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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455319803321

Autore

Johnston Bill <1960->

Titolo

Values in English language teaching [[electronic resource] /] / Bill Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-135-63212-X

1-282-32193-5

9786612321931

1-4106-0698-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

400

428.24071

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers - Moral and ethical aspects

English teachers - Professional ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-163) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Teacher as Moral Agent; 2 Morality in Classroom Interaction; 3 Values and the Politics of English Language Teaching; 4 The Morality of Testing and Assessment; 5 Three Facets of Language Teacher Identity; 6 Values in Teacher Development; 7 Dilemmas and Foundations in English Language Teaching; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a new perspective on language teaching by placing moral issues--that is, questions of values--at the core of what it is to be a teacher. The teacher-student relation is central to this view, rather than the concept of language teaching as merely a technical matter of managing students' acquisition of language. The message is that all language teaching involves an interplay of deeply held values, but in each teaching situation these values are played out in different ways. Johnston does not tell readers what to think, but only suggests what to think about.  <b