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

• Autore: Johnston Bill
• Pubblicazione: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 pages)
• Disciplina: 428.0071/0438
• Soggetto topico: English language - Study and teaching - Polish speakers; Education - Religious aspects - Poland - 21st century; Bilingualism - Poland
• Soggetto non controllato: English teaching; Ethnography; Evangelical Christianity; Evangelism; Mission work; Missionary; Poland; TEFL; TESOL
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: English Teaching and Evangelical Mission
• ISBN: 1-78309-709-4; 1-78309-708-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162812903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical language and literacy studies ; ; 21.