The renowned and highly experienced editors of this book bring together the leading voices in contemporary English education under the banner of the International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE). The collected chapters here represent the very best of international writing on the teaching of English in the past decade. The key issues and debates surrounding English teaching across the globe are discussed and analysed accessibly, and incorporate wide-ranging topics including: • The impact of high stakes testing on teaching and learning; • Addressing the needs of minority groups; • The digitization of literature and new conceptions of text; • Rewriting the canon; • Dealing with curriculum change; • "Best practices" in the teaching of English; • The tension between ‘literacy’ and ‘English’; • English and bilingual education; • The impact of digital technologies on teaching and learning; • Conceptions of English as a subject [secondary and tertiary]; • Bringing the critical into the English/Literacy classroom; • The future of subject English; • Empowering voices on the margins; • Pre-service teacher education; • The social networking English classroom. This text looks at the changing face of subject English from the differing perspectives of policy makers, teacher educators, teachers and their students. It tackles some of the hard questions posed by technological advances in a global society, challenges conventional approaches to teaching and points to the emerging possibilities for a traditional school subject such as English in the face of rapid change and increasing societal expectations. Despite all of the converging political and technological threats, the authors of this engaging and insightful text portray an immense confidence in the ultimate worth of teaching and learning subject English.
“Europe's Babylon: Towards a Single European Language? ... Forche, Christian R. “On the Emergence of Euro-English as a Potential European Variety of English-Attitudes and ... An Annotated Bibliography of European Anglicisms.
Jenkins, J. (2006) Current perspectives on teaching World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca. ... McArthur, T. (2004) Is it world or international or global English, and does it matter? English Today 20 (3), 3–15.
This book offers a holistic practitioner and research-based perspective on English Language Teaching and teacher education in difficult circumstances.
This volume comprises 11 research-led accounts from Teaching English to Young Learner (TEYL) educators working in a range of diverse settings worldwide.
The chapters in this book provide a balanced mix of conceptual, empirical, and practical studies and offer the perspectives of the many stakeholders involved in various settings of English language education whose voices have not often been ...
New teacher identity and regulative government: The discursive formation of primary mathematics. NewYork: Springer. Carspecken, P.F.(1996). Critical ethnography in educational research:A theoretical andpractical guide.
... world among these islands: Essays on literature, race, and national identity in Antillean America. Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. McCourtie, L. (1998). The politics of Creole language education in Jamaica: 1891–1921 and ...
This book explores theories and pedagogies in the L2 classroom that have led to an understanding of how non-native languages are taught and learned.
Global Principles and Practices Andrew Goodwyn, Cal Durrant, Louann Reid, Lisa Scherff ... Zing! Seven creativity practices for educators and students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Morrell, E. (2015). Teaching English POWERFULLY: ...
"To be an English teacher today is to play an inevitable part in the globalizing of English. This volume canvasses important questions for English language teachers that are posed by the phenomenon of a global English."--BOOK JACKET.