships?: Relation at Lighthouse SchoolChapter 8: Empty Meeting-Grounds?: The Cross-Cultural Encounter at Lighthouse SchoolChapter 9: ConclusionsReferencesAppendix A: Translation and Transcription Conventions