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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162812903321

Autore

Johnston Bill

Titolo

English Teaching and Evangelical Mission : The Case of Lighthouse School / / Bill Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-78309-709-4

1-78309-708-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 pages)

Collana

Critical Language and Literacy Studies

Disciplina

428.0071/0438

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Polish speakers

Education - Religious aspects - Poland - 21st century

Bilingualism - Poland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Nation of Many Faiths?: Religion in Poland in the 21st Century -- 3. The Road to Lighthouse School -- 4. The School with a Soul -- 5. Curriculum and Materials -- 6. In the Classroom -- 7. False-Bottomed Friendships?: Relation at Lighthouse School -- 8. Empty Meeting Grounds?: The Cross-Cultural Encounter at Lighthouse School -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendix A Transcription Conventions and A Note on Translation -- Refer ences -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.