Reading with my eyes open : embracing the critical and the personal in language pedagogy /

Untangling the various approaches to language teaching and their history, Gerdi Quist maps recent thinking in language studies at university. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, drawn from educational philosophy, cultural studies, intercultural studies and language pedagogy, the author...

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Main Author:	Quist, Gerdi (Author)
Corporate Authors:	JSTOR (Organization), University College, London. Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	London : Ubiquity Press, 2013.
Series:	Open Textbook Library.
Subjects:	Language and languages > Study and teaching. Intercultural communication in education. Education. Language teaching and learning (other than ELT) Language teaching theory and methods. Language. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology. Textbooks. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Untangling the various approaches to language teaching and their history, Gerdi Quist maps recent thinking in language studies at university. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, drawn from educational philosophy, cultural studies, intercultural studies and language pedagogy, the author discusses the many tensions and currents in contemporary language teaching. The author puts forward an alternative pedagogy, that of a cultuurtekst-perspective, which engages learners at complex linguistic and cultural levels. In discussing the case study in which this approach is tested, the author develops her argument for embracing various critical perspectives through the personal engagement of students. From the start the author acknowledges her own engaged position as a language teacher in a liberal humanistic educational environment. She adopts a self -critical perspective through which her engagement with adverse student reaction leads to deepening insights both for the author and her students as part of the non-linear process of learning. Gerdi Quist teaches Dutch language and lectures on multiculturalism and intercultural communication. Recent publications included a book chapter and journal articles on language pedagogy and intercultural communication. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/baj).
Item Description:	Resource simultaneously available in PDF, EPUB format, and Kindle format. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 198 pages).
ISBN:	9781909188235 1909188239